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Show DIVORCE BUSINESS IS ifflEI LIGHT Only One Decree Granted at tho Regular Friday Afternoon Matinee. THIS ONE IS GIVEN TO SARAH MAY COWAN i W. C. Morris Fails in Effort to Free Himself From Levinia . Morris. j K Divorce business was rather light in j Judge Morse's court Friday afternoon y and only one decree was granted. Ono was denied on account of tho lack of i. evidence in .behalf of plaintiff and tho t remainder of the session was taken up j' in hearing evidence on the application j of Eliza Pinchin for a restraining or- 1 dor to prevent her husband. Job Pinclun, from disposing of hi property lending the determination of her action for di- f; vorce and also in the further hearing ; on the question of increased alimonv in the case ot Jennie B. Parsons against ; C. O. Parsons. j; Sarah May Cowan was the only one ; who drew a decree of divorce at, the hearing. She testified that her husband, i John M, Cowan, had treated her in a cruel and inhuman manner and had also 1! failed to support her. In her state- ment to the court she said that in May !j of last voar her husband hit hor with 1 his fist and knocked her against the j folding bedt bruising her body and ); blacking her eyes. Then again in July of the same yenr she stated that, ho throw cream pun's in her faee. hit her in the back with !; a chair and told her to leave the house. n May of this year she said that lie hit hor in the face and tore her waist. t Mrs. Cowan further testified that hor j husband is an employe of the Oregon r Short Line Railroad company and eam about .200 per month, but that he had failed to support her tind their three little children and she had been com- ; polled to seek aid from her father. Mrs. Edgar the mother of plaintiff, i corroborated nor testimony to tho of- ! feet that she had seen Cowan strike ; his wife and had seen the bruise from the same, and also that hr daughter ' and children had como to her for the necessaries of lifo. Mrs. Cowan was given a divorce, $20 per month ah mony, .-50 as attorney's f'es, the custody cus-tody of her children and was allowed j to resume her maiden namo, Sarah May Edgar. ) Morris Falls Down. W. C. Morris failed to make good in his evidence against his wifn. Levinia Morris, whom he charged willi cruelty and desertion, and his petition for di-vorco di-vorco was denied. His attorney, TV. h. ; Dunn, saved the cage for him by asking ; lcavo to file an amended complaint, 'j which was granted, and porhaps the ' amendment will be hacked up by the propor evidence. Morris declared that ; liis wife had a bad temper and kept "nagging" at him until ho was mado sick ironi worry over tno anair. un -mm December 28 la'st, after he had been AM compelled to tako to his bed because of IX her treatment, he declared that she left jB him alono and helpless. His brother, ,9 A. G. Morris, tried to help the case .19 along, .but had uot seen or heard enough 4IS of the cruel treatment to warrant tho lM court in rondoriug a decree of divorce. tm After Judge Morso had stated that the evidence was insufficient the attorney tn for Mr. Morris asked for and was given ly leave to amend tho complaint and the III case will again come before the court ,fl before a great while. II Eliza Pinchin, who is suing Job Pin- II chin for a divorce, asked the court for ll a restraining order to prevent her hus- H band from disposing of his property jB pending the hearing of the case. She l testified that hir husband owned nron- IH erty valued nt about $0000 and that he jlH had told her attorney that he intended MM to soli part of it for $1000. She ad- "Mm mitted on cross-examination that sev- oral years ago she and her husband had Jl trouble and at that timo agrocd upon :B a. settlement of their propert3' rights, mm whereupon she deeded him certain prop- 'nB erty and ho deeded her thoir homestead 'MM and floral establishment on South Slate iBS street, valued at over $5000. mm At; this point in tho proceedings Mr. XEJ Pinchin intimated that Atiorne' P. J. AM: Daly had prevailed uon her to niako 'IB; tho settlement mentioned with her hus- JR band with the understanding that her jfH: husband should get a divorce at once, ftSHL which ho failed to do. She said that WU sho had no attorney and that Mr. Daly KJ represented hor husband and msisted jHf; upon hor agreeing to the settlement and jR making out tho deed. . Hgf Straightens It Out. ; Bp Mr. Daly took exceptions to her st3te- gi examination on that point, whereupon R! sho admitted that he had tried to of ; foct a reconciliation between her aud ', h her husband and also that he informed ; ff her that he would cany out tho wishes ! fiS? of herself and husband in regard to the : ftE"? propert- settlement. This satisfied Mr. ttfo, Dalv and she was excused from the stand. i& Mr. Pinchin mado very short work of tho matter when he was called to ' pi the stand, as he stated emphatically , Wto that ho had no intention of selling any of his property without the consent ot am his wife pending the trial of the case. ; Kir Attorney Pay Van Cott. who rcprc- . me. sen ted Mrs. 'Pinchin, then asked that .. Qm tho order to show cause bo dismissed jpsr aud it was so ordered by tho court. Wwti Mrs. Jennie B. Pardons was denied an ; Os) iucreaso in temporary alimony grauted - (fUnf hor some time-ago by" .Judge Morse. Hor j husband. Charles 0. Parsons, was or- MK'tttc dcrod to pay her $125 per month pend- WSi'i ing the final hearing of their separate 'jMjfrr, ' maintennnc.0 case, but sho asked tho Him court to increase the amount to $200 rPy, per month on the ground that she ia -mWy6; compelled to go to California on ac- 1JE,ffrt count of her health and the first named amount is not suflicicnx to defray her Mf.?h expenses. ms ": hidge Morso decided that the amount 'M&m was sufficient and confirmed his previous 'W&Wk order to that effect. WFWil |