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Show I FATHER APPEARS 1 AGAINST CHILD hi' W' Tjazaro Swears in Court That M His Daughter Deserted - j Her Hush and. JfT BACKS SON-IN-LAW IN DIVORCE SUIT IS Wife Tells Tale of Husband's IH Brutality and Gets Decree .IK, of Separation. j jf 1 The rare spectacle of a father testify- ifft'l ing thai, his daughter had violated her 'Mm marriage vows by deserting her hus- illM hand was witnessed in Judge Ritchie's ijjjfj division of the District court Friday. We Tho father in the case was William 'wffij Lazaro, a Mexican, who lives at 406 jfjjji East Second South street. Ho np- JS poured as a witness on behnlf of his j son-in-law, Anton Nielsou, a Scandi- VM navian, who, while trying to get a , nSfj divorce from Lazaro 's daughter, is still I jjraj living with tho Lazaro family. The ,! father declared that his son-in-law had jl treated his daughter well. ,18' Niclson and Lazaro both testified that tho marriage took place in Salt IJ Lake, March 30, 1906, and that Mrs. Xiclsou left her husbaud June 1 of 19 the same year. Thnt she is still living 'la in Salt Lake was testified to by both, I ft 1 but each denied that he know where j 1 she was making her home. It is evident IB jl that there was something behind the II '3 case that did not appear on the sur-M sur-M i face, and in fact Attorney Soron X. B) a Christcnsen, who appeared for Nielson, Hl stated to tho court that a charge more , 'serious than that of desertion could If. have been filed had the husband been IN so minded. 19 Judge Ritchie granted Xielson his jnm'r divorce. The wife made no appear- felW ance. and, as a matter of fact, waived jjjJR her fight to filo an answer, ifim. Says Husband Boat Her. mw Esther Peterson was granted a di- Ij'fh vorce from John A. Peterson, a car- Mm penter on the ground of cruelty. They J!J wero married in Ogdcn in 1002. About ' wj two vcars ago, Mrs. Peterson testified, ' jK her husband began going about with jl other women, and at the same time 111 began ill-treating her. Mrs. Peterson "11 said that on two occasions recently, onco J I in July and once in August, her hus- 1 I band 'struck her with his clenched fist 1 1 si and knocked her down. I 4 Mrs. Peterson declared her husband 4 would curse her and apply vile epithets I 3 to her in i he presence of their child. 2 3'cars of ago. Her story of one of yjlj the beatings was corroborated by a H5i( woman friend. She was given, in nd- Tjfj dition to' the decree of divorce, $15 a aa month alimony and the custody of her T child. i jl EdinG Shaughness' told the court , P that she married James S. Shaughnessy I' j in Rock Springs. Wyo., April 17, 1004, T and that, owing to his dissipated habits, I'll he deserted her in Salt Lake. January If Jo, 1906. Tho last she heard of him J he was in 2sTevada. She was given a I decree of divorce.. J I Wife Jeered at Misery. I; Albert 11. Rogers's chief complaint I ' ngainst his wife, Lucy Rogers, was that I; , in November, 1906, "when ho was suf- 11 fering with lumbago, his wife not. only i 11 ' did not nurse him, but laughed and I I jeered at his misery. When they wero M married each had some household goods, S and, during his sickness, part of his M wife's bed clothing and pari of his1 Wm own were on his bed. Ono cold night I in ' his wife, ho declared, removed her i 9 portion of the quilts and blnnkcts. and ! I left him to shiver with the cold, in! S.Ln; 'iddition to his sufferings with the dread I i lumbago. I !' m The wife put in an answer, juid made I'M her principal fight on tho division of JJm :he property. Inasmuch as there was tin infc enough evidence before the court j EUl -o guide in the division of property, J 5 r',c cnsc wns continued for a further fat 'icnriug. lis Two Wives Deserted. y Emeline H. Christcnsen was granted Jfti l divorco frrm James Christcnsen. They wero married December 23, 1901, and, according to her evidence, ho deserted her March 23. 1902, and has since failed t") support her. Anna E. Rovnolds was divorced from Walter Reynolds for desertion and non-support. non-support. She was also given the custody cus-tody of their child. Thcv were married June J5. 1904. |