Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-02-05
TWO GET DIVORCES
Mrs. Annie Caswcli and Mrs. Myrtle
Gcbo freed from Nom Supporters

| Two bills of divorce were granted yes
terday in Chi.tenden county court, Judge
| Sherman II. Moulton presiding. Annie
CaSweIl was granted divorce from
! Archie A. Caswcll, who IS now employed
as a tcamstor for the Adsit Coal COM
pany. This divorce was granted for failure
! to support The care and custody of two
minor children were decreed to the petit
| toner and alimony was fixed at $3.50 per
| week TO aid in the support of the chill
drcn. The libelea was ordered to cotrpiy
with the order for suit money alrea6r
made.
Myrtle A. w. Gebo was granted n btu
OF divorce from Frank Adell Geb. on the
grounds of refusal to support A!irony
and SUIT money we're allowed, also ia this
case. and the petitioner was granted the
privilege Of resuming her mnidcn name
| THIS Is case in which n soldier at the
Post married a local sirl and lived with
her about three weeks. then went away.
Later he got Interested In another WON
an and the wife found herself in an I'M
comfortable position. The petitioner was
represented by Attorney Guy NJ. Page.
These were the only two cases heard
! yesterday. AS no other business was in
| view. Judge Moulton recessed court until
next Tuesday. February 10. at two o'clock
/ Judge zed $. Stanton OF Roxbury. who
/ opened the September term of court. will
be able to come to Burlington and close
W the business of the term.
! It IVES brought out yesterday in tie
case 81 Casweli against Caswell, that the
! libelee. although he had failed to sup
! port his wife before the United States
went into the war, did not hesitate to
claim, exemption from the draft on tho
grounds that he had Il wife and .wo chill
| dreH dependent upon him. His wife. how.
ever, refused to sign the QUESTIONABLE
which he made out, and declared that it
was all lies. She wanted him to get into
/ the army because she thought that she
might get something from the government
| for the support of herself and the chill
| dren, more at least than she had been
able to get from him before.
: -Four witnesses, the petitioner ner
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Shinville. Frank
/ T.. Lord and Henry Todd, testified that
/ Caswell drank to excess and was often
! in an intoxicated condition When he
would work it was said, he WAS a good
worker but he would not stick TO a job
! steadily
Mrs. Caswcll separated from her hus-
/ band in the winter OF 1916. because he
: failed to provide for her She went 10
/ live with hrl mother Just before her first
child was born. having been working at
! the Home for Destitute Children to pay
for the support of the family az long
, As she was able to. She said that Caswell
I threatened her with violence at several
/ different times. AT the time she refused
, TO sign his QUESTIONABLE, he was very
angry and said, Mrs. Caswell testified.
tIat he said "he would end all of us he
. No of IN tl,,
1t came out in the testimony that Cas-
! well has been convicted on two occasions
in city court for the crime of larceny
Tho petitioner said that her husband had
a habit Of taking things" She also
testified that he had never supported her
I and had not even paid his own board for
any length of time when they were living
with her mother.
The following cases were entered settled
and discontinued Tuesday. Herman II.
Wheeler admir-. G. H. EddyS estate, vs.
! Arson II. Eddy; John r. Lavalley vs..
| Dean e. Johnson; on the chancery docket,
! the case of Houston and Allen VS. Moses
! Racicoti and the case of Urooka Beverage
CO, vs. &. J. Fayetto is discontinued