Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-02 | Page 2 | He Toed in, Wife Calls Him Name

BE TOED IN, WIFE CALLSJM HUE Verdict in Sensational Divorce Suit Is for the Husband. Hus-band. WROTE LOVE LETTERS TO SHOW VOCABULARY Cruel Spouse Not Mad When She Tickled His Peel With Feather. PITTSBURG, Jan, I Immediately a the conclusion of the evidence In the j suit for divorce brought by Alvln T J. Ritterhoff, B member of the Seven! y-flisi y-flisi regiment, against his young wife, Minnie Ritterhoff, because Of her alleged al-leged attentions to Frederick A. Fina-rom, Fina-rom, whom she in t In Washington In the summer of 1001. Judge Gelgerlch of the Supreme court yesterday decided In fax or .if lie- husband, saying be was convinced of (he wife's guilt. Mrs. Ritterhoff sobbed as she heard the decision against her. anrl Leaning on the arm of her mother, Mrs. Mai -gan 1 Bray of Washington. Who came to the city to testify in' her daughter's behalf, left th urt-room rhe young wife had put in a counter Bull for separation sep-aration on ihe ground of her husband's I cruelty In addition to denying his accusations. ac-cusations. Threw Fried Smelts. Mrs Ritterhoff testified it was not long after their marriage that trouble began, w hen her husband threw a plate of fried smelts In her face. She de- tared that at another time, when she was Inclined to be hilarious and tickled the soles of his feet with a feather, he did not see the Joke and tried to choke her. While living in Washington, a year ago Christmas eve, Flnncom called upon her. The night was cold and It was snowing and blowing a gale. Flnacom begged to be permitted to remain, saying he was 111, and. Mrv Rittt rhoff declared, she gave her consent. She said tluit while Flnacom called hei Minnie" and "Baby"' he had never kissed her. As to letters she had written and signed ' ftp," because fin- was horn under th Influence of Capricorn, Mrs Ritterhoff said she merely vrote to 'show off." "To show off what?" she was asked. WTote to Show Off. "My ability to write love letters nnd exercise my vocabulary and see how many ways one could write a lovr letter," let-ter," she replied. She believed the letters were taken from her desk, as ln had nevei mailed them to Flnacotn Her mother, Mrs. Bray, testified In her behalf Ritterhoff testified that his wife called him a monkey as he turned his tor in, deprived him of hN tobacco and told him he would be shut if he smoked another an-other cigar.