The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-08
''G|RLIE" ELFEns
GETS DIVORCE M0.2
Pretty Windsor Belle Is Rid OF
Latest Husband-Many De
crees Granted.

Mrs. Catherine (Girlie) Dumouchel-
Elfers made her second
appearance in divorce court, Saturday,
and was again successful In shaking
of the bonds she found irksome. Mrs.
Elfers has lost some OF the girlish
beauty that made her one OF the hand
soonest girls In Windsor during her
younger days, but she IL still very at
tractivs and stylish In appearance,
She came to the stand wearing an i'm
mense sailor hat, and heavy purple
veil. She at first tried to give heI
testimony with the veil down, but her
voice failed to penetrate the folds, an"
che raised the veil. She charged that
her husband, Alexander Elfers, diu
not properly support her, allowing her
only o. per week for lunches. laundry
and clothes. This wasn't sufficient
she said, and she had to go home I,
her mother.
She also complained that her hus-
band compelled her to live with !
mother, and testified that Mrs. Elfers,
Sr., said. when she entered the home:
We'll, | am glad l have q servant
now She said her mother-in-law
made her scrub and wash, work abe
was not accustomed to.
Il forbid my daughter marrying this
man." the mother of Mrs. Elfers testi.
fed. and when he asked for my
daughter | refused TO allow him 10
have her. When was out of town
visiting. they were married on IT,
sly"
The bill In the case was fled b.
the husband, but he withdrew II and
allowed his wife to set decree unop-
posed.
Judge MaudsH, who has several
times expressed himself forcibly on
Windsor marriages, again made
plain, Saturday. that he did not APP
prove OF them. and when Wanda Eber-
hardt admitted that she eloped TO
Windsor with Foster Eberhardt and
was married TO him over there, he re-
fused to give her decree. and dis
missed her case. Mrs. Eberhardt
charged that Foster didn't support her
properly, but the Judge held that s!l
had not made out q case
MY wife went to dance while we
were living I'm South Bend. Ind. and
for all know she Ia dancing yet, be-
cause haven't seen her since" testi-
fed William l.. J. Stewart in his case
against Fora Ann Stewart. He was
given decree.
Frances c. Dumas testified that her
husband, Albert, had admitted to her
that he had been for sometime on
friendly terms with Mrs. E. Fuller.
The plaintiff said she had pleaded with
her husband TO give up this woman
and return to his home, but he told
her that he loved Mrs. Fuller and could
not and would not give her up. Decree
granted.
Eliza Pete said that her husband,
Victor, had knocked her down with
a chair, and then threw all the dishes
In the house on her. A witness was
asked rs to Victor's drinking habits
and she said he was drunk nearly all
the time. He was drunk when he
was married" she said. Decree grant.
ed.
DR.. Charles NJ. George said that his
wife swore he would never make any
while he lived with her, and
she followed this up by insulting his
patients, and driving them from the
Office. More than once she used q
chair as weapon He said he learned
shortly after his marriage that he
was husband No. 4. the first having
died a natural death, and the other
two having been got rid of via the di-
vorce court route. Decree granted.
That her husband, Bert Smith, for
merly physician on Mack-ave., was
an habitual drunkard, was the testi-
mony OF Lillian A. Smith. This won
her a divorce. She said she had sup
ported the family for years, and had
sent her husband to gold cure institu-
tons without effect.
Other decrees.granted were to Mary
VS.. John Carter, desertion; Ida VS..
John Reid, desertion; Elizabeth va.
John MCGOWAN. habitual drunkenness;
Lillian vs.. George Long, non-support;
Konastanly VIZ. Leocadia Kudzin, de-
sertion, and Elizabeth vs. Charles
Clarke, desertion.