The Detroit times., 1908-07-13
HUBBY SAYS STEEL
STOLE WIFE
AND NAME
HARVEY WARDElL TELLS ODD
TALE IN DIVORCE coURT-six
APPLICANTS SPLIT EVEN AS TO
SEX.

Three men and three women. anx-
ious TO break the bonds OF matrimony.
braved the sweltering heat of Monday
morning. and appeared before Judge
'Sandell. who during the vacation sea
son, is presiding over the divorce
court
Ii took Viola Hyde Sherick only two
months TO learn that she had made a
mistake when she married Leo r.
Sherick. SO the husband testified. and
one day In June, 1908. when Leo re-
turned from work he found the house
empty Before her departure Mrs.
Sherick asked a neighbor TO tell her
husband that she must have been out
OF her mind when she married him.
Several months later Leo received a
letter from his wife written from Mis-
sissippi, In which she asked his per
mission to marry another man. He
CALAMITY gave the desired permission
Charges of startling character
were made by Harvey Wardell against
his wife, Ella. TO whom he was mar
ried in Adrian In 1901. He alleges
that in 1903 she eloped with Charlie
Steel, that the couple are now living
together in Detroit, and that Steel has
adopted the name of Wardell. He
said that they had lived at different
times at No. 227 Michigan-ave.. at
Cass-ave. and Safest. and on Bag
ley-ave James Higgins. who con-
ducts rooming house at No. 229 Sec
ond-st., testified that the pair had Nv
ed at HIS place for the past three
weeks. Another witness told of seeing
Mrs. Wardell enter cheap rooming
house on First-st.. with a man.
MY husband deserted me in 1904.
leaving me Ill and without cent"
Mrs. Helen Demski told the Judge.
Have you seen him SINGER" she
was asked.
Not until | came into court. He Is
now sitting on the front seat"
The husband listened to the testi-
mony, but offered no objection 10 his
wife obtaining a decree, and left the
room when the case was heard. Mrs.
Demski told of two assertions. The
first was two years after her marriage
to Frank Demski. AT that time she
was left with babe two weeks old.
unable to work. and without cent.
He returned In six weeks. and for
tllae was good, 80 she said. but dis
appeared again In 1904.
Hubby Spoke Only When Drunk.
Mrs. Mary Buchanan testified that
she had lived in the same house with
her husband, james L., for IA years,
but not as his wife. During all these
years they spoke only when James
was drunk, and then he did most OF
the talking. Neither had her husband
contributed anything TO the support or
her or their four children. she said, all
OF his earnings going for drink. Mrs.
Buchanan said that she had been sup
ported for several years by her broth
er. the late Roger J. Sullivan, the fur
niture dealer.
Although Charles III. Goetsch, ma
chinist employed by the American
Blower Co, earned $3.50 per day. he
allowed his wife only SO per week on
which to run the house and clothe
herself Charles considerably paid
the rent. AT frequent intervals Mrs.
Goetsch said the motony OF life on 81
per week was broken by severe beat
ings. which she says her husband ad-
ministered whenever he felt like II.
The case was heard on the wife's
cross.bil the husband having started
the suit He charged her with going
out nights. but she stated emphatical-
ly that his charges are all false.
Wife Jealous of Child.
She was insanely jealous OF my g.
year-old daughter" Albert Wycherley
said of his second wife, Sarah. a
young Scotch woman he married in
New York in May. 1899 I'VE lived
together only two weeks, and during
that time she dragged the little girl
about the house by the hair, beat her
numerically, and one day | came
home just in time to prevent her at
lacking the child with hat pin. She
left then and returned TO Scotland,
and | have never seen her since
Anna Widmer was all ready TO tell
her story, when her husband, Harry,
pushed his way TO the front and up TO
the judges desk. He whispered to
Judge Mandell minute, and then the
court ordered the case held up for one
week, stating that the husband de-
sired to put In an answer. The wife's
attorney objected. stating that the
husband has known all along that the
case was started.
1T won't hurt the wife to remain
married for another week, and We will
give the husband a chance to tell his
story" the judge replied.
DEGREES will probably be granted In
every case In 30 days.
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