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Show VfiMKS- T7 mS : :.-IS: 170 LITTLE -ONES .' The weekly divorce grind la the District Dis-trict court occupied the attention of Judge Morse during the entire afternoon after-noon yesterday.-; Mlsmated couples were" separated and allowed to go on their way rejoicing or otherwise. Some of the cases heard were pathetic in the extreme and brought tears to the eyes of more than one spectator. . John Beck, an elderly man, in a broken brok-en voice said that he bad married Louise Lou-ise Snyder, a woman several years younger than ximself, in Brigham City in 1897. He declared that four years later his wife ran away with another man, taking their two babies with her. "I have tried to find some trace of my babies for the last five years," said Beck, as the tears rolled down his furrowed fur-rowed cheeks. : . i " Beck introduced a circular wbjch he had sent to all of the laTge fjtips of the country with the hope of finding his erring wife and two children. The stepfather of the woman testified testi-fied to the woman leaving home and taking the two children with her. The divorce was granted. i Another case of a faithless wife was told in the story of August Gottaker, a laborer who lives in Mill Creek. Gottaker Got-taker testified that his wife, Maria, had deserted him in October, 1905. leaving' behind her a nine-weeke.old baby. The father held the baby on bis knee while on the stand. , The mother of the husband hus-band corroborated the testimony of Gottaker Got-taker and the .decree was granted, i From the nature of the charges filed by Josephine Senior against Fred J. Senior and his answer and cross-complaint, a decidedly racy trial was expected ex-pected when the case was called. The case was devoid of any sensation, however. how-ever. An agreement had been reached between the parties by which the wife secured a divorce on the ground of desertion de-sertion and non-support. I ' f Blanch Boden was granted a decree from Clarence Boden on the ground of non-support. On the ground of desef-, tion Lillie M. Johnson was granted a divorce from Harry L. Johnson. Mathilda Ma-thilda Weer secured a legal separation from-Charles Weer on the ground of failure to provide. Lillian Nuckles had deserted her husband, .7. R. Nuckles, who was next granted his prayer for la legal separation. . I William H. Stookdale appeared to tell the court why he should not be punished pun-ished for contempt in failing to pay alimony ali-mony to his wife, who is a teacher in the summer school. Stockdale proved to the court that he had been out of work and had been unable to pay the money. I |