| Show DS TOLD TO DIG AlI ONY Pressure Brought to Bear on Delinquents at Divorce Matinee At divorce matinee Judge attention was centered in forc fore forcing forcIng ing reluctant Husbands to part with tem tern tempora pora alimony In one case that of Mrs Edith E K Coult It woe was necessary for the tile Judge to get e I front from rein her delinquent but bus husband band to prevent her being a public charge Joseph J ph Coult the husband is a farmer at Sandy and owns forty forti acres of land and an interest in an Irrigation project lie He admitted on the stand yesterday yea erday that he had made 69 in the post peat pit month but that he had not yet yd collected It He asked for more time When ben the divorce pro proceedings were begun two months ago the th court allowed Mrs Coult t 20 ZO a temporary alimony He lie was be before before before fore the court and adjudged In contempt because he had failed to pay this money mone W V M itt McCrea attorney for Mrs Coult told the court that Mrs 11 Coult Conk had been beena a county charge since January and would probably continue a county count charge unless Coult was forced to contribute to her sup support support support port She has Mas been III for several months and the divorce action was brought be because because cause Coult failed tailed to provide her with medical attention Mr McCrea agreed not nut notto notto to press the contempt charge If it Mr Coult Coutt would pay his wife 10 51 Immediately and the other Ih 90 within a short time The Coults Coulta were married July 38 28 II 1906 1866 Prior to this marriage each had been mar married lied ried Mrs Coult Coull has ba two children by her previous marriage and Coult five D Bartlett a railway engineer was wu told that he would have to pay his wife 1 6 back alimony or go to Jail One of the excuses that Bartlett gave for not Saving having enough money mOMY to pay the amount was that lila his wife talked too rouco He Hewa was wa not very clear dear as to the application lion tion of this verbosity to his paucity of funds He was waa also somewhat confused in his explanation of why he did not do more mote work He admitted that he had opportunities to take out engines or ot which he be did not take advantage Mrs Mn May E Bartlett commenced her hel suit for divorce last December and at that time was allowed 26 a month temporary alimony Bartlett failed to pay this ali all alimony alimony mony and in March was brought before the court on a contempt charge Then he paid the alimony but has hu not paid any since nee In her bel divorce suit which is still pend pond pending pendIng ing Mrs Bartlett asks aaka for 15 a month alimony si 58 attorney fees and an equitable division ton of or the property She was mar married married ried rind to Bartlett in Carthage Mo on Aug AuS 19 11 |
