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Show ; JUDGE until CUTS ! BIliS IF MI3IVSIT Divorce Matinee at Ogden Teems Willi Unhappy Sin vies. Special to The Tribune- OGDEN, April 21. It look only fifteen minutes for Judge Howell to loose the "tic that binds" in three cases Friday j afternoon, at the weekly divorce matl- nee. In less than a month after the minister pronounced them man and wife, j Marv A. Stephens left the homo and fireside fire-side of Guy W. Stephens for pastures new, according to his testimony. Sto- phons is a telegraph operator. Ho declared de-clared that the- two wcro married in Newark. N. J . August 24. 1901. After a I few weeks of wedded bliss. Mrs- Stephens deserted him during tho following September- 'Stepluais could not tell the court where his wife is at this time. The same old story of a husband frittering frit-tering away his money at gambling and drinking, leaving his wife and children to scrapo up a living in some old way, was told by Mrs. Pearl "Lov eland in hor action for a divorce from Oliver G. Lovcland. They wore married in Salt Lake City In August. lOO.'i. For more than a year past, according to tho little woman's story, Loveland lias done nothing toward tho support of herself and their two minor children. In addition to the decree of divorce, Judge Howell awarded the woman the custody of the children and 310 a month alimony. The earnings of Harry H. Hoffmaister have gone tlio same routo. according to the testimony of Mrs. Laura M. Hoffmaister. Hoff-maister. The Iloffmaistcrs were married in St. Louis. Mo, September 1. 1P01. For some time the husband has failed to furnish her with the common necessaries of life, spending his money over the green baie tables. Tho decree of divorce was granted by the court. |