The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-10-26
NURSE FIGURES IN
ROLE OF HOME
WRECkER
MRS. FRED n. LENNox SAYS
HUBBY BECAME sMITTEN WITH
WOMAN WHO ATTENDED HIM
AND SET WIFE ADRTFT.

nine months. is the experience OF Mary
Dolan. who appeared In Judge Muir
phys court, Monday. Mrs. Dolan said
that she kept company with her nus
band. Harry. the son or West JET
ferson-ave. saloonkeeper. more than a
year. and during thai time he didu't
touch liquor. Two weeks AFTER their
marriage he came home drunk. Ia a
short time he was coming home In that
condition three or four times week
and later he was always drunk. he
abused her. Airs. Dolan said. and once
when she vas frightened into semi
conscious by thunder storm. and was
lying on the kitchen floor. her husband
licked her brutaliy. Decree in 80
days.
Edna NJ. Lenaox. wife OF Fred II. .-sn'
nox,- son of the weil-known tailor,
blamed her troubles To q nurse with
whom her husband fell in love when nc
was i'll with appendicitis. They were
married In December. 1906. and sep
arated the following May Mrs. Lennon
'testifying tina. her husband sent her
home with the announcement that he
was tired OF her. She will get d.
vorce.
Too Much Motrcrin-La".
Mary A. Macarthur. the prettiesi
woman in the courtroom. testified that
her husband, Frederick J. G. McAr
thur. Winnipeg lawyer. announced to
her within six months after their mar
rage, which took place in 1906. that
she would have 10 leave or he would.
The trouble was caused, so Mrs. Nc
Arthur said. by the presence in the
house of her husbands mother. She
said IL was Impossible to live with the
woman. For five years Mrs. Macarthur
has supported herself In Detroit. She
was promised a decree in the usual
time.
1t Is back to the Eloise asylum for
Grace Davis. and she isn't crazy.
either. On Sept Is, 1906, the woman.
who was then an attendant in the
asylum, was married to Frank Davis.
who held similar position. The day
after their marriage her husband quit
his job, Mrs. Davis said, and has never
worked since They lived for six
months with his parents In Indianapo.
lis. and three months with the wife's
parents. Then Frank skipped. During
their married life he didn't contribute
a cent toward her support. Mrs. Davis
testified.
Judge Donovan was sure that Mrs
Davis lost her residence in Michigan
when she went 10 Indiana, and held
the case up for consideration. Mrs
Davis now has her old job back at the
asylum.
Irving Comstock. young man from
Plymouth, thought he had sufficient
reasons to suspect his wife, Maud. oil
being too friendly with a young man oil
their acquaintance. He arranged with
a neighbor 10 call him by phone when
conditions were ripe FOR a discovery
The neighbor sent in the call one day,
and the husband and an officer hur'
ried 70 the house The husband whis'
pered to the judge the details OF the
discovery, but said his wife wasn't at
all embarrassed. She told him 10 Go
to h--r he said" He was promised
decree.
Anna Hahn was granted a divorce,
and the home In which she has been
living on Eighteenth-st.. near Assist,
was thrown in as alimony. Mrs. Hahn
testified that her husband. Henry. de-
serted her In 1906. leaving her with a
mortgaged home on her hands. She
paid off the incumbrance and now has
the home free.
Says Wife 10 Remarked.
Ethan A. Mcleod had little trouble
In securing q divorce after he strength
ened his testimony with letters from
the Rev. Jasper Wilson, now In Lean
ington, Ont, who wrote that he had
united Nr:. Mcleod In marriage with
Aurclian Davey, and tho couple are
COW living together in Kingsville. The
couple were married In Pontiac In 1906
and lived together % months.
Lawrence TAFT testified that he de-
sartsd his wife I'm 1885, but he later ex-
planned that they were compelled to
separate on account of his wife's tenn
PEI, which he said was upcontroll.
able
do you intend t. get married
again." Judge Murphy asked.
We'll, that Is uncertain" the hus-
band answered.