The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-09
MRS. MEYER SECURES DECREE
FREEING HER FROM HER DE.
.TEcTIVE HUSBAND
TELLS COURT THE STORY
OF MEYERS INFIDELlTY
Lived With Another Woman at Lo-
cal Hotel and When Caught Informs
His Wife He Has Found Some One
He Liked Better Than Her.

Mrs. Tony I. Meyer yesterday OBJ
tanned from Judge Otis a divorce from
her husband, Charles F. Meyer, former
ly a well known detective on the ST.
Paul police force. The case is one of
the most sensational divorce suits tried
in this city in many years.
Mrs. Meyer, who is bright and at
tractive woman, and still young, was
the principal witness in court yester-
day. Her testimony was corroborated
on all vital points by that of Deputy
Sheriff George Kroeger and by depo-
sition Of T. A. Baker, proprietor of the
Metropolitan hotel.
about the first Of June, $780," said
the wronged wife, IT began to suspect
my husband of improper conduct. He
was absent from home several nights,
and his excuses did not sound straight
Late in the month he remained away
for ten days and set out to find him.
Lived With Another Woman.
my inquiries resulted in the discov-
cry Of the fact that he was living at
the Metropolitan with another wom-
an, whom he represented as his wife.
I went to the hotel on the night OF
June 80 and we found on the hotel
register the names of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles F. Meyer The proprietor, as
soon as he learned that I was the real
Mrs. Meyer, prepared to turn my hus-
band and the woman, who was Daisy
Norton, out of the hotel.
'He went with Mr.. Kroeger and my
self to the door of the room where the
parties were sleeping, but my husband
refused to open it, The keeper of the
hotel at once started down stairs for
a crowbar. Then Mr.. Meyer gave in,
and said that If I would go down to
the parlor he would come down there
and see me-
Meyer Loses His Job.
''This was done, and my husband told
me there in the parlor that he had
found someone he liked better than
me-. Mr.. Kroeger arrested the Norton
woman and took her to the police sta
ton, while Mr.. Meyer got carriage
and sent me home. He then went to
the station, where the officer on duty
told him he had better resign at once.
He did so, and a few days later disap-
peared from st. Paul.
Il have not seen him since, though I
traced him to a house in Chicago, where
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He is now living with her in Pittsburg,
Pa, where he is employed as a sales
man in a mercantile house. He oc-
casionally has sent me a SIS bill-never
more than one a month, and some
times nothing for many months at
time. He earns at least 500 per month,
as am informed, and is we'll able to
pay me s25 a month for the support of
our four children" "a
Owns City Real Estate.
Mrs. Meyer further testified that her
husband had inherited from both his
father and mother a share in certain
St. Paul real estate. The defendants
father was the late Christian Meyer.
Judge Otis inquired particularly in re-
gard to the location, value and legal
status of this property, saying that
while probably not sufficient to yield
an adequate support for the wife and
children, it would doubtless count for
something, and being within the juris-
diction of the court must be looked
after at once. The arm of the court
might not be long enough to reach to
Pittsburg, and compel the defendant to
make further provision for his aban-'
doned family, though this, too, should
be done if there was power in the law
to accomplish 1t.
'The plaintiff is entitled to all she
can get out of this man. said Judge
Otis to Mrs. Meyers counsel, ]. M.
Hawthorne.
Mrs. Meyer Gets AIimony.
After hearing the other testimony,
which was merely cumulative in char
acter, Judge Otis directed Mr.. Haw-
thorne to prepare decree for alimony
in the sum of $40 per month and for
500 attorneys fees, and to take steps
to protect the plaintiffs statutory
third interest in Mr.. Meyers Mime
sofa property 1t is also the courts
Intention as expressed by Judge Otis,
to make the alimony granted lien on
the remaining interest of the defend
ant in the property left by his parents.
Mrs. Meyers maiden name was Taxi.
She married the defendant in 1891, and
has four children. She is thfrty-six
years old, while her late husband is
five years younger. Since the disap-
pearance Of Mr.. Meyer she has sup
ported her family by her own labors,
and she told the court yesterday that
she was doing this by working for a
local firm of milliners, who pay her Sc
per week.