The Detroit times., 1909-06-02
IS DRAW PRIZES
IN DIVORCE COURT
Judge Hosmer Disposes of Big Docket
in Two Hours-Four Men in
List of Applicants.

OlAtttu ulNOitCb WCiO dohtu III
Tuesday afternoon. and 10 were grant
ed by Judge Hosmer in two hours. or
the applicants. II were women.
We'll. just to show you what kind
OF man Otto was said Agnes Rich
ter, ION Chri5tmas morning | greeted
him with Merry Christmas and he
said, Go to hell If asked for a kiss
that Is the answer | got"
The Richters were married in Wind
sor in 1903 and separated for the last
time IN January. 1909. although they
had parted several times before that
She charged that her husband never
supported her properly. that he choked
and struck her several times, and that
once he put her aud their child out in
the snow.
Mary Brennan said that when her
husband, James. threw her down
stairs she didn't take the trouble to
so back. She said she had to support
herself, anyway, and could do II bet
ter alone. When James was home she
said she was too busy lodging razors
and nursing bruises caused by his fist.
The Mrennans were married in Wind
sor In 1899.
Albert Barnes, prosperous looking
clothing merchant with a store at No.
PIT Brush-st., testified that his wife,
Ida, TO whom he was married in Rus
STA In 1892, deserted him In Boston,
where she fell in love with an Ameri-
can.
Jacob Steiner. a boyish-loohtng hus-
band living at No. q Grandy-ave., said
that the last time he saw his wife
she was in the resort at No. 81 Cham
PIANIST The constable who served
the papers in the divorce case corro-
borated the husbands testimony. The
husband also introduced letters from
his wife, written from Cincinnati, in
which she said she was going to
Seattle Ito see the sights"
Emeret McBradner, a large, fine
looking woman who saw much to
smile at in the court procedure, told
OF the places in which she had lived
with her husband, Charles, and be-
fore she had finished her testimony
looked like an alphabetical list OF
the towns in Michigan. She said he
vas never contented in town more
than a month, and while he was a
good worker, IL took all they earned
&c pay moving expenses, as result
she had to work TO support herself
Charles was also an awful swearer, a
witness testified.
He used every cuss word on the
calendar" a witness testified. land l
was never In their house but what ne
was swearing at his wife and child"
Mrs McBradner is now running
roomIng house at No. 46 Bagley-ave.
A new drink invented by Herman
Protrowsh was the cause OF the ap-
pearance in court of his wife. Augusta.
She said her husbands favorite bev.
erage was alcohol, which he mixed
with his coffee at meal time. AS
result Herman was nearly always in
a fighting mood, and his favorite oc-
cupation was whipping his wife.
Il got a beating every Saturday,
she said.
Minnie Koslowski produced evil
dence that her husband, Adolph is
serving a term in prison for burglary
AS Mrs. Kolowski left the court she
was met by John Miller, and the two
went at once to the county clerks
Office. where they took out a marriage
license. From there they went TO
Justice Otis office, and the knot was
tied. Not more than five minutes
elapsed from the time Mrs. Koslowsk'
left the divorce court until she was
Mrs. Miller. Miller. who gave his age
as 35. is an engineer living at No.
543 Mullett-st. His bride is five years
his senior
Other divorces granted were: Ber-
tina VS.. Patrick Bushey, desertion;
Lillian vs.. John Rekowsak, drunken
ness and desertion; Mary w. Oliver
LaPlants, cruelty and non-support'
Charles VS.. Lily Phifpot. desertion;
Wilma VS.. Hugh Rowley. desertion;
Rose VS.. Harry Young, non-support
and desertion: Areta VS.. Glenn ID.
Rice, desertion and non-support; VIII
liam VS.. Mary Schutt. desertion; Anna
vs. Edwin Clemett, cruelty