The Washington times., 1923-02-28
z women FREED
| IN ROCKVILLE
COURT
Divorce and AnnuIment Are
Granted on Claim Man Has
Third Wife.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Feb. 28.-4n
Strengthening out the matrimonial
difficulties OF two young women in
the circuit court here yesterday
Judge Edward c. Peter signed de-
cree granting to Mrs. Beatrice
Combs, OF Philadelphia, an absolute
divorce from Shady H. Combs, OF
Breathitt. county, KY, and immedi-
ately thereafter attached his sigma
ture to an order annuling the mar
riage Of Miss Mora Edna Stevens,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
=. Stevens, Of this vicinity, to
and NeWcomb are, according to the
court records, one and the same
man.
Both OF the plaintiffs were rep
resented by Attorney John A. Gar
rett, Of Rockville. Neither case was
contested.
Leo Trout. young resident Of
Bethesda, was adjudged guilty by
Judge Samuel Riggs in the police
court here yesterday Of violating the
local option law Of the county and
was fined $500 and costs. He was
also sentenced to six months in
the house Of correction, but SEN
tence was suspended on condition
that he never again offend. Trout
was charged with selling liquor to
two small boys Of the Bethesda
neighborhood.
Judge Edward C. Peter has drawn
the following to serve as Jurors at
the March term Of the circuit court
| for this county. which co1Venes
here Monday, March 10:
Laytonsville district Charles y.
Woodfield, John D. Dwyer, and
Ledoux e. Riggs.
Clarksburg - Franklin ]. Wire,
Horace w. Bennett, and James -.
King.
Gilbert K. Ruble. ia
cob Bodmer, John R., Waesche, and
Robert w. Oxley.
Rockville Charles j. Lyddane,
Max Wenner, George G. Fry.
Thomas j. Veirs. Charles Veirs. and
ColesviIle-Frank p. Clancy, Sam
uel Moore, William p. Waters, and
George G. Windham.
Darnestown-Albert L. Violet.
Edwin M. West, and Clyde Griffith.
Bethesda-Frank e. Mcmillan,
Charles r. Lindsay, jr., and Hanson
Nj Cronise.
Olney-Josiah w. Jones. Austin
T. Powell, Mordecai Russell, and
Eugene Harris.
Gaithersburg-Henry c. w. Plum.
mer, John b. Diar.ond, jr., John
w. Walker. and Charles II. Rab-
bitt.
Potomac William H. Case. Wal
ter P. Allen. and John L. Ball.
Barnsville-Henry M. Lindig, Will
liam E. Robertson, and Marcetius T..
Wade.
Darnascus-Harry c. Thompson.
John A. Howard, and Maynard Wat
kins.
Wheaton-Lawrence F1ack. Frank
D. Stubs, Christian O.. Hurlebaus,
Frank J. Fidler. and Harry c. Pea
cock.
Perrie E. Waters, of Germantown,
| yesterday was appointed register of
willis to succeed Henry Clinton ALI
mutt, deceased. The appointment
was made by the judges of the or
phans' court, John e. West, AL
fred C. Tolson, and Winfield s.
Magruder, and under it the new
official will serve until December J.,
when his successor, who will be
chosen at next falls election, quail
flies.
Waters Is highly regarded, and his
fitness is generally recognized. He
will, ahe announced today, be a can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton to succeed himself. He was
for a short time supervisor of tax
| assessment, and for the last three
years has been in charge of the
Rockville office of the r. L. Dollins
Investment Company.
The funeral Of Mrs. Laura Derby,
wife Of William w. Derby, who died
Sunday evening at her home at
GAINESVILLE, aged nearly eight-one
years, took place this afternoon
from the family residence, the
services being conducted by the
Rev. Dr. Griffith, rector OF the
Poolesville Episcopal Church. Bur-
ial was in Monocacy Cemetery,
Beallsville.
CAPTURED NEWARK THIEF
WROTE MYSTICAL pPAVEPS