The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-08-28
TIE DIVORCE MACHINE.
New York Lawyers Who Manu-.
facture Evidence to Separate
Married Couples.

A new kind of specialist in law has
sprung up within the past few year:
i'm New YORK city known as the Iii
vorce lawyer. Mrn and women Via,
for any sliyh: whim MAJ desire to cut
the marrige tie, go to the specialist
and the bond is severed speedily
and with, Ut publicity Within ten
years hundreds of once happy fami-
lies have been broken up simply be.
Cause the mother wasted more money
and richer dresses or the father had
grown tired of u quiet life, or be-
come enamOred of some other wOn.a,i
whom he met on some pleasure ex-
cursion or at dinner. This infectio.,.
il is generally believed, extends Onl'-
among actors and actresses. but it -
not so. and every LAWYER knows thu
the story of O.nond Tearle is repeat
ed every Gay in private life. b -
ION and Philadelphia have always
held the lead in the matter of d.
vorces, but New York is gradually
and surely becoming the city where
divorce lawyers thrive the best. The
secret histories from time to time
unveiled shows that men who have
determined cast aside the women
they have sworn to love will gn to
anv extreme to accomplish their pur-
pose The private detective figures
In quiet way i'm ali these divorces,
and women employ other women for
the one purpose Of making their nus
bands untrue to them.
The methods of procuring divorces
speedily AMI without publicity. differ
A man who wants to separate from
his wife goes to one Of these lawyers
and, depositing retainer, requests
that he be divorced.
Why, the specialist will not even
inquire, if the figures on the bank note
are satisfactory. The specialist does
all the work, requiring the husband
only to sign the affidavids A pr
waite detective and a woman are then
employed by the divorce lawyer
The detective ar med with a summons
goes out with The woman To any res. TT
along Sixth avenue, ere one of The
women generally found in these places
is singled out, having been alread,
paid by tie lawyer l.. be at this poin'
at certain hour. The detective pr.
senis her with the summons, Ills Coli
pani"n pointing her out as the wife.
If the man VINO is seeking the divorce
Thus tie defendan in The suit Is
served with the summons. o. cuur>e
lie summons is torn up Immediately.
ard the receiver thinks no more 81;
the matter and is never troubles AGAIN
Mean hiIe the matter goes Ia thr
court She husband swears to cuuI
i'laint, accusing his wifi: of what he
LEASES The detective swesrs he
served the woman pointed out Ia
MIN a. the plaintiffs wife, and his az
complete swears that the woman psi =
ed out was The defendant la questions
TIE court orders a referee I'd ;nvesii-
gale the matter. Then begins star
chamber examination aud cross tx
animation The defensive puts for
war.i no wipes and the rferee re-
ports TO the ,urt. with a recOmmenda-
tlOn for absolute divorce The curt
grants the order for absolute divorce
and the plaintiff is free, while she J.
ignorant If the fact that a suit i.a-
been begun and she is separated for
ever. perhaps. both from her hu.-
hand AMI her children.
This is the cOrnmOnest method ui
winning divorce suit, as the specialist
calls it
There are other methods employed.
however which ,!o iot settle the hi;
as speedily and with more publicity.
A prominent lawyer. speaking about
the matter yesterday, said that no first
class lawyer now wants to be mixed
up in q divorce case ON the account of
the bad repute of the specialists.
Every often" he says, "a woman
q divorce from her husband
hires another woman of low character,
who meets her victim, and after Wis
iting several places is the object of con-
cealed witnesses The husband in
many cases employs the SAME means
to destroy his wife. The wife is met
by some other woman while out shop
ping. and after short acquaintance
induces her to 60 into one of the
fashionable millinery shops in the city.
and while there both indulge in wine.
Two gentlemen are introduced by the
lady Of the house. After more wine
the decoy is led away and the wife is
followed by the detective who has been
watching her to secure reasonable evil
dence of guilt.
The love of finery Is the undoubted