The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-11
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DIVORCE COURT
nch Of Saturdays Session Devoted
4 10 Marital Woes of Former Resi-
dents Of Dominion.

Canadians who point with pride 10
the fact that Canada has no divorce
court, would have received a decided
s shock had they attended Saturdays
eession OF the Wayne county divorce
court and heard the tales of matri-
Naonial troubles recited by former rest
6ents Of the Dominion. They were
y here from all sections OF Ontario. and
q one woman came To Detroit only nVe
weeks ago for the express purpose OF
s Eetting q decree. She was successful,
@ TOO. and when the decree is signed she
Will hike back TO the land where they
nhudder at the thought of establishing
- divorce court OF their own.
Mabel +. Hartz was married In Fort
Erie. Ont. last July TO George ..
Hartz, a Pittsburg man. George had
3 the notion that his wife's mother
(. should support them. During the uIue
+ they lived together George contributed
Lto the family larder, so Mrs. HarU
\ testified a half pound OF butter. one
loaf of bread. one pound OF pork and
A one dozen ears OF green corn. In the
matter OF household furniture he con-
attributed, one coffee pot. He also was
+ IN the habit OF beating his pretty 1T
Title wife about every second day, she
<said She now lives with her mother
lat No. 159 Cass-ave Decree granted.
Another Canadian marriage dis
solved was that Of Walter G. ana
I catherine Quick. They were married
I'm Walkerville after an acquaintance
{0f three weeks. Catherine soon devel-
/; oped the habit OF running about and
\ drinking with other men, and several
. times she deserted him. Walter said
\ Once ne was notified that she was In
Flint and he went after her.
II found her in a room in hotel
With q man." he said.
"And what did you dor" was asked
"Gave her So he said "She said
she was out of money. SO | gave her
all ! had and then walked to Cass
& City, about so miles
An officer told of her being brought
into headquarters on two occasions.
and Walter was given his decree.
We'll, I guess she was dissatisfied,
I was only a kid" was the reason Civ
ZEN by Joseph H. Poulson why his
wife, May, deserted him In Peterboro.
Ont. II was only IL and she was 20.
fIWf titSh lOAttHcI uhOHtho.
Poulson will not be given a decree
until the wife Is notified OF the case.
and Given q chance tn tell her story.
n she desires.
Edith Gertrude McMurray. who has
been In Detroit bat FIVE weeks. was
granted a divorce from Roy B. Nc
( Murray. and II Is her intention soon
TO return to Aurora. Ont, where she
resides. McMurray started suit against
his wife. charging her with desertion.
When the case was almost ready for
trial she learned of IL. came TO De-
troll and put in an answer. Ii was on
her answer the case was heard. Judge
Mandell questioned his right to hear
the case In view OF her recent ar
rival from Canada, but Attorney
8chmalzriedt produced a recent decis-
Ion Of the supreme court holding that
the husbands residence In Detroit
INSIDE his wife also resident.
Mrs. McMurray charged that her
husband induced her to go TO a SAM
tarium In Gravenhurst. Ont. then
stored their furniture and came to De-
tr0it.
Mary Brown, sweet-faced little
woman. testified that her husband.
William Fl. Brown. a Jackson street
car conductor. informed her plainly
that he was paying attention to other
women. proposed to continue doing
20 and that she would have to be
satisfied. Later he took $40. leaving
her with 10 cents. and an infant. to
care for, and went away. Decree
granted.
Fred vaness. who was married In
Brantford, Ont. to Emma Maud
yaness. testified that she was SO lazy
and sloyenly in her habits that the
neighbors took pity on their child and
washed and clothed 1t. Decree
granted.
That her husband pulled her out of
( bed and spanked her when she asked
him kindly to refrain from filing
saw at midnight, was the testimony
OF Ida B0lland. who was granted a
r decree from William II. Bolland
Eva Stevens Lee was married in
\ Halifax to George L. Lee. They re.
sided for six months with Georges
family, and the wife said he neglected
her In his attentions to his mother
Decree granted.
Lottie Baane told an unusual story
X of desertion. She was married in 1906
20 Wesley j. Baane. and for nine
months they lived together very hap
PLY, she said. He left for work one
morning after bestowing parting
caress. and never came back Decree
v granted.
Flora K. Putnam was granted a de-
/ cree from her husband, Harry L.. af-
ter testifying that he had been twice
4 arrested. and had been sent to
prison for horse stealing.
Qther DEGREES granted were to
(, Frank vs.. Elsie Adams. desertion:
( Margaret VS.. James Hubbell. de-
I sertion; William VS.. Loretta Ions