The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-12
SHADOWS WIFE ON
TIP BY LETTER;
DIVORCE SEQUEL
cHRIsTiA NREuscH TgLLs COURT
OF DISCOVERY or woMAN'e
LIAisoN WITH YOUNG MAN
OTHER UNIONS SEPARATED.

Christian and Elisabeth Rsusch
lived together for 81 years. and during
this time the husband hal no reason
to think that his wife was untrue to
him. In divorce court Monday morn
ing he told Judge Murphy how his
faith was destroyed and his home
broken up.
He said that while at work last
February he received . lotter signed
~Broken.hearted Husband telling him
OF Rsusch's wife's doings. and advts'
ing him to watch her. That night
Christian waited at Randolph and Ma
eomb-sts., and saw his wife come along
and join . young man. He followed
the pair into several saloons. and
later called q policeman, but no ar
rests were made.
A policeman. q witness for the hus-
band. testified that he had seen this
same young man so to the Reusch
house. near the 6cottenAvs. police
station, every day for weeks. and had
seen ss-. Reusch IN the mans COM
psny at midnight and later. The two
are now living together az man and
wife on Shsridan-ave.. It was stated.
The showing made was SO strong
that decree OF divorce was granted
at once. and all the property held
Jointly by wife and husband was given
to the latter.
The love Of Frederick G. Carly. u
telegraph operator. for the free life
proved stronger than his affection for
his wife. Henrietta. she testified. and
he deserted her several times. Once
he returned when their babe was three
days old. and he left her again when
the child was but 10 weeks old. Ia
September, 1905, he went away for
good. Mrs. Carly handed the Judge
a letter written by her husband. and
after reading It he gave her decree
ter was "a bad one"
Charles H. Forbes failed TO answer
when his name was called. but his
wife. Henrietta. did. and the case was
heard on her cross-bill. The couple
were married In 1900. and for i've
years they lived under the same roof
but In separate rooms. In his bill tho
husband alleged that he was driven
out OF his wife's room by the presence
there Of too many dogs, which she In
sisted should sleep with them. He
said he could scarcely sleep, as his
wife was continually scoidtug him
about crowding the dogs. Mrs. Forbes
admitted that her dogs shared her
room with her. but said they were
first taken into bed with them at her
husbands suggestion. She charged
that her husband was cruel to her,
swore at her. and treated her like q
servant. She said that he had been
married twice before she became his
wife, fact that she was not aware Of
was marked heard and submitted.
That her husband was not sober
more than two months during the 20
years she lived with him, was one of
the statements made by Margaret Han.
ley, who asked for q divorce from
James w. Hanley. Mrs. Hanley said
that AZ q result of her husbands
treatment she had been compelled to
undergo nine operations In two years.
Decree granted.
Walter and Grace Bryne had been
married but six months, 30 Walter tes-
tilted. when his wife's brother and
mother called and took the young wife
home with them, and there she has re-
NAMED since August, 1905. He will
get a decree.
Elizabeth Marshall testified that her
husband, William. was mean and tan.
talking, that he delighted In splitting
on the stove just after she had polish
ed II. and nothing pleased him moro
than to soil q newly-scrubbed floor.
William had other bad habits, and the
wife will probably get the divorce she
ASKS for.
Lottie Grant admitted that she wss
not 16 years Of age when she was
married to Joseph Mohr. and that the
marriage was q secret. hor people
knowing nothing Of It. Her husband
was 80 years of age. The marriage was
annuled by Judge Donovan.