The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-05-25
Daisy Green Rogers viii Release
Her Husband Charles Rogers
From His Bonds.
HUSBAND TO GET FORTUNE.
Former Well Known Kenosha Woman
Asks Divorce on Grounds of Deser-
tiou and Failure to Provide May
Get Back Borrowed Money

Sacrificing her place as a wife in
order that her husband may receive a
large fortune left to him conditional
~ by his father, Daisy B. Rogers has
filed an action in the circuit court Of
this county asking that she be granted
an absolute decree of divorce from her
husband, Charles Rogers Of Milwau-
kee, asking that she be.allowed to re-
sumo her maiden name of Daisy B.
Green.
The suit will come as a great sur
prise to the friends of the wife IN Ke-
nosha, as few of them had been APP
prised of the fact that she had finally
decided to allow Rogers his freedom.
Mrs. Rogers in her complaint states
that on the second day of June 1892,
her husband deserted her and that
since that time he has not contributed
anything to her support and mainten-
ance. Furthermore she alleges that
previous to that time the husband had
borrowed money to the amount of $3.50
and she asks that the court order this
money together with interest since
1902 repaid to her. Mrs. Rogers also
asks alimony in the discretion of the
court. The petition asserts that the
action for divorce is brought without
the knowledge or consent of the de-
PENDANT. Mrs. Rogers has a techni-
cal home in Kenosha county, but she
spends most of her time Chicago.
Behind the complaint for divorce is
one of the most romantic stories ever
told in court of justice. Mrs. Rogers
was one of the most beautiful young
women in Milwaukee when she mar
ried Charles Rogers, the son of the
late Daniel Rogers, a millionaire
lawyer and real estate man in Mil
waukee. The marriage was bitterly
opposed by the elder Rogers and uI
to the time of his death he refused tc
be reconciled to it. Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers, however, refused to abide by
the parental order that they separate
and for several years they lived in
domestic tranquility. Just before the
death of Mr.. Rogers ST., he consented
that the couple should have the use
of the large farm owned by him il
Pleasant Prairie and it was stated
that he was beginning to feel kindly
to Mrs. Rogers. The young couple
moved freely in Kenosha and Mi1wau
kee society and their entertainments
at the ranch in Pleasant Prairie he
came famous.
The father of Mr.. Rogers died sud
denly and when the will of the ole
man, was opened it showed that he
had carried his hatred for the bride
of the son to the end. The will pro
vided that so long as Mr.. Rogers re.
NAMED the husband of his present wife
he should receive nothing from the es.
tate of his father, save S week and
this should be paid to him only on the
condition that it was needed for his
personal expenses. The will further
provided that should Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers be separated by a court the
son shorld receive the income OF
$4,000 and that when the estate was
finally settled Charles Rogers should
share with the other children and re-
ceive one-third of the entire estate.
The estate was valued at over a
million dollars and consisted largely
of money, bonds and Milwaukee real
estate.
It is claimed by the friends of Mrs.
Rogers that the couple had lived hap.
PLY together up to the time the will
was filed for probate but after that
time Mrs. Rogers was urged to get a
divorce in order to allow her husband
to inherit the vast fortune left by his
father.
The suit will probably come up fol-
trial in chambers at Racine and it will
be adjusted without any notoriety. II
is not thought that any contest of the
suit will be made by Mr.. Rogers, and
it is probable that Mrs. Rogers will
be literally provided for.