The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-11-30
Tells OF MOTHER
sPOON|NG WITH
b0AROER
so~s TESTIMONY ~ FATHERS
DIVORCE SUIT WINS DECREE
QUICKLY - WOMAN RELATES
SHOCKING TALE or CRUELTY.

The sad spectacle OF boy OF 10
years tsstifying TO the improper acts
OF his mother. and coupling her name
with that Of q boarder In the home.
was Witnessed In Judge Murfn's court
Monday morning. The case was that
of Julius d. Smith against his wife'
Viola. The Smiths were married In
st. Clair In 1885 and lived there until
1907. The husband testified that his
wife frsquented drinking places. and
often came home intoxicated at /. 2
and O'Clock In the morning He
charged. also. that when he was away
sailing she took into the home George
Van Norman, a bartender, formerly
employed In the Cadillac; that the two
went away together and are now nv
ing In Ohio. The son testified that
he often saw his mother sitting on
Van Normans lap and Kissing him.
When he spoke TO her about such con-
duct. she replied that II was no ones
business. A decree was granted at
once.
That her husband twisted her arms
70 often and SO severely that now they
become dislocated whenever she
moves them quickly, was the state
ment OF Emma Schrader. who asked
for q divorce from Louis Schrader.
They were married In 1904 and went
to live on a farm near Sanilac. Mrs.
Schrader testified that her husband
beat her creully because she objected
20 doing a mans work In the field.
His favorite mode OF torture. she said.
was TO twist her arms. and now At
the least exercise they will slip from
the socket at the shoulder. causing ex-
crutiating agony. A decree was grant
ed har.
William Miller's chances OF obtain
ing 4 divorce look extremely dim. Will
lam charged that his wife. Catherine,
deserted him In Utica. N. Y, leaving
him with two children. Judge Muir
ms questioning soon brought out
that William had been arrested for
non-support, and that after the police
Judge discharged him. came to De-
troit. His desertion. charge was based
on the fact that his wife refused TO
come to Detroit to live. The husband
brought two children with him. but
these were SO neglected that Agent
Hill, OF the s. p. C. C. took them from
him and sent them back to Utica,
where the mother is now caring for
them.
Jacob Fasberg's divorce came easily,
after he told that his wife had de-
serted him 16 years ago, since which
time he had never seen her or heard
q word from her. The neighborhood
gossip was that she went away with
another man, a witness testified.
HE was drunk almost every day
for "a years." testified Lila Burbank, of
her husband, Charles H.. Detroit
carpenter. The wife will get decree
In 80 days.
The pretty romance of Margaret
and James Grace. which began In
Ionia In 1903, came to an end in
March, 1907, when the wife was driv-
en- from the house by her husband,
while he was armed with razor Mrs.
Grace said that her husband never
bought her a dress while they lived
together.
Anna Lachman said that her hus-
band. Wade B.. announced to her one
day that he would pay the rent and
she would have to hustle for coin to
keep the house going. The wife de-
eided that under these circumstances
she might as well have no HUSBAND,
20 she started suit. She said that
her husband went out every Saturday
night with the SIS he earned in the
Burroughs Adding Machine works,
and came home late Sunday, usually
broke. Decree promised.
Other cases heard were those of
William G. vs.. Rose Lawrence, on the
Wife's cross-bill. cruelty and infidelity;
Ladislaus vs.. Bonislawa Borowski, de-
nortfon; Frank VS.. Catherin Kaufman,
assertion; Frances VS.. DeCourey Glee-
non, cruelty. DEGREES were promised
A eyory case