The Detroit times., 1908-06-02
BEATS WIFE AN D
SPANkS HER
NJ OF HER
WILSON WEXFORD ALSO DRINKS
RED LIQUOR AND sMAsHEs FUR.
NITuRE - SIXTEEN DIVORCES
GRANTED AT MATINEE SESSION.


from the county building Monday aft
ernoon happy in the assurance that at
the end OF 80 days they will be freed
from the partners they had sworn to
take for better or for worse.
Gustave Gaterman, q "kiddish" look
! ing youth OF 20 years. told OF visit
he made TO the Rev. ID. n. Hind In
Windsor on a beautiful spring day in
1906. and OF his marriage there to
Inez Gateman. They hadn't been in
Detroit more than an hour, the boy
husband testified, when Inez said:
That's all ! want Of YOU" and left.
He told of seeing her drinking and
dancing In Eddie Barnett's place on
| Russell.st., and at several OF the we'll
known dance hall on Sherman-st. A
witness told OF seeing her dancing and
drinking at No. So Champlain.st. the
worst dive in the city" he called II.
The presence In the home Of Charles
Hyde OF boarder caused the break
between him and his wife, Mabel, he
testified the wife showing a marked
preference for the latter gentleman.
William j. Helmore said that his
wife, Hulda, to whom he was married
In 1903, complained while they we're
boarding that she didn't have enough
TO do, SO William provided a 10-room
boarding house. Then Hulda was too
busy and in August. 1905, she left and
never came back.
Eddle's Dance Hall Again.
Eddie Barnet's dance hall was men,
toned for the second time during the
afternoon in the case of Herman
against Nellie Fenslow. He testified
that his wife visited Barnetts place in
questionable company. drank beer and
smoked cigarettes.
Jessie BrimdlecomD, an English
woman with a delightful accent, said
that she left her husband, Charles H..
In England. three years age because
he was such drunkard" For several
years she said she had TO support her.
self. and she came TO America be-
cause work was more plentiful
James A Young loved booze more
than he did his wife, and she was
promised a decree. Il had to sup.
port him for long time" she said.
but | didn't mind that so much IL he
hadn't been cruel TO me-
Augusta Hahn said that her hus-
band. John. Joined the army shortly
after she married him, and she had
seen him only at intervals since 1898.
He left In three weeks after the wed.
ding day, was gone for about year,
was home again for 10 days, and then
again for a year or more. Then he
went TO the Philippines. and she has
seen him only once in four years. She
said she didn't see his money any
oftener, and she asked for a decree
on the ground OF non.support The
couple have three children, whom
Mrs. Hahn has supported for several
years.
Alice May Hunter said she was
happy with her husband, George E.
Hunter. grocer and butcher, until
another woman came between them.
He may be dead for all | know"
Alice Holcomb said when telling of
the desertion OF her hisband. William
<. They were married in Jonesville.
Mich, In 1891. and have a daughter
IL years old. The break occurred six
years ago. but the couple lived in the
same house, though in different rooms
until two years ago Then Charles
started for Denver and he has never
written to his wife or sent any money.
Witnesses for Herman Seeholtz
said they had seen his wife, Agnes.
SO drunk that she fell down stairs
backwards. The couple were married
In Windsor in 1901.
Anna Wreford was promised a de-
cree after she told how her husband,
Wilson. had not only beaten her, but
spanked her mother. He also drank
to excess, the wife said, and smashed
the furniture.
Carl Decker started the suit for al.
vorce against his wife, Grace, but he
oDligingly withdrew and allowed her
to get the decree.
She said he was jealous, called her
bad names and struck her In his
bill he said his wife called him vile
names. and this the lady Indignantly
denied. She admitted striking back
once after he his her, and cutting his
face with her wedding ring.
Judge Hosmer looked up with sur
prise when Mabel Schlerath, who
looked like school girl, said she was
the mother Of two children. She
charged that her husband, Edward,
neglected her and the little ones. aad
spent his money drinking and GAM
bling
Hubby Tried to starve Her.
Rose Campbell in asking for separ.
ate maintenance. charged that her
husband tried to starve her out. The
husband. Albert Campbell, earns $50
per month with Theodore II. Eaton.
and he was ordered to pay his wife
IS per week. A son testified that he
brought things home for his mother
to eat. but his father made him stop.
saying, Pm going to starve her out"
Charles B. Eberts was promised q
divorce from his wife. Elizabeth, on
the ground OF desertion. They wero
married in Buffalo on July 4. 1898.