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Show EXTBEME CRUELTY. The Ground on flblch Mrs. Cottrell j Obtained Her Dlforce. i AWIlE'SHAISTOIiVTOJI)I)(IEZ.lE ' Tlio Defendant'- Contrn'llrlory Stale nitnt Is Jiot Ilcllfttil lr (lie Court. Tho tliYOfcesultbrouKiitijy Margaret i Ktntna Uoltroll ag.lust lier husband, I.arneJ Cottrell, was heard. In Judge Zane's court IhU morning, the petition Lolug based on tho ground or siatreme cruelly. The jmbllc. lire by thlf lime loleroUy familiar with the facta ot tho csir.lt having come up In cue form or another on sareral ocoaslons during Hie last fow months. Tho defendant recently terted i term In tbo couuly Jll for nil assault which ho bad committed upon hie wife. El Tho plalnllll, u ladylike little woman 1 apparently about 87 jearaot nn, was represented by Attorney W. II. Dick-on; Dick-on; for tbo defendant Judge Bowman Bow-man appeared. Tbe Btory toM by Mrs. Cottrell on the witness-stand nil a pitiable one. Hbo said abo was married tolhode fendant In Chicago on Occombcr 12th, 1879, and they lial resided In Halt Lake about 14 jean. There are four clilldreti-Htellii aged 8, VWrod aged 8, Lamed affd 10, uud Mary unci 12. 'What baa tciu tho defoliant' manner of treating you fjr tho last four or flvo yean?" asked Attorney Dlrkron. To this Mra. Cottrell replloj that bo had systematically abused tier Mid lined foul laui;uai(u toward tier. On lite alternoou cf September 10th, 1S92, she came Into tbu city on rome business busi-ness and reached lioinu between U and 7 o'clock, hating locked up the placu iiefore Iravliip;. llrr husband had isnne Into the country nnj the did not txi tct 111 in bioa udIII late, lie, how. iter, returnud durlug her abeence, and Mas Intoxicated. When ihu Rot home ho wan viry angry, culled her 'II rortu if foul mime, said the woa 'unol'l w ,"aud tbreilaned (o put htr out of tho house. When witness wentlDt'i tbo bedroom to ohiugii her ureas I hit defendant caught hoi J if btr I'ytboaiui, pinched It tovcrcly, and Dune her aicainst tbe ahirp oJ n of thu leditcad. Aahndld thlahe rxnlalmed "I nyoii, I'll kill you yul" Her arm pnluoJ her Tery much tit week), uud alio had to ci) to a ilontjr. Hbo bad els-en her husband no proeocatlon whatever. On November 2nd he canio homo ofler aeveral wteki Ibreuce, having left ber with but llttlu money. He did not write to her whllo away, and file reproached him for It. "Do you think I would wrlto tojou?" was tho reply. All tho motiey he cave her, iho aald, to meet lb entlio &i household rapciisrsdurlnr; hlenlieocs wuaflS. OnNovemberlUthuconver. iatlon tookpllce between them aa to their projicrty. The defendant wai angered, aelivd her by the throat and "choaked" her, and Ibrow her down, the back of her bead striking tho floor. He was then so drunk that he could hardly stand. Wltmua at tills time went to a neighbor' for protection. About last Thanks, giving day ho caiuo home, atiook hla flit In her faco and declared that be would "bresk her d d neck." This was after she had been to couiult her attorney In regard to instituting divorce proceedings, and halnfonned her that It abo cur went lualawviror to tbo court again he would take tho nxe and "brain her." Tho children lecame greatly terrlllod, acrmuioJ and clung around lur. Ho kept that up until nearly midnight and Hal con linually "peiarcuted" beraluce. (iuealiotied as to what uroperty her liuiband poisesicd, Mrs. Cottrell an-awered, an-awered, the homestead lu which tbe (family live I a lot ilhyfj, property at llountlful for which the husband gave 31100 In the spring of U0J, but which was moittugej for $750; uud eimo the commencement of the resent suit ho had glvon a mortjae ou tbo homestead (whlob was worth about ' SIOW) tu his brother for J'JOOi). Wit nets went out rowing during last winter win-ter to belli aii port ber children, as her husband had not given her a slujtle dollar sluco these proceedings were begun. Attorney Dloksou Slnco tills suit was commenced has your huibaud been arrested "lid convicted of assault , and battery upon youT Wltness-i'm. he has. Tho Ut fondant's ooumel objicted to this line of questioning, but the court udmltted Itluavldeuoe. Attorney Dloksou said that tbo defendant de-fendant served some fifty days In the iiiunty fall for annulling Ms wife and uveu whllo under bunds to keep the rmco uo nel,t (a thu house ou eev-iral eev-iral occasions and abured her. JudKu llowmau crou-examloed tho wtii.tts I ul failed to shako her teill-in teill-in my In any particular. a.Msry Cottrell, daughter of the piiler,aged twelve, testilUd thatsba li 1 1 eeon tlin defendant kick her mi her and threaten to uo au uxo iiui tier If alio went to thelawyei'j umlu. 1 h answer to Judge llowram wllntta atl-l her father uover acted "mean" to tho children. -Hr. Adelaide llrowu, n next door imlgtibor of the pirtlea, also gavo uvl-deuce uvl-deuce as to thodclendiinl's cruelty and saia that ou nnu ooraslon alio saw him h0,."1' WI.,B l' thB ll" " 'no head uuu throw her oil her feut. Another neighbor spoke to tbo fact "'?,, wVen., N. Cottrell had beeu caiijht by the throat by hor .uistauJ nii8;?.0 '."V "" ,"'u', I'lalntllt ' !i, D0,,8et ' bteath properly for l (dltohalf an hour afterwords Her i ttiroatwos very red. """ "" "I hu defendaut went upon the stand ""''K"0"1: "Solute denial to nil that I wife had slated, lu had evcr.be declared, used any vloleiuo wbatover I towards her; hu Imi i,uv,r ..,,, ,., ultoUi. her. Ho had .coldod lur" j e.mwhat, but could not remember having ever callei her us-n.,. ii0,i !!!'.vor "'t'"e"s I" kill her; had never "thought'' he was a drlnklig man or a illuuLard. In fact, ho uevtr wos j Ulnilk in hie life. " WM Attorney Dickson-You bnvo never I al mother at ull, but alwoja been" k ml and atlecllouato husband? Djendsnt said no to the first pint 0f t h iuetlon and yes to thoaioond. i Never struolt nor klotud her? A. I never did. I did not kick her, but I did once raise my foot to her. (J, Didn't you put n mortgage on that homeileal to embarrass your wlfi? A. No, I did not. Tvo other wltnetses wcro called by tbe defendant' ooumel who tistlflcii that they had always believed the defendant de-fendant in be a sober man. JuJgo Kane aatd the fids testified to by tho wltaes.es for tho plalnllll made out a clear case, although tha defend ant had IlitlV contradicted them. His honor therefore gruntoj tbe dtcnv uf dlvorco as pra)ed, pavo thu wife the cualoJyof the children, awarjuj lur tbo homestead (ss It nowalauds with tho tnorlgsgo u ou It) and tbu whole ul the household furuituiv, alimony at the rate of $30 per month, payuolo on theilrtt day of each niinth, tin- first inyuentlo bo maco within five Jn) from date; flted thoatlornejVftnat film, mid ordered thu costs tu be paid by Juno 1st. Tho partlca havn bcou rmldcnts of Twenty-first ward In this city. |