The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-12
DIVORCE MILL ENQUIRY.
New York Cases Brought before the
ssra5sd Jury,

NEW YORK, Noy. 12-Steps were Ia
ken by the grand jury today toward pun
ishing the gang which has been conduct
ing bogus divorce mill IN this city AS
sistant District Attorney Unger brought to
the attention of the grand jury The exist
ence of the spurious divorces obtained by
Henry Zeimer, the attorney; Frank VIII
son, his assistant, and Mary H. Thompson,
The female detective. who has turned States
evidence.
Mr.. Unger said before he went into the
session Of the grand jury that he would
have as witness before that body the
Thomas woman and also Mrs. Byrde 6.
Herriek. Mrs. HeTrick was the last plain
tiff for whom Zeimer and his associates Oh
tanned a bogus divorce. She was taken into
custody last Friday night from her home
IN Bedford Avenue. BROOKLYN, and placed
in the house OF detention, technically as
n witness.
The detectives wk6 are at work On the
case, opened the desk IN " walden Mai
SOL s office and found many Bapers. The
papers show that the gang was willing TO
give decrces OF divorce for as low as 81 II
necessary TO get the buEiuess. although
they generally charged as much as they
thought their clients would pay. Enough
papers We're found to convince the detee-
tiyes that Sisison had At various times used
the names of Marshal, Rothsekild. and
ROYAL.
The police have found that Maison sell
dom lived at the same place more tran
two months, and, according 10 Mr.. Tn
ger, they did not know where he was Iiy-
ing at the time Zeimer vas arrestei,
The Herrick ard the Hopper cases,
which were the last put through by the
Maison-Zeimer gang, will be used as a
Ee.f r. s,F
Wilson, who are now the only men Of
the gang actually in custody.
All OF the divorces obtained by lie gang
are upon their face bona fde, bHt as the
rule OF law that fraud yttiates all DEGREES
applies to divorces, they would be set
aside by The Supreme ConrI upon applica-
tion of any Of the aggrieved defendants.
Maison did not have . monopoly Of bogus
divorce mills in this city. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Unger, who has been in
vestigating these frauds, says ae fss dis
covered a startling condition o. affairs
and that before he gets through scores OF
lawyers hereabouts may lie shown 20 be
carrying on a business similar o that OF
the gang just discovered
This divorce producing conspiracy has
been growing with alarming rapidly, in
yestigations show. The district atsol ney' 3
Office already has the names G. \ score or
more QlSGepuLaDie lawyers EHb. under tbe
guise Of respectable ones. haze been shaT
Ing their big rewards with = c9terie OF
perjured witnesses. When the anal dis
closures come. Mr. Jnger promises a big
sensa ton
y cannot speak at length on my in
v1sti9ations of these divcrce HIS said
Mr. Unger this morning i must frs
present my evidence TO the grand jury
1T is true that our discovery CT fraud
practicej by Zeinaer and Na sen and their
accomplices has served to open the door
on wholesale frauds Of q similar nature
that will result in The arrest Of persons
/ hitherto not mentioned IN the ssse
may he prepared 10 reveal sn astznish-
ing state of affairs Ia New rork legal
circles.
we regret that Aaison slipped through
our hands before We clearly Ezsierstoed
that ne was 4 real man and H7t another
alias Of Zeimer We know bow boldly
Ma tsqn practiced his frauds, ard vse know
waat he looks Ike. but his personality
is shrouded in mystery We eaRnst frd
where he came frem, where BE liysd- o.
who he really is lie seemed to be an 0id
bird al he game. and wss Constantly on
his guard and kept d large supply of
ready cash in order 10 make a quick
fight