The Detroit times., 1910-05-21
DIVORCE COURT
SETS NEW RECORD
Judge Donovan Grants Thirteen De-
crees in Hour and Half-usual
Tales of Woe Told.

Judge Donovan handled Saturday q
divorce session without assistance, ana
in an hour and IS minutes granted Is
DEGREES, which Is almost a record LOT
speed. His honor was in especial good
humor, too. and every applicant went
away with the assurance that de-
cree would be signed as soon as pre-
scented.
Ada May White, the handsome head
waitress in the Hotel Brunswick,
charged that her husband, Cecil
White. formerly a Detroit real estate
salesman. didn't support her during
the two years they lived together ne
is now In Toronto. his former nome II
was testified.
Mrs. Willie H. Isbell. tall, hand
some southern woman with delight
full accent, charged her husband, VII
liam G. Isbell. with non-support. she
said she knew he had $4,000. In adoi'
ton 10 a real estate and auto Dusi-
ness, but he refused to support her.
and once when she went TO visit NJ
her home In Tennessee her 0rotner
had to pay her way back to Detroit.
Helen Van Driesen, a school teacher
from Worthwhile, and a member OF one
OF the prominent families in that town,
started to tell OF her experience or
three weeks as the wife OF Robert II.
Van Driesen, when Judge Donovan, In
terrupted her with the question:
What happened at that timer"
INV money gave out" she said.
aaiI that her nus
band took her TO Grand Rapids and
placed her In cheap boarding mousse
where her experience brought on ner
yous prostration. When she refused
10 pay his board any longer he LETT
The wife was but Is at the time OF the
marriage in 1909, which was per-
formed by Justice Lemhe.
A middle-aged and laxative private
detective was the real hero OF the case
OF Verne Teachout. matchmaker al
No. 81 Michigan-ave., against his VIE,
Belle. When the husband became sus.
picious of his wife's conduct he hired
the detective 10 watch her, and the
sleuth was called TO the stand TO tell
what he had seen.
TT was lust like this, you know,
Judge. puts myself outside the house
and follers her. She went TO No. Al
Bagley-ave. You know where that IS,
II Is the house that Is now torn down"
Yes. know where IT was" the
Judge assented.
We'll, she goes in there. Says | To
myself, I'll see more OF this thing. So
went in and pretended | wanted to
rent a room | chinned with the peo-
pie for a time and In comes man
and him and Mrs. Teachout engaged a
room"
The detectives evidence insures the
husband a decree"
The sensitive nature Of Clara May
Kossuch made II impossible for her to
live happily with Herman kossucb,
she said. Herman had the disagree
able habit OF telling her every day OF
his other sweethearts. and. OCCASION
ally, he told her that he married her
To get out OF q scrape. Then Herman
drank considerably, II was testified. o
sister OF the plaintiff saying she never
saw him sober
Ella Jolliffe testified that her hus-
band. George g., conducted candy
and cigar store at Fourteenth and
DSNahC oS AN
torious that the police closed him out.
He started in business again on
Adams-ave.. and was again interrupt
ed by the officers. She said he drank
and gambled and harbored tough
characters. He was also unpleasant
In his home life, she said, frequently
cursing and striking her.
A witness in the case OF William
against Della CaughiIl told how one
of Della's admirers smuggled her out
OF the window while her husband was
asleep. Della had at least four ad.
mirers. the husband said.
Bertha Jenkins said she worked and
supported Ellsworth jenkins while ne
drank and took morphine. but she left
him after waking up suddenly one
night to find him standing over her
with a butcher knife.
DEGREES were granted to Lola VS..
John Ferrill, non-support and deser-
ton; Christiana vs. William G.. Mer-
bach. non-support; Carl vs.. Jennie
Kendrick, desertion; Sarah vs.. Albert
Fountain, drunkenness.
Judge Murphy handed down orders,
Saturday, directing the payment of
ali1ony TO wives In the following
cases:
Mary VS.. William Schermer, IS per
week; Jennie We. John Campbell, 81
per week; Fred vs.. Pearl Steece. 81
per week: Bruno VS.. Pearl Zialinski,
IS per week, and Carrie vs.. Reuben
English. $3.50 per week
A new divorce case was filed Satur.
day by Fred J. d. Chanter against his
wife, Sarah.