Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-19
WANTS HOME COMFORTS;
RENTS HOUSE FOR WOMAN
DIVORCE CASE OF INTEREST TO
SEVERAL CITIES
Man Tires of MilIiner-Wife Too
Busy to Keep House and
Both File Bills In
Cour.

Department of the superior court,
over which Judge Monroe presides, yes
terday was occupied for the entire day
with the divorce case of Martha Mohr
against Otto III. Mohr, her husband. The
case is interesting persons of prominence
in Los l-ngeles, Ocean Park, Riverside,
Santa Monica and Pasadena and many
witnesses from these places were in the
court room yesterday to listen to the evil
dence and to testify.
The grounds on which Mrs. Mohr bases
her sint are statutory, and Mohr has
filed a cross bill, alleging cruelty and ex-
treme mental anguish.
Both Monr and his wife were on the
stand yesterday and the former was tes-
tifying when court adjourned. Mrs.
Mohr declares her husband firted with
Mrs l.. v. Camp, the woman in the
case, who is the wife of jeweler of
Warden and. Fallon, New.
HE tried to attract her attention while
we were together in the Mason opera
house, she declared, ''and when we
came out he looked back and she smiled
at him."
Flirts with Woman
On one occasion, she said, Mohr had
fiirted with Mrs. Camp while holding a
paper before his face, in order that his
place. Witnesses were called to prove
that Mohr had frequently visited Mrs.
Camp in her cottage at Ocean Park and
that he had on numerous occasions taken
her out driving. For almost two months,
Mohr and Mrs. Camp are said to have
lived in the same house at Pasadena and
witnesses declared they believed the
couple to be man and wife.
Mohr, whiie on the stand, said his wifes
fears were all imaginary He declared
he had visited Mrs. Camp during her
stay at Ocean Park only at her invita-
ton and when other persons were pres
ent. He had been driving with the wo-
man a number of times, but she had al
ways paid the livery bills.
''As to the house in Pasadena" said
Mohr, II did live there, but as a boarder
and roomer." He said he wanted a
home and had become dissatisfied with
the marital ties that bound him to his
wife. He told Mrs. Camp his troubles
and she suggested that cottage be
rented and for this purpose went to
Pasadena, where pretty little place took
her fancy and also that of Mohr, who
visited 1t the following day.
Mohr said he enjoyed the home sur
roundings in his new abode He left
home at o'clock in the morning and
returned dl 4 OF o IN LHe AFTERNOON, ne
said. and after supper sat in the paror
reading the papers, while Mrs. Camp did
the housework. Mrs. Camp, he said was
an accomplished musician and in the
evening entertained him with piano Sc
lections
One witness was placed on the stand
to prove that Mohr had helped Mrs.
Camp wash the dishes, but this witness,
J. J. Young of Pasadena, said he could
not swear to this fact.
Molir is reputed to be wealthy. He is
an inventor and is president of the
Campbell-Mohr Engineering and Con-
struction company of Ocean Park Mrs.
Mohr is said to be wealthy in her own
right. She was few months ago the
head of millinery establishment in
Riverside and one in Los Angeles II
was while attending to her business af-
fairs that the alleged backsliding of her
husband occurred. Attorneys Stephen l..
Sullivan ant William J. Hunsaker are
handling Mrs. Mohr's interests, while
Mohr has for his counsel Frank G. Fin
layson and Lewis r. Works.