Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-17
SPORTING MANS
WIFE DIVORCED
ARCADIA RACE TRICK MAN IS
SAID TO BE CRUEL
MRS. GRACE E. HENsHEL CLAIMS
HUSBAND cHoKEo HER
IN Addition to Separation, the Court
Grants Woman $a5 Month for
the Support of Young
Daughter

Grace e. Henshel, wife of Charles
Henshel, prominent in racing circles
and who has a string of horses at Ar
cadia. was granted yesterday a divorce
in the superior court. In addition Hen
shell was ordered to pay his wife $S5
month for the support Of their child,
little girl
Mrs. Henshel charged her husband
with extreme cruelty, which she al
legged took the form of neglect at first
and ended February 20 when, she SAID,
he slapped her face and choked her al
their apartments at the Cambria Union
apartment house.
The Henshels were married July 30
1901, at New York. A year later, Wnlle
Mrs. Henshel was i'll at hospital, heI
husband. she says, took advantage OF
her. absence and stayed away from his
home until late at night, paying little or
no attention to her. His t1rst cruel
treatment, she said, occurred in Lon
don, in 1902.
Gle had been at the races" said Mrs.
Henshel, "and when he came home ne
told me what had happened during the
day. 1 paid no attention to him ana
he snatched a book from my hand,
threw it to the floor and threatened
me-"
Three years later, said the wife, Hem
shel lost a great deal of money on the
races and left Los Angeles for New
York. He told her to sell their prop
erty on Twentieth street, go her way
and he would go his. She sold the
home and followed him TO New 1orh,
but after a few months together at
Saratoga they separated, a reconcllla-
ton being affected later by Mrs. Hen
shells brother.
Tells story of Final Separation
A elimination of the differences be-
tween the two was reached February
%, this year.
1--WE were living at the Cambria I'm
ion apartments in February said Mrs.
Henshei. MY husband had not been
home for several days, and on the z5d
I invited my sister and Harry stewart
to dinner with me. At o'clock the
maid asked permission to go out, and l
told her to go. My sister left the rooms
a short time. and Mr.. Stewart sat in
the dining room, reading a paper. MI
HensheI came in. He put down his
grin and said, Now I've got you. rms
is Just what / have been looking for
HE attacked Mr.. Stewart, and when
/ interfered he slapped my face and
threw, me against the wall. Mr.. Stew
art left the house just as my sister
plain things to him, but he angrily told
us we could leave the house"
Mrs. Henshel said she tried to tele-
phone to a friend but her husband
snatched the receiver from her hand
threw her on the floor and choked her.
HE asked me for money he had
given to me several days before, but
/ refused to give it to him." said the
witness. "Then he pulled a pin from
my waist, saying he would keep 1t IN
lisau of what l owed him.
Mrs. Georgia Ebert Davis, Mrs. Hen
shells sister, corroborated the latter S
testimony in regard to the occurrences
of February %. When Mrs Davis left
the house during the quarrel between
Henshel and his wife, she said she
called a policeman, stationed him in
front of the house and then procured a
carriage.
It took my sister and the baby to my
home. and they have lived with me
since" said Mrs. Davis.
The decree was granted by Frank r.
Willis, who was elected to the superior
court bench in November, sitting for
Judge Monroe. Judge Willis will take
office January 4, occupying the bench III
the criminal department.