Mexborough and Swinton Times June 19, 1915
Divorce for Denaby Main Woman
Husband’s Love for an American
Mr Justice Bargrave Deane heard on Monday, in the Divorce Court, the petition of Mrs Beatrice Scott, living at Maltby Street, Denaby Main, for a divorce from John William Scott, a miner, by reason of his desertion and misconduct.
Mrs Scott, in the witness box, said she was married to the respondent in 1902. After marriage they lived sometime in Nova Scotia, and subsequently returned to England.
In 1911 respondent left, returning to the united States, and he has not since lived with her or supported her. In October 1912 he wrote witness a letter, in which he said:
Try all in your power to forget me. I am sure that God will reward you in the end, and someday you may meet with one will love and adore you, as I am sure you are worthy of good man.
In another letter the respondent admitted that he never looked, and to his mother and sisters he wrote that he had met a woman whom he loved, and who had made him the happiest man in the world.
Evidence was given that the respondent had been living with another woman, and a decree was granted, as stated.