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AN ERRING WIFE.Who Elopid to South Africa Witht Barman.«———» •In :he Courl of domtont, Edinburgh, Lord Law heard evidence In an action of divorce by Janie* Pearce, or M Donuld-rouJ. Edinburgh, ngatnat hi* wile, Janet Young. Black, or Pearce, ••upjio*“J to bo In i.'j|ieijnn, a'aum ACrl.-a. Thomas Wallace Pago, formerly ba-man :n Lelih, and now believed l • be tn Cap---town, v,a* called a* co-dv-iiender. 1’ujwuw; suld ha wus St year* i;f ago, nn-1 vfto married to de;*nder by decifli mLn on March lj, 189$. At flret they lived In '.he Hr,, but came to Laith in 19l»), IVHn?w hie biv-ther In a cjn;c_ilonery butfhcM*. In lt»0lf lt;Ie-render Introduced P g« to wime's. h J• been out nt the South Arii.au \va: a* u mem-I bar of the Cy.ie Co jlt;*. In llNKl wltnMi cjiii | hwrio one day u rml Page and defender i.i the hvjse tog-thci He thought It air.'lngo. and ‘■poke to d-fender abojt it In Ap ll la*t rhc dWMppc.L-J, and ha .subse.iu6i.tly' ascertained that a couple culling •ilum.elvrn 1 I Mr. nix! Mna. Thomas Page had sailed to- , getlier -for South Afrla, and he had t-nvon \i believe Lhat thut wu.v hln wife and th Page | he knew. He received several lertoit? from defoncJc . iDmv Accusing him of lll-tr«*.tm' nt. and having threatened her, tvh.1 -h denied. In one she suld she «.u hettrU.y elck ./ living on Wo n week, but In another from doutn Aifrlea in 1903 sh-1 an id *hv reeogntaej ch.* mistake ohe had madeMy darling husband. aha wrote, |«t me call you that for this ones*. I am grieving for the mlatako 1 made. I cannot live with-uu' you and my \v« son. ... I will be-dead uiid burled by the time (his reache.* you. ... If you ever ihlnlt of mo try ip think kindly of your who ihum. . . . Don't be angry with me for taking m.v own lift. I reel a !■ the only aioiuinant 1 cm make my son and you. Let him always love hit mamma. Tou needn’t tell him mlttuke 1 mud1.'*Detender uhd for warded he. rngMgemeni ring, a brooch, and a Bible, at keepoakra for her son. On December 4, ISiM defender wroio from u town In vMaubolelana:-*My dear Ted.—Won't you write mo u wee notr- telling m*? about Jumea (their child), and vouraelf ¥That letter was eignc-d Jen. Evidence waa led that defender und defender had gone out to SOU in Africa together, and decree of divorce was pronounced. Mr. Wilton ■tated that the matter of damage had been Arranged by joint minute.
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Sydney Australian Star
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Fri, May 20, 1904
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