The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-08-11
COUNTY COURT
HEARSC CONTESTED
DIVORCE CASE
Mrs. Mary PearsOns
Charges IntOlerable
Severity


ing. Judge Wilson and all the
other court officials were surprised
to find the court room filled with
expectant visitors, who were much
disappointed because they had sup
posed that the famous Willoughby
moonshine case was coming up for
hearing.
The case on trial was that of
Mary Pearsons against Milo Pear
sons, who alleges intolerable sew
Gritty as her ground for divorce.
The case is contested. David E.
Porter represents Mrs. Pearsons
and Mr.. Pearsons' attorney is
David S. Conant.
Mrs. Pearsons was the first and
principal witness and was on the
stand two hours, according to her
testimony she was married July
1917 and has lived in Monroe, N.
H., and North Littleton, NJ H.,
Sutton and Waterford. Two cnll-
dren have been born to them.
While living in Monroe, her hus-
band began to abuse her, she salu,
and found fault because he
thought members of her family in
terfered with their family matters.
She said that at her mothers fun
eral Peasons remarked that he
would like to kick the casket out
of the window.
While living at Sutton, Mrs.
Pearsons claimed that she had to
chop the wood, milk the cows and
lug the water and that her ahus-
band stole hens. When the SUIT
ton farm was sold they moved to
Waterford and lived with his peo-
pie until she claimed conulaons
got so bad that she had to leave.
She went to work f0rMartin Glib
son in his lumber camp in Barnet.
Other witnesses heard Wednes-
day forenoon were Samantha Roy
of Monroe, Mrs. Pearson's sister,
who testified to the trouble over
her mother while they were living
in Monroe and robert Vance,
Mrs. Eva Vance and George Cor
don of Sutton. These three last
were neighbors of the Pears6ns
family when the lived in Sutton.
They all agreed as to difficulty of
one sort and another at one time
and another at the Pearson nome.
1 Other witnesses were Mrs. Net
tie Vance, wife of. Robert Vance,
who testified that Mrs. Pearsons
was an industrious woman, and H.
d. Chapman the postmaster at
Sutton, who saw Mr.. Peasons with
a black eye, when asked if he
knew how it happened and what
allied her he said. 81 conjectured
that is was Mr. Pearson that allied
hern'
Deputy Sheriff M. C. Garfield If
st. Johnsbury testified to having
visited the Pearsons' home in
Waterford on several occasion in
official capacity. He always saw
the petitionee's mother there and
one one occasion she met him with
an apron full of rocks which she
threatened to throw at him if he
persisted in taking away the pro-
perty he came after. He didn't
think it a fit place to bring up
children.
Milo Pearson, the petitionee,
was the first witness Thursday
His testimony was in
direct contradiction to that of his
wife and contained the description
of several episodes in which he
claimed he had a right to doubt
his wife's fidelity to him.
Other witnesses were DR.. Ezra
E. Dickerman of West Burke, who
visited the family professionally |
when they lived in Sutton and
Joseph Clutter of st. Johnsbury, |
who testified that he had known !
Milo Pearsons for ten. years and |
had often employed him and claim
ed he was "a pretty clever feller."
E. E. Hale, E. c. Chandler and
w. T. Smith of Waterford, neigh
bors of Mr.. Pearsons, all testified
that Milo PearsonS was good |
man to work.
Several letters were introduced |
in evidence. One if read in the
ordinary way contained sentiments |
worthy of the family autograph |
album, but if read up and down in |
The Chinese fashion, was liable to
make trouble in the best of regulat-
ed households.