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Show FAILS 18 BELiVtB iwjns WIFE So She 'Has Him Arrested and Haled Before Court for Contempt. ANOTHER CHAPTER IX LARCKER DIVORCE CASE Alleges That Husband Failed to Comply With Orders of the Judge. Arnold La re Iter, whom Mrs. Mabel C. Lnrckrr it. suing in the Third district court for divorce on the grounds of extreme ex-treme cruelty, failed in compliance with the ordor of Judge .Morse Friday afternoon af-ternoon to deliver three of Mis. Larck-er's Larck-er's nighties to Jior. and .Mrs. Laivkcr had Larckor arrested Saturday noon and haled .before Judge Morse that afternoon after-noon for alleged contempt of court. Peter .Johnson, bailiff in Judgo Morse's division, was ihe arresting oflicer. -Mrs. Larckor told the court that Larckor failed U deliver to her at her residence, at 5(5 Pollard court, all her clothing left at Oi l South West Temple Tem-ple street, i.oine jewelry and her Bible, tho family book and a "pieced quilt forty-throe years old. made by her mother and considered a heirloom in the family and prized as such above other quilts. Two pillows also were missing, Mrs. Larckor said. The court grew stern at Larckor 's seeming disobedience of his order of Friday afternoon and sent him out to get tho missing stuff and bring it into court at I :o0 p. m. for Mrs. Larckor under penalty of being sent to jail for contempt if ho failed. Couldn't Distinguish Clothing. Larckor went out, but returned at 1:30 and told the court that there wcro other women at tho houso and ho could not toll their clothing from Mrs. Larckor Larck-or ?s. The jewelry and family Bible, he reported, had apparently disappeared. At tho same time Mrs. Larckor brought in two of tho three quilts Larckor had delivered to her Friday afternoon, with tho statement that these were not her quilts and that Larckor hail appropriated her quilts and substituted substi-tuted tlioso for them. In place of two of her pillows, she said, ho had brought her a sofa and a chair cushion. "The defendant seems to have complied com-plied with the court's order so far as the quills and pillows aro concerned," the court said. "Those quilts and pillows pil-lows apopar to bo all right except that they aro not quite as clean as they might be, possibly, but t don't know how wo are going to solve the difficulty as to tho Bible, nighties and tho jewelry. Havo 3"ou anj-thiug to suggest, Mrs. Larcker 1' ' Mrs. Larckor 's counsel said thai. Larcker had refused to allow Mrs. Larcker to go through his trunk, which ho kept locked, and suggested an ordor directing Larckor to allow them to look in tho trunk for the missing things. Tho court refused to make an order to this effect, but asked'Larckor if ho had. any objections to taking tho articles out of the trunk one by one in the presence pres-ence of Mrs. Larckor and her attorney. Wants to Get Hid of Her. - "I am willing to give her anything and eveiything she asks for, interrupted inter-rupted Larcker. "I want lo got rid of her, judge, and 1. 'in willing to give her anything. J want 3011 to give her a divorce di-vorce so that I can get rid of her. If she wants lo como down ami look for her things I'll go away from the house entirely while she's there, if you say so, judge. ' ' "That won't be necessary, Mr. Larcker," replied tho court. " f think it will bo bettor for you to bo there, but 1 won't mako any ordfir,relatiug to that. But 3'ou may allow Mrs. Larcker, with hor counsel, to sue all the articles in tho trunk, if 3011 will, and look through tho house to see if she can find, tho things claimed to bo missing. As 3011 seem to havo made a compliance with the court's order of Frida afternoon after-noon you will be discharged from the conlompt ordor." At 5 o'clock Saturda3 afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Larckor, with Mrs. Larcker 's counsel, weio ransacking tho house in search for the missing things. |