The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-02-13
The Divorce Bureau.

An ignorant and unthinking public sup
poses that II knows everything. but VI does
not. IL suppOSes that bankers and such
are The only persons who have cores
pondents y in other cities who aid in their
business. Are people certain that the pea
nut man on the corner of Washington and
Clark streets has not correspondent Z"
IN New York and san Francisco? Can
they make oath that the North Side dog
lighter has not a dog-iight agent or cores
pondent al New Orleans. " hose keen eye
l. always open TO the mans chance of fOs-
tering the dog-fghting business on the
shores Of Lake Michigany And casually.
by the way Of remark. is any one so bold
th3t ne VIII deliberately present himself
before Justice in Pcrpetuum Banyon and
swear that the divorce system in Chicago
has not qualifications in every other popu-
lar center in the Union that "A Chicago di-
vorcc cannot be obtained in Houston. Tex
as, or Portland. Maine. without further
trouble on the part OF the applicant than
the remittance OF - fee after decree and
few particulars sent by mail . If there be
one 50 bold; il hc be Goodrich or any of
Mr.. Goodrich's friends. let him read the
following letter, received at the Tribune
Office yesterday morning:
To me Editor Of ne Chicago Tribune.
SiR--seeing AN account Of divorce expose Of
one A. Goodrich, would wish YOU to do me the
favor OF answering me through your columns the
following fonr years ago, through one A.
House, Of this city, obtained divorce in Chic
cago from that man Goodrich. never lived
there, nor ever saw Chicago. Il my divorce any
good2 That Goodrich does all Mr. House, busi-
ness. Yours, etc, J'LIA a. q.
NEW York, Jan. 20, lsi
Mrs. G.. transmits the following adver-
tisement cut from New y ork paper
- fee In advance. NJ. HOUSE, Attorney, i9i
Broadway.
II requires an intellect ONO unusual ca
pacity 10 grasp the fact lhat Chicago is the
center of one of the most far-extending
systems of divorce-procuring that the hui
man imagination can conceive, while the
man Goodrich, here noted as the prOcurer
OF the divorce. is the agent of this great
body Of divorce operators.
just look at the beauties Of the system.
Mrs. A.. in New Orleans. wants a divorce.
She cannot get il there. Tor there is no valid
cause. She cannot conveniently get il
here, for she i unable to come here. SO
she looks over her Daily Picayatne. and
finds the advertisement of the New Or
leans branch OF the Chicago divorce house.
Thither she repairs. and orders a Chicago
divorce. requesting il as soon as possible.
ThereupOn the New Orleans agent tcle-
graphs up here:
lone divorce for Mrs. A ). married four years,
on ground of sesertiOn and drunknness. Remit
by express.
In the course of time Mrs. A. calls at the
office. gets her divorce. and little bill,
running:
Mrs a. TO Chicago Divorce Agency New
Orleans RTsnch) Or. one divorce Tor drunken
ness and desertion, ST.. Received payment
divorces warranted for two years A. ID Z"
How far the practice of obtaining di-
vorces for applicants in distant parts ofthe
country through the wire-pulling of A.
Goodrich has been carried on is difficult to
say. IL is "A practice of years standing,
evidently. There i one grain Of consola-
ton to Mrs. Julia G.. and Others who have
been beguiled by similar advertisements
the divorces are necessarily worthless,
having been obtained by fraud. This sug-
gests many complexities. Has Mrs. Julia
&. married again? She is bigamist. Has
she any issue by her second marriage! Ii
j. illegitimate. What are the G's and 9TH
ers going 10 do about its For what has
Mr.. Goodrich pocketed his fee? Fraud all
round. What are the consequences to be.
Chicago Tribune.