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Show THE JUDGE WAS ON TO JOEL Ills Feat Kecurd Waa Sprung on Him When lie Atked for Divorce. Chicago, Feb. 19. .Joel S. Jones, a saloon-keeper, tried yesterday to get a divorce from his wife, Amanda, a resident resi-dent of Taconia, saying that she deserted de-serted him in 1888. Judge Collins sur prised Joel by taking from his desk a paper showing how he tried to get a divorce in Tacoma, alleging cruelty on the part of his wife. She refuted his assertions and told how he deserted her and her children, afterward going to Seattle. Judge Campbell of Tacoma dismissed Jones' bill, and ordered him to pay $"0 a month to the wife. Since then he came here. Judge Collins ordered or-dered the case written up, and Joel will probably be punished for perjury. |