Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-11
DANIEESON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

1 Five uncontested divorce cases were | heard and granted by Judge William H. Maltbie at Friday mornings session of | the superior court
 The case of Eyeline Bertha Stone of | this city vs. Henry Elmer Stone, now :, of parts unknown, was the first heard. Mrs. Stone, represented by Attorney ! Charles L. Torrey, said that her mar | riage with Stone took place February 12, 1915. Desertion was charged as hay ing taken place December 25, 1915. A | daughter having been born on Sept. 23, 1915 Mrs Stone brought action against | her husband on the ground of non-sup- port following his assertion, and in the | Putnam city court he was sentenced tc serve six months in the county jail at Brooklyn. After two weeks at the jai! he managed to make his escape and has not since been heard from. Mrs. Stone, who was married at Is years of age, was given a divorce on the ground of deser- tion, with the custody of her daughter. Louis Rowe, father of Mrs. Store, and Mrs. Abbie LaPointe of this city, testi fled in her behalf
 The court and Attorney V. P. Quinn tiff in the next case, had considerable difficulty in satisfying themselves through translations of the exact meaning of written words on a paper purporting to be a marriage certificate, the writing being in Latin, and of the contents of a letter, written in Croa- tian, having an important bearing upon the proceedings
 However, after some delay, tha pa pers were accepted as represented and John Velgohic of Moosup, was granted divorce, on the ground of descrtioD, from Luce Velgohic, whom he married in little town in northern Italy, cn Feb. 13, 1907.
 Velgohic testified that he came to this country three months after his mar riage, leaving his wife until such time as he could get established here. In due time he sent for his wife to come to the United States, but she declined 10 do so, as she later did again, although he sent her the necessary monay to make the trip. All of his efforts to in duce her to come to America having the court granted on the ground of de. sertion. Nick Rubinich and Nick Dap titch were witnesses for Velgolhic ; Another divorce granted on the ground of desertion was to Mrs Geor- gianna Boucher, of Planfeld, from Will liam H. Boucher of New Bedford. Mrs. Boucher told with some emotion of her experiences with Boucher and among things that she told the court was that
 
 demonstrated with him about his neglect of her that he preferred to lead a sin gle life in his own way; that he was too good-looking to work and that there were plenty of women who were willing
 to support him, all of which gave the impression that he must have been some peach, especially in view of the fact that he only gave his wife $10 dur ing the entire period that they lived to- gether.
 Mrs. Boucher said that she was mar ried in New Bedford Feb. 27, 1911 and that her husband deserted her July s
 1916. During the time she lived with
 her husband she supported herself by working in the mill.
 On the day that she was leaving New
 Bedford to come to Plainfeld she went
 to the hotel where her husband was ! staying, she testified, and pleaded with him to come back to her, telling hin
 that she was in poor health and una , ble longer to support herself Go tc
 It!' she quoted him as telling her, ana
 she left and has since made her home
 in Plainfeld. Mrs. Josehine Benard ot
 Plainfeld, aunt of Mrs. Boucher, Mrs
 Leah Plant, Plainfeld, and Mrs. Rose ' Moffitt, also of Plainfeld, all testified ir [ Mrs. Boucher's behalf Mrs. Boucher . fwas given authority by the court tc , change her name to Georgianna Good. { heart. She was represented by Attorney ? Barry
 Mrs. Alphonsine Arsenault of Daniel son was another plaintiff who told of be ing deserted by her husband. The cou pie. who married in St. Marc, P. c. more twenty years ago were living 1T n Athol Mass, where the husband wal engaged as tailor, six years ago, wher e his business went bad.
 Taking his wife and daughter, Alice e now 19, he bought railroad tickets ant 0 sent them to Danielson, where Mrs. Ar : senault had a sister living. He tolc q them he would arrange to have mon ey sent to them through a lawyer wht d was to collect some outstanding account d for him, but all they ever received