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Show A Famous Di"orce Case Ended. Oakland, Cah, Oct. 23. Judge Kllsworth yesterday granted Mrs. iicerge F. Pratt a divorce di-vorce ou the grounds of cruelly. 1 Lis -s the culmination of a sensational incident of nearly two j-ears ago, when Pratt shot and sevt rely wounded his employer. President Bromwt ll of ihc California Insurance con-pa con-pa ny. charging Broinwc-11 with iutimacy witli his wife. Pratt v as acquitted of the shooting and sued bis wife for divorce ou the ground of adultery. Judge. F.l Is worth decided that Mrs. Pratt w as guilty as charged, but as Pratt had condoned the offence by living w ith her again, a divorce could not b ' granted on those grounds. It w is grunted the w ife, how ever, ou the ground of cruel treatment. |