Show DOINGS ARE TOLD IN COURT CO UR 2 I BT Br ABUSED AB USED IND George Klenke Was Repeatedly Requested to Seek Consolation Consola Consolation tion in Hades When He Reproached his S Swifter Divorce Matinee Judge Armstrong and an Interested au audience audience listened at the regular Friday di divorce divorce vorce court matinee to several sad tales to the accompaniment of lutes In which the rift was decided and pronounced and sweet bells vel very badly jangled out of tune These who had promised to love honor and obey until death did them part quite cheerfully accepted judge Arm Armstrongs Armstrongs strongs decree as the substitute for the aforesaid grim reaper Ethel D Milner was granted an absolute divorce fron Guy M 11 Milner Sarah May Wisner from Joseph Smith Wisner isner Anina Levin Lein from Le LeIn LeIn In In each of the above cases the wo woman woman man was the plaintiff and the defendant was satisfied to escape by default Her Herleif leif was In Copenhagen but he had writ written written ten a letter to the effect that he was go going going ing to stay there The other defendants were simply elsewhere The only man to appear as a com was George Klenke whose vivid statement of the reasons why he wished to be separated from Emma R It Klenke took up most of the hour session He was granted an absolute di divorce divorce vorce Kooyman Cant Pay The regular divorce drama was preceded I by a curtain raiser In which a gen tieman one of whose names is Cornelius Kooyman told how poor he was and why he produce for the benefit of Kooyman A little littie spice was added to the of the at attorney attorney torney for tor Mrs Kooyman because In the sum Mr Kooyman Is sh shy is involved the attorneys s bill Mr Kooyman was on a I vacation from the police court jail where he lit last Jast night after a mental hiatus I caused by drinking too much root beer I His troubles matrimonial and otherwise have been frequently and recently aired Nothing that happened in the court yes yesterday would suggest that there was any in the police court story of yester yesterday day clay morning 11 in which the force as a unit described him as a victim of brain brainstorm brainstorm storm The attorney found out that he had been working sev severa I era erat I places under assumed names And further developed the fact that he was doing it to dodge the tho fees He would not ot admit to dodging aU ali alimony mony which made an embarrassing mo moment moment ment in the Judge Armstrong could find no great evidence of present or past solvency and let him go back to the police pollee station Two in Ten Minutes Sarah Ma May Wisner a tall well dressed woman of perhaps 35 who wore an elaborate orate IratI gold watch and pendant and a dia diamond diamond mond sunburst was the first witness against her husband Joseph Smith Wis Wisner Wisner ner She has been married since the first of October 1900 She has haI two children Myrtle aged 4 and Helen aged 6 Her husband she testified Is strong and able bodied He left on September 15 1906 She says she has not lived with him since January 29 1906 Decree granted time times s seven ven minutes It took Ethel D Milner only two and minutes to eliminate Guy M Milner from her existence She was a pretty well dressed very young woman with a clean cut profile and a decided method of discourse She was married on the He of December 1903 He was an Electrical engineer but he left her Janu Januar January ar ary I 1 1907 1901 She was compelled to seek Employment and Ue lice with her mother Mrs Augusta Dean who also tes testified t those facts Decree gr granted Prefers Copenhagen Aniha a Levin had some trouble getting r t 1 the docket as it was feared at first that lat she had not complied with the sixty day lause but it was straightened out and she is now free from Ditto Mrs Levin is a Dane and told her story I in 1 broken English of the Heine brand She he was married on the of April 1905 The period of domestic bliss was not as r exactly but she stated that Mr Levin had not contributed for two years ears nd that during that time she had been floors and things thing When asked the cause of the trouble she said He went away and left She replied to the stereotyped inquiry as to his ability to provide if he should care to do so thus I dont know how strong he Is How should I I see him the last In the middle of December He was strong then I Iguess guess Kuess Then I seen him since three days after May has not written her from Copenhagen but he wrote her sister last week that he was more than satisfied with Copenhagen that It had Salt Lake beaten to death and he was going to drop his anchor In