The Detroit times., 1908-08-03
COURT
WITH WITTY
SAL[IES
AGED GERMAN WOMAN MAKES
MERRY WHEN APPLYING FOR
pdvoRcE-wANTs DECREE so
AS TO GET ANOTHER CHANCE.

The presence in divorce court Mon
day morning OF Martha Albrecht, an
elderly German woman, added con-
siderable merriment TO an otherwise
dull occasion. Mrs. Albrecht want
ed q divorce from her husband. Will
tam, who deserted her 10 years ago.
The couple were married 20 years
ago. Every question asked the old
lady made her laugh harder. The
merriment seemed 10 be contagious,
and before she left the stand Judge
Mandell was laughing as heartily as
the audience.
did you treat your husband well?"
inquired Judge Mandell.
Il should think | did" answered the
little woman, aud she fairly swayed
with laughter.
Where Is your husband now, is he
diving or dead?"
/ "Oh, l don't know und / don't care"
and she laughed harder than ever.
what does a woman OF your age
want with a divorce?" asked the
Judge.
Il might get another chance" she
replied, and this time the audience
! Joined in the outburst.
Mrs. Albrecht was promised de-
cree on the grounds OF desertion.
Mrs. Minnie Davis testified that
the religious differences OF her and
her husband, Max. were responsible
for several quarrels during the two
weeks they lived together. and Max
left her. The case was heard on the
wife's cross-bill. The husband started
the case, but withdrew his bill. He
alleged that his wife received love
letters from other men, but she denied
this.
Looks Like a Bride.
Mrs. Eva Sagmaster looked more
like a bride than an applicant for di-
lyorce. She was neatly attired in white
Iron head to foot, and decidedly sty-
klish. She testified that her husband.
tJoseph, to whom she was married In
sl8S1, had deserted her 16 years ago,
and that since that time she had not
received cent OF support from him.
Frequent Quarrels over the husbands
morals were given as the reason for
the trouble. A daughter % years OF
age, testified that she had not seen
her father since she was seven.
Merritt j. Wells was always drunk.
30 Marietta Wells testified. Her testi-
mony was corroborated and decree
was promised.
Much of Fred w. Schwartz's testi-
mony was unprintable. but 1t was OF
such q nature that It secured for him
an annulment of his marriage to EN-
ma Schwartz in April, 1907. They
h,,f faxx xuaaEa
Il don't have to support no woman
is what Edward Shaner Is alleged to
have said to his wife, Lilly, when after
several months OF married life she
asked him for a quarter. They lived
together about Is months, and during
that time Mrs. Shaaer had to support
herself.
Soaked Every Night.
He was soaked every night. and /
couldn't leave the children with him
because he got the snakes" is what
Martha Sikora said Of her husband. Jo-
seph. Joe's continued drunkenness
made II impossible for him TO hold a
Job, and Mrs. Sikora said she had done
washing for nine years. She said that
when she went out to work she had
to hire some old woman to look after
her children, as her husband was usu-
ally drunk. A sister OF the plaintiff
who lived in the same house for eight
years, said she had never seen her
brother-in-law sober.
Eva M. Bassett, a pretty little girl
from Worthwhile, not yet 10 years old,
told OF her marriage to James Bassett
when she was only IL and he Fl. She
said that her husband never gave her
4 cent, never treated her as a wife.
would 20 and come when he liked,
told her It was none OF her business
where he was, and several times was
away for a week at time. There was
other testimony whispered to the
nudge, and her husband will be re-
ntrnined from marrying for two years.
The judge urged the wife to ask for
alimony and he promised to see that
81 was paid, or the husband would go
total.
NarrDes Merry Widow-sad Finish.
Edward Denton married a merry
widow, Jennie, by name. in 1897. and
according to the husbands testimony
ehe has led him lively chase. Dur
1nG the ten years that have interviewed
since the marriage, he testified that
his wife had been arrested eight times
I Tor larceny and disorderly conduct,
and had gone through second mar
riage ceremony with a soldier named
William Thomas. who Is now in the
Z Ph1lippines. This soldier was in De-
eroit only 22 days. but during that time
he and Mrs. Denton became engaged
4 and were married by the Rev. ID. II.
Hind, the Sandwich parson, the wit
meas said