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'.X,4'BRUARY 5. 19U4*~SECOKD SECTSONscent;toy;.’:!iO ..**lt; ^ «today:nfirin-* » ►*May-isbiury; wfiece: nskeSL said*ie, ‘lib-GIVEN FARM ANDI. ♦ . ' ✓Mrs. Catherine LambertonGrtuit• »ed Absolute Divorce From ‘Husband,'Charles.PEALf BoxUFK ESTATE IN §80,000 PROTEliTY EOR THE WIFEg, bo-heard estate*rovc.elided h\ ' his Uniou go ,«s ied bv% IJJ-rrealise point-i that e and(daciton sin. e Box count mt as appli-is apod byBox innty crfect y. law ng in ix at-r an iippll-? rea-court t was e ox-i pro-1 . •. *Both Desired Serration—Bitter iiti-gration of Five years Sot Endedi ♦ • ♦ * ..as Defendant Will Appeal - to Snpreine Court.ntem' rnr. -gcT a and nany t ilto •Tiers is in 1 has rdingIn the cimiit court of Racine county, before Judge Tarmut, of Milwaukee, hearing of testimony in tho-divorce suit of Catherines Lamberton against Charlesi *• . «•* ^..was concluded about 5 o’clock; yesterday afternoon, two days being, consumed.: . Attorneys JJiomas M. Kearney’for the plaintiff .and Attorney Pcrejes, for. the defendant, made their arguments. and the case' was'BUbmitted to tlse .jud^e, ■who, nftcv carefully reviewing the,same, granted, the prayer iof’tlfe •jila’intifrV per tition, giving her an; absolute divorce from bed/and board, forever,: a life estate in the Lamberton farm ot enJbdhnia and also $ioo per annum from, other- incomes of the estatel '' :It was a complete knock-out .for tlie defendant;, who was desirous of scouring an absolute dii’orce and to get possession of.the $30,000 farm. -While the testimony heard wos not of a very spicy nntviTo, at times it was 'rather sensational, especially so when -Mr. Lamberton 'answered questions of Attorney Kearney in an insulting manner and was compelled to apologize to tlie court, to the attorney and;withdraw his answer and then again when the judge warned him that if he persisted in answering, ques% tions, as he dftl,' thy crh'rf W'utld have 4 ake.'action/^*'At one tiiiiia the. witness said that his wi|c. nml children were dead to him forever. Then he told how.lie visited the farm a number of times the past five years; that the only greeting he received was from his old dog and now the do* was dead.STChiCiChi at tfa Elect)edurwithpany.It empfci lines, panv, ceipts that 1 Det result its conoon, rest ; M; Cooir and I inftlh Brc and 1 pany Brlt;WH••CBpftSSGestahthat I..-arc afcis f/.n lift not; ome. ie of s he t ho, f the .ding Q.’his ie ho isary s oni havepreviamorOfferforepriceD/ iFATHER A WEALTHY MAN*hass;.oflOUTl-3igh-t his the been i the t. as n.ber e to does 1 beonixes.‘iCOT-«:cr n ii callsyou g iny in the you hfch out : is liOh* thatNo couple were possibly better known in the nortfiern part of the county than was Charles . Lamberton. and -his \yiic. Their married life extended over n period* of twenty-five years. - When the father iof Mr Lamberton died, he was a wealthy man, Lumber ton town kaviiig beeu^nanjed after.him. Most of the ea* •tatc went to the children! The finest brick , house in Caledonia, was built by Charles Lamberton.• There was .more or less astonishment w hen Mrs,. La in bor ton c obi m e need. aeti on for divorce five years ago, charging her h n s ban d wi t h h e ing a ha bi tnal d ruhfe-ari and crruel and inhuman treal/nient. How bitterly that suit was'contested in the courts is known.Mrs. Lamberton obtained a divorce from bed and board for two . years and management of the farm io Caledonia, and the kuabaud promised to ^uTt driuk-ihg so that a rei’oneil^tion might be ar* ranged if possible. *BOTH DESIRED DIVORCE.uresharihighlt;primturnarouThdomimarkpricevanci% i'therewere a Imp He oati the graic Ther lard ledt ed 2 adva• * * Application .was made by Mrs. Lamberton for aii absolute divorce from,bed and board, and Mr. Lamberton Wanted a separation forever. / Of course the fnain contention was division of the property. There was the .SSOjOOO farm • in’ Caledon-. i which the lt;husband* claimed bad not been properly conducted and there was a trust fund of $25,000 from which he derived: interest.Mrs. Lamberton has finally won and now the former husband »ys ba will appeal to tlie supreme court.?r It predi that seem on tl climi are : 75 ai for a ]\ot . figur belie* mum York Minn there the : pointJOKE COSTS A VERDICTMi rey mart this on a willboth city, vard St
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Fri, Feb 05, 1904
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