Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Telephone, August 11, 1908, p. 4. The first case of local wife desertion to be brought to the notice of the officers was yesterday when Elva Grady made a complaint to Deputy Prosecutor Louden that her husband, Fain Grady, had deserted and refused to support her. The young man, who is employed at the Hotel Bowles, was arrested but the complaint was later dismissed by request of the girl who claimed she was deserted. Under the last Indiana statue, wife desertion is a serious crime, the punishment being, on conviction, 1 to 3 years in the penitentiary.