The Detroit times., 1909-01-09
O0lSEN BROKE IN
ON PARTY Of
Jewellers
FOUND WIFE AND ANOTHER wo1
MAN WITH THREE MEN IN NEG
LiGeE-sAVs SPOUSE is DOPE
FIEND

wife, Retts, occupied the stand In
Judge Murphys court Friday morning.
and continued 10 add to the testi'
mony already given against her by
his son and daughter.
That his wife was a dope field
was one OF the captains most serious
charges.
II often told her" he said that =
she would stop taking cocaine aud
would stop shooting that stun In ner
arm we would get along better
How do you know II was CO
caiue? his attorney asked.
The druggist from whom she pur'
chased IL told me-"
Capt. Dolsen. who is in the employ
Of the United States government, told
of the death OF his first wife in 1899,
leaving him with Ave children. His
employment kept him away from home
a great deal, so he soon remarked, he
said, and lived for several years al the
500.
Their frst trouble started, he said,
not long after their marriage. He
came home from his trip and found a
Mrs. Scott there His wife introduced
her as schoolmate. Mrs. Scott re-
NAMED week, and WAS then ordered
out by Dolsen. because OF stories told
him by neighbors What these stories
we're he was not allowed 10 tell.
Finds Men in Home.
Then a little later | came home
Unexpectedly from a "trip, and when |
landed was told there were doings at
the house, said the captain. Il took
an officer with me. and after watching
our apartments in the Everett block.
we broke In the door. In our rooms
We found Mrs. Scott. my wife aud
three men, Jones, Blank and Haxen.
All were in negligee Empty beer
and whisky bottles were everywhere.
We threw the entire party ont doors
and my wife was arrested. but she was
discharged when the principal failed
&c show up.
We made up in 1905 after soma
correspondence, and continued 10 live
said she Wouldn't live in that hole
any longer" She complained that she
was ostracized by everyone on account
OF our trouble. talked Of the advan-
tages of living in Detroit, and OF the
schooling the children could have, so
gave her money 10 move here.
II sent her on an average Of $I5 per
month TO Detroit, and my son, who
was making $50 per month, sent most
OF his money 10 her TO bank but he
never got a cent OF 1t. She spent most
OF II on the races.
Capt Dolsen then told OF receiving
an anonymous letter. telling or ms
wifes treatment OF his children.
which was the first he learned that
all was not right in Detroit.
Hears ChiIdren's story.
Il had a heart-to-heart talk with the
children then. and they told me much
the same story as they told on the
stand" the captain testified. "Of
course We had a row. and II was then
she started her suit
at that time did you tear her hat
TO pieces and tear her dress off
No; there was no fighting, merely
words"
What about your wifes charge
that four days after your wedding you
beat herr"
-Four days after the wedding We
were on wedding trip on my boat,
and such a thing never occurred.
never struck her in my life
Ever drive her and the children
from the house with an az while
drunk. as she claims?'
II was never drunk in my life.
take drink occasionally. but will go
for months without touching liquor
did you ever shove a revolver in
your wife's mouth and break of some
OF her teeth"
Il never did. | never owned a re-
yolver in my life"
Is that so?"
II don't know flush from a Jack
pot" he answered and the crowd OF
spectators roared with laughter.
Mrs. Dolsen Fined for Drinking.
Other damaging testimony against
Mrs. Dolsen was the copy OF the po-
lice court record from the 500, show
ing that she had been arrested there
for drinking in a saloon. On that oc.
casion she was fined IS or 10 days.
The captains cross-examination a.
the hands OF James O'Neil started just
before court adjourned at noon. He
was asked about a haf-breed woman
at the 500 named Nero. He admitted
knowing her. and admitted that she
demanded money OF him just ABOUT
the time child was born TO her.
II settled with her for $50 to avoid
any trouble. but I was not responsible
for her condition, and knew but very
little about her said the captain.
Mrs. Dolsen sat at the table be.
tween her attorneys, alternately smil'
ing or sneering while her husband
testified. and the more damaging OF
sensational the testimony the broader
her smile.
step-son's Testimony.
The shocking testimony given by
Lexie Dolsen, Thursday morning, was
corroborated in the afternoon by the
captains son, Frank. aged 10.
The principal part of his testimony
related TO his mothers relations with
a marine engineer named Ed. Egerf.
He testified that he introduced Eyer.
TO his mother in Cant Westcotts ONCE
al the foot OF Woodward-ave. in 1906
He told OF returning home from work
in the Central drug store al | ] o-clocN
on the nigh, OF Jan. rs. 1907 A hack
passed him al Grand Circus park and
he heard his stepmothefs laugh When
he reached home she was there with
Egert and the latter remained al
night