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DIVORCE MILLS GRIND
Four Cases Heard I'm C1tten6en Count,
Court ThursdAy

DlVONOL N1kLn0 OItlND
Four Cases Heard in Cftteuoeu County
Court Thursday
Another grist of divorce cases was nut
through the mills of Chtttenden county
court Thursday. Four Gates were heard
altogether. No decioions were rendered.
The cases were. Louisa reltier Benoyor
Of Milton vs. Esidor Bonoyer: Alice
Snyder VS.. Samuel Snyder: Martha Stone
Ryan VS.. George Ryan: Winona 8. Shew
vs. Carl Shaw.
Mrs Bonoyer asks for divorce oil the
grounds Of intolerable severity. failure
TO support, and adultery. One child was
born to the couple, and the petitioner
asks for tho custody OF this child ana
for suitable aIimony, together with the
divorce. The testimony was that Bonoyer
was lazy and good for nothing. refusing
to work and support his wife and child.
Leon d. Latham of Milton was attorney
for the petitioner.
Alice Snyder sued for divorce from
Samuel Snyder on the grounds of deser-
ton. intoierab!e severity and failure TO
support. They were married in 1910 and
lived together in Burlington, and later
In Rutland. whore the petitioner had to
break UP housekeeping and come back TO
Burlington. because the petitionee re-
fused to provide for her. She said that
It came to the point where she had no
provisions, fuel or money in the house,
and he would give her none, SO that she
had TO leave. She said that Snyder was
addicted to the use of liquor to excess
while no was i'm Rutland.
One child was born to them. Snyder
showed no lovo for this child and made
the statement that he did not want a child
He even kicked the petitioner severely
shortly before the child was born accord
ing to the testimony of two witnesses.
At one time. Snyder had a bull dog which
he insisted on having in bed with him
The petitioner objected and was told that
she could sleep on the floor and he would
take the dog to bed with him This also
was testified to by two witnesses. The
other witnesses I'm the case, besides the
petitioner. were her sister and father.
| NJ, G. Leary the attorney for the
petitioner
Martha Stone Ryan of Milton asked for
a divorce from George Ryan on the
grounds of intolerabIc severity refusal to
support and desertion. william T. Tracy
of Johnson representative for that town
in the Legislature in 1919. was the first
witness In this case. He testified to per-
forming me marriage ceremony for Mr..
and Mrs. Ryan on October 3. 1917 Mr.
Tracy testified that Ryan was a worth
less. drunken Individual, but That he
promised to live with his wife and sup
port her. This, however, he did not do
lie not only did not support her. but
he tried TO avoid the draft on the ground
that he had wife and child to support
| He was drafted. however, and sent to
Camp Devens. His wife got an allotment
! of his pay while he was in the service.
| Mrs Ryan, the petitioner. said that
she has at present no knowledge of the
whereabouts of her husband. He wanted
to give their child away. she said He
was always abusing both her and the
child. He never gave her any money to
spend. Once he gave her ten cents, and
| then took IL away before she had time
| TO spend it, Since he left her. she has
| been supporting herself and her child
| Two other witnesses in this case helped
| to establish the claims OF the petitioner
Leon d. Latham appeared for the petit
TONER
The last case of the day was that of
Winona S. Shaw against Carl Shaw She
sues for divorce on the grounds OF de-
sertion and refusal to support They
were married in 1890 in Weybridge and
| lived there for while. then came to
Burlington to live. While in Weybritge
Shaw was interested in another woman
according to the testimony. Later, when
| they came TO Burlington, this same woman
also was here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw lived in Burling-
ton about two years, then went back to
Weybridge About the same time. this
woman. who had been mixed UP with Mr..
shaw, according 20 the testimony, showed
up In Weybrdge. About a year after
they went back there, Mrs. Shaw was III
and came to Burlington for an operation
When she was allowed to leave the hos
pital. she went back to her home II Wey-
bridge. but found that her husband had
left her 1t was said that he had gone
away with this other woman. She has
never lived with him since then. anS he
has not contributed to her support cur
ing the last eight years. except when
compelled to pay s2OO week by the order
Of the court
Two cAildren have been born to Mr..
and Mrs. Shaw. They are both boys,
10 and 70 years OF age. These boys are
now with their fathers people IN Wsy-
bridge and are going to school. The peti-
TONER seemed TO think that they have
good homo and 10 willing to leave them
there. She has lived In this city NOS,
OF the time since her husband left her
She took a course in nursing and has been
doing that Kind Of work.
The other witnesses. an uncle of Mira
Shaw, and Agnes Robinson. a friend, tesu.
fled as to her Good characeAr and told
what they know about the Case, T. G.
Webster was attorney for the petitioner.