The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-25
MY HUSBAND WILL
Be GLAD GOD KEPT
ME FOR HIM
mrs. HAzELToN.
WOMAN FIGHTING RRAvELY
AGAINST BEING DIVORCED, SAYS
SIZE HAS "eop-oIvEN AssuR.
ANcE" OF RECONCILIATION.
MRS. HAzELToN.

~ realize my pocition perfect
v--i am not eimpie-nlnded.
know what have gone through,
and In spite Of everything have
God-given assurance that my
husband will eventually see things
IN a different light that he will
some day be thankful that God
has kept ms for him. ! rest as
sured In the knowledge that have
done what 10 right. know what
the ultimate result Will be, my
perfect faith cannot otherwise be
rewarded. ! am willing at any.
time TO AK fer forgiveness from
him for anything ] have done.
Never at any time through our
married life, or az the present
time have I had anything but per-
feet confidence In my husband.
know that the baby and ! and my
husband could live In great happl-
ness. We could be happy any
where together, that is my firm
conviction, and for that solution
Of this awful affair ! am praying.
With this remarkable statement
Mrs. Julia v. Hazelton closed her di
rect testimony In Judge Hosmer's
court Saturday morning, In the divorce
suit brought against her by her hus
band, Prof. william Hazelton Imme
diately Attorney Alex j. Groesbeck
commenced the cross-examination
Mrs. Hazelton maintained her com
posture under the searching questions
Of the attorney, answered In her won't
ed deliberate manner, and seemed
just as careful to shield her husband
and tell the whole truth as on the
days OF the hearing.
The attorneys efforts to confr~N her
were amusing at times. and SOL that
to the questioner. AT
times Mr.. Groesbeck would put his
question In the form OF q statement
and Mrs. Hazelton never failed TO tell
him Of his mistake. and to contradict
him when the statement did not suit
her.
Mrs. Hazelton was first questioned
as TO the faults she admitted she pos.
sessed.
You have some faults. believe you
Baid?" began the attorney.
Yes. | tried to tell them all. but |
believe ] omitted that am oyer.sen.
sltiye, and too prone to bring up old
things that wounded me-"
Don't you think these shortcomings
you admit were a form OF cruelty
Has Conquered Faults.
ono, decidedly no. They caused
many differences. but | was 1ghting
them down continuously, and have 10
\ great extent conquered them"
II suppose you have few faults
LETT"
Il wouldn't be surprised to find
that have"
Mrs. Hazelton denied that she told
her mother shortly after her marriage
that she had made mistake In her
selection OF husband, and she also
denied the testimony OF Miss Maud
Tabor. who, in deposition. said Mrs.
Hazelton told her she did not love her
husband.
Didn't you tell Miss Tabor that you
did not love your husband. even before
was asked
That Is the hight OF absurdity, why
did | marry him?"
The attorney tried hard to get Mrs.
Hazelton to enumerate her husband 8
faults, but she spoke only of his sell
fshness. This was shown. she said.
by the frequent vacations he spent out
OF town, while she was at home alone.
and once was quite III. He also OBJ
jected to walking with her. she said.
because she walked too slowly.
Attempts to get her TO say more
about her husband failed, as she abb
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