Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-17
N|FE'S SMILE WAS
TOO MUCH, SAYS
ALIMONY DODGER
Jeweler, Hailed to Court to Ex-
plain Arrears, Declares Wom-
an Annoyed Him.

.EHH ME#TH *
A bevy of pretty, handsomely dressed
women, several business men and a
number of servants, all went to com
plete the audience in Nice-C Chancellor
Steyens's courtroom today when Will
lam H. Tichenor, a manufacturing jew
eler. of 20 South seventeenth street,
East Orange, was called upon to ex-
plain why he had fallen in arrears tt
the extent of $1,000 in the payment of a
weekly sum of $40 to his wife accord
ing to a court order Issued in May, 1907
The defense of the husband was that
he thought the order was for a certain
time only, and had now expired, and
that, If such was not the case, it was
now null n void because mis- wife
had broken 1t by molesting him,
against the express order of the court
in the agreement.
After the matter had been thrashed
out for more than two hours, the whole
thing dwindled down to a Withdrawal
on the part of the husband of his plea
that he was unable toscontinue the pay
.ments, and to the fact that the only an
noyances on the part of the wife was on
days when she was visiting her two
children, Howard, aged 8, and Norman,
aged g., The agreement was thai Mrs.
Tichenor was to visit them two days a
week, and a pr vate agreement was that
she was to go when the husband was
due home from work
According to Mr.. Tichenor she was
extremely slow about getting out.
What do you mean," asked William
II. NOsborne, counsel for the wife.
Well" answered the witness, 'she
wouldn't get right up and go, but
would take more than five minutes or
so to get on her wraps and as the
witness brought out this answer in a
peevish o Mrs. Tichenor turned
about to hel pretty sister sitting be-
side her and laughed aloud.
Was there any other time when she
annoyed your"
Yes, when we were in Ocean Grove.
I came home and sat on the porch.
She was visiting and zane UP on the
porch with the children and sat very
close to me. About as close as you
are,' turning to the vice-chance,lor
five feet away.
And thai was the only thing she
did?"
well, no. She smiled at me-"
And did you slnile?'
II did noti" And the answer was SO
emphatic that all in the ,furt-rooln
smiled.
What caused the abandonment of the
inability-to-pay part of the answer of
the husband came when Mr.. Osborne
closely followed the matter Of Mr..
Tichenor's assets. especially the home
where he lived. 1t was intimated that
this home and in fact all the property
owned was purchased with money for
merly belonging to Mrs. Tichenor. and
this property, to the extent of 500, 900,
the wife is also trying to cov
Does that house stand in your
name?"
me"
Ibid you ever convey it?"
How could / when l never owned
it?"
did you money buy it?" persisted
Mr.. Osborne.
1t vas at this ju%ncture that Mr..
Lehlbach withdrew that part of the
bill.
It was also brought out that Ffche--
nor, who is a member of the firm OF
Schwarz & Co., manufacturing jewel
ers of this city, was drawing $50 a
week, but that his expenses. were s35
a week.
Mrs. Tichenor had just taken the
stand when recess was taken.