The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-03
PREACHER H j B BY
L0AfEO WHILE
WIFE SHAVED
LAY IN BED STUDYING NEW RE-
LIGIoN WITH LARDER BARE
OF vIcTuALs, is WoMANs
STORY IN DIVORCE COURT.

The name OF Methodist minister.
the Rev. John Waite, figured In d.
vorce court Monday afternoon. when
Mrs. Lode Waite, his wife, asked for
divorce. Mrs. Waite told a sad story
of neglect and struggle to support her
husband, herself and their child.
my husband remained In bed Lear
ly all day studying the bible and
working out the theory of a new re-
ligion," Mrs Waite said. II don't know
what the new belief was, | was too
busy earning living. For weeks we
lived on rolled oats, when there was
nothing else in the house but rice, and
we had eaten that so long that the
sight OF 1t made me sick. Then he
went about the bakeries looking for
stale bread, and we ate that when 1t
wasn't fit for hog. Finally we rented
big house at No. S91 Third-ave.. and
kept boarders. but my husband col
lected the money"
For several months the Rev. John
published a paper called THE Herald
of the King" but 1t proved failure.
He left the city several weeks ago
when he learned that his wife was de-
termined to sue for divorce, and his
present whereabouts are unknown"
Mrs. Waite testified that her husbands
first wife secured a divorce on the
grounds OF non-support.
Mrs. Waite was granted a decree,
the custody Of the child and $500 all
mony, II she can collect II.
Smitten With Brass Buttons.
Fred Dunkel gave some sensational
testimony in his case against his wife,
Caroline. Their trouble started, the
husband said, when his wife fell In
love with the brass buttons OF spe.
cial officer on the steamer Frank E.
Kirby. Fred noticed that his wife was
going to Put-in-Bay quite often during
the summer of 1906, and he learned
later that the attractions on the boat
far outshone the attractions on the
island. The husband then told of fol
lowing his wife to the Efsht-nffie road
house on Grand River-ave., and his &C
count of what he saw there made the
Walsh-Gibson case read like O Sunday
school story. Fred was promised q
decree In 80 days, and the wife Will
not be allowed to marry for two years.
Samuel Elzerman asked for an an
nulment OF his marriage with Gertrude
Sefferleln. The marriage was per.
former in Windsor, May "a. 1905. and
the parties agreed to keep II a secret
for a year. At the end Of nine months
Samuel got tired OF living alone. and
asked Gertrude to tell the news and
take up housekeeping with him. He
was greatly shocked when his wife In
formed him that she would never live
with him.
The marriage was annuled.
Mary Van Nest, an attractive little
woman of 20, told OF her hard work
to support her husband. Grover. and
OF his threat to shoot her because she
did not turn over more money to him.
She was promised decree. A similar
story was told by Louise Rood. She
said her husband, Arthur, refused to
work and lived on her earnings as
a waitress. Arthur also got angry
when she did not earn enough, and
several times the wife said she was
pounded; decree in 80 days,
Loretta Dorbin asked forNa divorce
from her husband. Charles G. Dorbin.
because, she says. he lives with an
other woman. She was promised a
decree in the usual time.
Yetta r. Stafford said that her hus-
band, Walter, had tried several times
TO end her life with a butcher knife
Nor razor, but she had always man
aged TO escape from him. She was
anxious 20. run no more risks. and
Judge Donovan promised her a decree.
Anna Kauer was too modest to tell
the court lof the nasty names her hus-
bend.. Robert. called her but an older
Ily woman, who appeared as witness.
spoke them out plainly, and Anna will
be made happy with a-aeeFee.
Few men appreciate how much a
woman appreciates masealine appre.