The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-05-27
IS SEEK DIVORCE,
AND ONLY one
REFUSED
,JuDGES RoHNERT AND HOSMER
DO BUMPER BUSINESS AT MON
DAY MATINEEs-usUAL TALES
OF DOMESTIC WOE.

When Judge Rohnert saw the wo-
men trooping into his court room
Monday afternoon. he knew he was n
cor busy divorce session, and he sent
out hurried cali for help Judge
Hosmer came to the rescue, and be-
<fween them sixteen cases were heard.
Only one applicant went away disap-
vointed. and she was told TO come
lack when she had more testimony TO
bffer
~ Remarkably young looking was Mrs.
Ada A. Brownell, and the audience
WAS somewhat surprised when her IL
Eyear-old son took the stand as wit
mess. Mrs. Brownell testified that her
Husband. Harry G., 10 whom she was
Emarried In Waterford. Mich. g years
fago, was possessed OF such jealous
disposition that Il was impossible to
live with him She alleged that he
was continually making false charges
kagainst her, and once when he came
khome late, kicked the door down. and
accused her Of entertaining other men.
Another jealous husband and one
with an ungoyernable temper was de-
scribed by Mrs. Jane O'Hara. wo-
man OF more than ordinary refine
ment She said that her husband,
Frank, TO whom she was married in
South Dakota. in 1903 would fly into
|a rage at the slightest provocation,
|and call her vile names.
.There wasn't a day during the last
-four years we lived together that he
Zdidn't address unkind and cruel
&epithetS TO me-" she said. IF his
slippers were not in the exact spot
The thought they should be, he would
call me vile names. His laundry must
|go on a certain day and return on a
'tcertain day. or he would be in a rage.
His habits were irregular, yet he ex-
pected a hot dinner when he came
home, whether 1t was 6 o'clock or 10.
Stylish Divorce Applicant.
The most stylish applicant OF the
afternoon was Margaret Frenzel.
When she stepped lightly TO the stand
her tight fitting suit of black and hat
tof the same color were the center OF
Extraction.
my husband, Arthur, TO whom
was married In Toledo in 1906 she
Esaid. had such an awful temper that
III was afraid OF him. He stormed
about the house in a frightful manner.
and swore at me. He always carried
u loaded revolver, which he displayed
dozens of times and threatened TO use
ION me. At the dinner table sometimes
NE drew Ii out and placed it beside
MIS- plate, and 1t didn't help TO make
ne dinner very enjoyable. He made
re per week, but he allowed me only
8. and was expected to keep the
>ouse on that. or course / couldn't. d
nv fplIc had n drocc me
Mrs Efie Davis Erler, now living
~ No. 1876 Sherman-st., was a member
4 musical company when, in Feb
nary. 1907, she became acquainted
{ III Frank E. Erler. in Lowell, Mass.
10y were married and separated the
&x{ day, after agreeing to begin
ueekeeping at the close of the sea
Mrs Erler said she had never
~ her husband since that day. and
Va never received a cent OF support
ia him.
Much OF the story told by Rose
Strickland was unprintable, but III
answered her purpose. and she was
promised a decree. She lived with her
husband, Charles. only three months
This Wife a Boozer
The only man to ask for a divorce
Davids story sounded very much like
. that told by the average woman. He
said that his wife Alice came home
"soused" about twice a week, several
dimes so near helpless that he had TO
put her to bed Once she came home
with black eye, and another time
with bloody nose.
The only woman turned down was
Mary Chafor. She came from Toron-
10 two years ago. and is now support,
I. Ing herself as a milliner. She charged
her husband, William d., a travelling
. man, with non-support. Judge Rohn-
erf had a few pertinent words TO say
about Canadians fiocking to Detroit TO
get divorces, and told Mrs. Chafor 10
come back when she had more\ eyi-
fence.
Carl Waterman married Bertha Wa
herman in Windsor on a Wednesday,
and on Friday she left him. because
|of a few words with her husbands