Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-05
ABSENT NAVY MAN GETS
DIVORCE BY DEPOSITION


Not often does it happen that a petit j
toner for divorce is unable to appear in
court in person to prosecute his claim, :
but this happened here Friday in the SUI
perior court before Judge George +. Hin !
man, who was hearing a dozen cases on
the uncontested list.
This situation arose in the case of
Paul W. Greene of New London, first
class electrician on the L. s. submarine
o., which was ordered to Bermuda in {
the last week of May. but the petitioners
attorney presented Electrician Greene's
| testimony through q deposition and had
| its testimony supported by &c evidence (
given by Lieut.. Benjamin Beebe of the
New London police force. Judge Human
gran'ed the divorce on the grounds of
adultery
Mr.. Greene sought divorce from Ruth
l.. Greene of New London and his depo-
! sit;cr ",vercd visit that he made at
aI}0ut 1 o'clock in the morning on Aug S,
| 1919, WITH police officers, to rooming
/ house in New London. Here the husband
| asked to see Mr.. Greene and was shown
! to room, the deposition said where
/ Manuel Mendoza answered the landlords
| knock on the door. The entrance of the
police, the landlord and Mr. Greene dis
| closed Mrs. Greene in the room also, and |
! when AIR. Greene declared the woman
WAS lis Wife the landlord stated that |
! Mendoza and Mrs. Greene had been living
| ti.r" for five weeks as Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
! Greene. The husband secured his own |
| marriage cert fcate from the room and |
this was sEoWl II court
Lieuter2nt Beebe confirmed the state
ments in the deposition as to the visit to |
the room and said. that Mrs. Greene's |
reputation was known to the police as a |
| street walker.
Another New London case was that of
Abby F. Danaher against Henry F. Dan
aheT. in which divorce for intolerable
cruelty was asked. They We're married in
| Boston on April 5, 1913. Mrs. Danaher
described the way her husband has struck
! and thrown her around the house and
said he had never given a cent towards
the support of their year old child. She
had worked as a waitress. Mabel l. Gunn
Lura Waburne and Ida NJ. Reed appear
ed as witnesses for her and the divorce
will be issued as soon as an error in
tls papers has been corrected by counsel
in the case.
ms Danaher said she signed papers
that got her husband out of the draft on
tie q hounds that he was supporting her
| but as soon as he was exempted from
the draft he stopped giving her support
, When Judge Colt Of New London found
J this out he had the man put back into
: Class [ in the draft
; Judge Human took the papers after
hearing the evidence in the suit of Flor
/ ence Eccleston of Waterford. who asked
divorce from Leander w. Eccleston, also
of Waterford, on the grounds of deser-
ton. They were married in 1907 the
maiden name of the wife being Perkins
Augusta E Dhmmoc5. Martha c. Olofson
and Grace NJ. Johnson gave testimony in
the case.
DIR. Leroy F. Leak, assistant superin
] n tha oc1r1rY, Of
tilted in the suit of Morris Bokoff of
Norwich for divorce from Fannie Bokoff
on the grounds that she is insane The
doctor said she was incurably insane. The
husband said his wife's maiden name was
n FEMME Canoff and they were married in
. 1910 in MontvilIe. His wife has been in
sane for eight years and in the asylum
i for five years.
! Judge Human took the papers in the
4 case.
Lhe judge also took the papers after
= listening to the evidence in the suit of
: Anna Cathcart Kluess of New London
. against Otto Kluess, now of parts I'M
I known. They were married in 1909. Mrs
: kluess testified to the cruel way her
Il husband treated her. Matilda Harris
n corroborated this. saying she had seen
- the husband knock his wife down.
It Mary Bettencourt Dias of New London
n testified that her husband, Emanuel Vic
e torio Dias. deserted her and is now in
e Gridley, Cal. They We're married in 1900
: in the Azores. He left there six years
n later and came to New London She
l. came to New London in 1918 and has
worked as a dressmaker sending money
= back to her three children and her SO
70 year old father in the Azores. Rose Di
Costa and Mary Avella testified in the
case and Judge Human took the papers.
Charles H Parks of New London Sc
2 cured divorce from Eva S. Parks of the
same place OF the grounds of adultery
Al between April I, 1918, and Nov. l, 1919
y The maiden name of the wife way Eva
"a Spaulding and they We're married on
n May %. 1917. A record from a crimi-
r nal court was introduced as testimony
r to show that Eva Parks was sentenced
te to II days in Jail May %, 1918 on
r the charge of having maintained a house
II of i'll fame at New London at the corner
= of State and Main street. within five
miles of United States military camps
L Leroy Newbury and Mildred F. Parks
g were witnesses in the case.
L On the grounds that Thomas Hanni.
Of fan. formerly of Norwich. has been alb
W sent for seven years without being
r heard from, divorce from him was
at granted to Alice Mary Manning Hanni
in fan. They were married on Jan. IS
1909, and it was stated in the complain
re tlldl MI t1dnHlldH departed on JrlI
re to New York city on April %, 1909, ant
has never been heard from since. The
wife was given permission to resume hel
maiden name of Manning. Joseph Man
ming and Fannie Graves appeared as wit
nesses.
DIS whose ,,-o;l7or1 800 r-os potta,. e eoii
who married William r Clarke of Ston
RI ington, on May Il, 1919. secured divorc,
rs from him on the grounds of -intolerablt
r cruelty since June 10, 1919 She is to re
sumo her maiden name of Potter. Wit
ed nesses in the case were Mertie A. Dow
RI and Ida G. BronsaIon
ng Grace NJ. Morgan of Stonington Sc
rs cured divorce from Coleby Elisha Nor
s. gar of Stonington and is to resume he
maiden name of Grace M, Randall The!