closing he sent his love to his wife and hope she would get divorced d quick She was Ws Mrs Amanda Peterson friend also tes testified testified Total six minutes and with time out for tor dialect Klenke Was Easy George Klenke took almost twenty minutes to tell the star story of his matri matrimonial matrimonial misadventure He Is the proprietor tor of a pool room a man of perhaps 40 years ears of age well dressed and told his story in a straightforward rd and affecting way without an any frills emotion or plays to the gallery After it was over and his decree granted from Emma R Klenke he searched out the newspaper bo boys s one by one and asked them not to be too hard on the little woman They were vere married at Ephraim Utah on the of January 1892 have lived together since that time but have no children Mr Klenke worked at night in hIs poolroom to pay off the mortgage on their home Mrs Klenkes sister lived with them and during the evenings the two women were apt to stroll about the town The first great shock which Mr Klenke had was wason on his return from a trip to New York in the latter part of last year He hur hurried hurried ried back He wanted to surprise his wife He did She glad to see him I said testified Mr Klenke I hope bope I spoiled anything It broke me me all up The next day Mrs 13 Klenke and her sister stayed out until 2 Three days after the happy home coming he overheard his wife and discussing with pleasure and merriment the merits of various gentlemen they had been out with He asked them Do you think I have no feelings Da Days s four five and six etc wife out and came home between 1 and 2 frequently slightly Intoxicated but not always generally general with a man Question by the attorney Did you ou ever protest against this conduct on her part Answer I always protested Question What did 1 Mrs Irs Klenke re reply reply ply She told me to go to hell I gen generally generally asked her to bring the men In and introduce them Once she did A man is naturally interested The men look good to me But I suppose that Is nat natural natural ural I Goes to Masked Ball I Was your our wife in the habit of going to the Salt Palace with men and drinking with them and coming home Intoxicated Answer Not alwa always Were the nature of her replies to your protests on these o occasions consistent She always told me to go to hell Would your wife fix herself up in an attractive manner when she would go out outon outon on these excursions With Pith paint and powder et etcetera etcetera cetera She would use the paint and powder all right but she look good to me Did your our wife wite go to o a certain masked ball at the armory She didIn did didIn In what costume did she gg She wore a short skirt and had bad her hair down her back In the costume of a little girl I suppose you would call It that Over your protest I said she wore the costume of a little girl I 1 repeatedly repeated begged her not to go to this ball it is not a fit one for a lady to go to I walked by there that night and they laughed as I went by Have you a recollection of aphone a phone call callin callin in which your house was called up which you answered and was asked In a masculine masculine line voice If Miss BeaU Bea BeaI lived d there I have I had not before learned that I I my wife was passing herself ort off as an un unmarried unmarried married woman What did you do on that occasion I 1 wised UP called I her to the phone She wet went right up to the phone and made madea a date for 5 to go to the Lagoon I got her when it was over She told me all about It and admitted that she was passing hers herself lf ort off for a maiden I said pretty sweet now it I Jealous but naturally I wanted to know the fellows name She said It w was s Dunbar I said Dunbar nothing Dun bars Scotch and that fellows a Swede She got hot She said Ill fix you Ill lead you a merry chase Ill go out and find a live Uve one or Ill come home with the biggest hobo in Salt Lake Abused Husband Freed J E Christie 26 years old the maiden name bluff the Armory hall tale and the effect upon Mr Klenkes mind of his hard life 1 sir r Christie had heard Mrs Klenke tell Mr Klenke t to go goto goto to hell more than once He refused to admit however that he had heard Mrs airs Klenke boast that she had hatt never gone out withOut picking Up a man arid did not intend to He was careful and concise in his answers No other were de demanded demanded by Judge Armstrong to convince him that Mr Klenke was justified in his com complaint Judge Armstrong moved over from the criminal bench to t take ke Judge J dge Morses court while that genial separator is taking a vacation |