The Detroit times., 1909-04-13
UNHAPPY WIVES
IN EASTER buds
Festive Display of Millinery At
Weekly Divorce Session-Wife Of
DR.. w. A. Polglase Gets Decree.

Resplendent in Easter finery. a
dozen or more unhappy wives, tech
nically speaking, for their gay togs In
some instances seemed to indicate 4
state OF mind quite the reverse,
fiocked to the divorce court. Monday
afternoon, 10 speak their little piece
and get their return ticket 10 the land
of single blessedness. Some of the
tales told of abuse and neglect were
difficult to reconcile with the gaudy
headgear and rustling silks of the re-
lators. but the court, OF course, could
not take official cosnizance OF these
purely extraneous matters. About a
dozen DEGREES were granted.
Judge Hosmer gave Mrs. Rose Pol
glass a divorce from DR.. William A.
Polglase, formerly superintendent o.
the Lapeer Home for the Feeble
Minded, on grounds of cruelty. DR..
Polglase did not oppose the applica-
ton.
Mrs. Polglase declared that another
woman. not mentioned by name. was
responsible for her domestic infelicity.
For the last two years. she said
my husband has been devoted to an
other woman and frankly confessed IL.
To me he has been Indifferent and
cold. and told me plainly that he did
not love me any more
She also alleged that during those
two years the doctor rarely had spent
an evening home and sometimes had
remained away all night.
Complainant's mother, Mrs. Mary T..
Blanchard, said the doctor had told
her that he hated his wife and would
stay out as much as he pleased.
DR.. Polglase. when seen later. char
acterized his wife's charges as "bosh''
as far as another woman was con-
cerned. saying that doctors wives are
often suspicious without just cause.
John Sass was one Of the two men
who managed TO get word in at
Mondays matinee, and he was given
married Aug. 20, 1899. The decree
was based largely on an incident of
last January. Patrolman Charles
Busch testified to finding Mrs. Sass IN
st. Aubin-ave. residence with an
TO his wife, following his unexpected
entree, 'Ah. Rosie, I've got you at
last"
vorce from John Vimr. q prosperous
contractor. and ii is said Mrs. Vimr
will get about $4,000 worth OF proper
| " by way of a settlement OF the all
mony question. Vimr wes recenty~ar
rested In company with 4 young VIC
man after his wife had employed de
tectives to shadow them, but the po
lice court proceedings were MOI
pressed. Private Detective Albert w
aTylor testified at the divorce trial
that he had tracked Vimr and wo
man friend to a Lafayette-ave. room
ing house and that he had seen the
pair In cafes and other public places
| rhe Vimrs were married In Prague in
| 1886.
| In only one OF the Ave cases called
! before Judge Rohnert were the papers
wholly regular. ia Judge Rohnert =
| Judgment. and the hearing was &C
cordingly postponed until the attor
news get the cases In shape. The one
successful applicant was Clara George
who testified that FRANC George, whom
she married seven years ago. had lei'
her a few months later without even
having her board bill at her mothers
home in Wyandotte.
Other divorces were granted by
Judge Hosmer as follows: Jeweli ~
Walkem from Archie NJ. Walken;
Laura VI. from William X. East; Mary
A. from Frank Johnson; Annie from
William Topel; Margaret from Joseph
Darlington: John from Augusta
Wandrie; Mrs. Peter Hovorka from
Peter Hovorka.