The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-15
South Ryegate Divorce
Case I'm Court
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| lCH, DOA anu Siii VI 800
| The boy is being cared for by his
grand parents. the Leonardis at
South Ryegate. The bright eyed,
smiling faced little girl is with her
mother in court, no doubt Won
| dering Just what all this rumpus
over the father and mother Is all
! about.
Mrs. Gandin's attorneys are
James B. Campbell and David E.
Porter and Charles A. Shields and
! David S. Conant are the attorney
! for the petitionee. The divorce
is asked on the ground of intol-
cradle severity, and some of the
! testimony of the petitioner indicat-
| ed that her action is well ground
! ed, although Mr.. Gandin's side Of
| the story has not yet appeared.
| Among the witnesses for the petit
toner was Rev. James S. Galvin,
! for several years pastor of the
! Uunited Presbyterian church in
South Ryegate. He had been a
! caller at the Gandin home and said
that indications were that Mr..
Gandin was a good housekeeper
and interested in bringing up her
! children correctly, had brought
| them to church and had asked TO
! have them baptized. Robert Far
! quaharson, granite manufacturer
and town official of Ryegate for
many years, testified TO knowing
Gandin as man of unusual tenn
per, but had never heard anything
against Mrs. Gandin.
Teresa FarasSnelli of Barre had
visited in the Gandin home for sew
eral weeks and rather against her
wishes testified to what she saw
there in regard to Mr.. Gandin''
treatment of his wife. Mrs. Peter
Zambon, too, was an unwilling
witness The difficulty was in
creased because of the fact that
an interpreter, Mr. FaSola of
Montpelier had to be employed to
get her testimony into the case.
She seemed to answer Yes when
No was expected, and visa versa.
Things began to get tangled and
unsatisfactory.
Now there is no desire or in
tention to make light of court
proceedings on such an occasion. 4
divorce case is always the record
of a tragedy at best When hus-
band and wife, who have promised
to love, honor and obev either eX-
plicitly expressed or implied, after
an unsuccessful attempt. come
into court and confess their fail
ure. and file their voluntary pet
ton in connubial bankruptcy. it is
d most serious matter. 1t adds one
more instance TO the histoI~- OF
matters that are fast coming TO be
one of the country'S most seriou0
problems. However, there are oc-
caSionally unexpected occurrence.
in the progress of such cases thai
temporarily relieve the tension Of
things. and offer a smile and
breathing spell This ha"nened in
this Italian divorce case Tuesday
afternoon.
The witness was hostile. The
interpreter was puzzled. Attorney
Campbell fired questions in rapid
succession. He was fortified on
one side by an excited client and
on the other. Attorney Porter
whose suggestions brought out
quick objections from either AT
tolney Shields or Attorney Con-
ant which blocked the track of the
advancing train of testimony Xix
a landslide on the track The ne
titionee looked as if he wished he
was back in the quarry. The wit
ness began TO wave her hands, and
the petitioner shook her head Vi
olently. The spectators were be-
ginning TO show audible interest
in the proceedings. JUDGE Will
cox told the witness 70 $3.50 atten-
tlon to the questions, for she had
forgotten about the interpreter
and was answering Attorney
Campbell direct. The attorney
were commanding her TO wait, to
stop, and to pay attention-a sort
of stop look and listen PROPOSE
ton. Judge Coffirin began to grow
red in the face a. if he wished
Groton was not 80 near the scene
of the trouble. Miss Nelson's pen
fairly few over the official record,
but she "ot in everything but the
gestures, although it looked as if
all the hens in the coop had been
travelling over the page. Court
Deputy Hartman raped Strenu-
ouslv for order, and Sheriff Wor-
then came in without rapping.
1t began to look as if the Arms
Conference had adjourned too
soon, when, Bang!-
The SPRINGS of JUDGE Woodruff's
swivel chair gave wa" with a
snap and the senior side iud1e wa
surprised to find himself piled
up against the back wall of the
bench. The newspaper man sug-
gested that he had been mapping
but was assured by Deputy Clerk
Frye that it was because he had
been listening too hard. The West
Burke man is not often or easily
thrown off his feet, and it did not
take him long to adjust himself to
a new chair, and everything
started in better form. 1t was
ike the calling of a foul at the
Armory in basket ball game.
With the ball back at center the
time out allowed for, the con
test proceeded.
When the witness was again
asked questions, she began to get
excited again, and the intcrpre-
ter when asked what the witness
had answered, said that she had
rot ans wered the question asked
but said she wanted to get back TO