The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-29
MANY DIVORCE !.
PETITIONS FILED
Docket for September Term
of Windham County
Court Grows
ABUSE ALLEGED
BY PUTNEY WOMAN
says Her Husband Knocked Down Her
Mother, Aged 66-BrattIeboro Woman
declines to Go Home with Another
Woman There.

Numerous divorce petitions have been
MED III the Office of Clerk W. r. Daley
OF the Andham county court since the
ast term, returnable at the September
term. A large number of cases also are
on the docket which were continued
from last term. One of the last ones
IS that OF Emma l.. Willard of Pufnev
who was Emma L. Lord, against Raw A
" liIard OF that town, an employe in
the Cole paper mill. They were married
IN Springfield (Et) Aug 6, 1917. by Rev.
raymond Beardsley and lived together
until June 10 of this year. They have
Two MINOR children whose custody the
lfOllloher desires. Mrs. Willard SAYS
that on June 10 her husband foreiblv
selzed one of the children. Frances. and
carried her from the house and that he
struck, beat and knocked down the no
'iTnonet Wis mother, who is 60 years old.
W lthin a short time, Mrs Willard
says with the aid of her father and
the town constable the child was re
turned, but Mr.. Willard. she saws. has
again threatened to seize the child and
mas made most threatening remarks to
the petitioner and her parents. She
says she fears he will inlure them if not
Judge Harrie e. Chase for a 6earing NO, on
petition for a restraining order. Bar
per per Barber 4 Miller are counsel for
Mrs Willard.
Walter F. Shaw of BrattIeboro who
married Etfie G. Shaw of Brattleboro
&C Rockingham June 20, 1902, Rev. o.
L. Sherburne officiating asks for q di
Eorce on the ground of desertion Jan.
., 1914. He asks for the custody of
two minor children. ATTORNEY r "
AHlDEDn IE nI 4aV- Af,.
Hattie NJ. Brown of Brattleboro seeks
a divorce from Hubert H. Brown of
Putney Tor alleged intoferabIe severity.
neglect and refusal to support and stat
utory grounds. They were married April
II, 1905, in Charlestown, n III bt Roy
Elmer p. Blake. Mr. Brown then lived
IN Nardsboro. His wife's maiden name
was Hattie NJ Thaver. They lived IN
Brookline and. Wardsbore until Oct. /,
1920. She has lived in Brattleboro since
5uhe 1, I9I!. Mrs. Browns counsel are
Barber Barber 4 Miller.
Aida L. Washer of Brattleboro seeks
decree OF separate maintenance from
; ,. Washer of West Dummerston.
She was Aida L. May and was married
IN Brattleboro Dec. a, 1919 by Justice
Carl ,. Hopkins. They lived together
IN W est Dummerston until Oct l. 1920.
Mrs. Washer alleges that her husband
treated her with intolerable severity,
that he has an uncomfortable temper
ana that he was so abusive to her that
She was obliged TO leave home. She al
legcs that on Oct. l, 1920. he contracted
with one Mrs. Perry to live with him
so long as he lived and that on March
81. 1921, he notified his wife that she
could come home after two months pro
EIded she would submit to the cruel
and abusive treatment to which she Dre.
yiously had been subjected and that
Mrs. Perry must continue TO live with
him and that if the petitioner would
not comply with these terms she could
not return to her home The petitioner
alleges that Mr.. Washer cruelty refuses
to furnish her suitable support although
he has several thousand dollars and an
income of $1,000 a year. Judge Fred NJ
Butler has ordered Mr.. Washer to pay
his wife 81 a week Attorney \. ID.
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