The Detroit times., 1910-08-06
''GIRL|E' ELFERs
Gets DIVORCE NO. Z
Pretty Windsor Belle Is Rid Of
Latest Husband-Many De
crees Granted.

Mfb. OubhSiiuo N0lTucD DumOucnei-
le- Cummings- Elfers made her second
appearance In divorce court, Saturday,
and was again successful in shaking
on 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 Is still very at.
tractive and stylish In appearance.
She came to the stand wearing an I'M
mense sailor hat, and a heavy purple
veil. She at first tried to give her
testimony with the veil down, but her
voice failed to penetrate the folds, and
she raised the veil. She charged u
her husband, Alexander Elfers, did
not properly support her, allowing her
only 50 per week for lunches. laundry
and clothes. This wasn't sufficient,
she said. and she had to go home [,
her mother.
She also complained that her hus-
band compelled her to live with
mother, and testified that Mrs. Elfers,
ST., said, when she entered the home:
We'll, l am glad have a servant
now" She said her mother-in-law
made her scrub and wash, work she
was not accustomed to.
~ forbid my daughter marrying this
man." the mother of Mrs Elfers testi-
fed, land when he asked for my
daughter refused to allow him to
have her. When / was out of town
visiting, they were married on t.
sly"
The bill in the case was filed b.
the husband but he withdrew IL and
allowed his wife to get decree unop-
posed
Judge Mandell, who has several
times expressed himself forcibly on
plain, Saturday. that he did not ap-
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 a decree. and dis
missed her case. Mrs. Eberhardt
charged that Foster didn't support her
properly, but the Judge held that 81
had not made out a case.
my wife went to a dance while we
were living In South Bend, Ind, and
for all know she Is 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 a decree.
Frances C. Dumas testified that her
husband, Albert, had admitted to her
that he had been for sometime on
friendly tsrms with Mrs. h. Epl2eE
The plaintiff said she had pleaded With
her husband to give up this woman
end 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
chair, and then threw all the dishes
In the house on her. A witness was
asked as 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
money 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 a
chair as weapon. He said he learned
shortly after his marriage that he
WAS HubDuuu f>O. =, tHc uTst udNiub
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 a 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-
tions without effect
Other DEGREES granted were to Mary
VS.. John Carter. desertion; Ida VS..
John Reid desertion; Elizabeth vs..
John MCGOWAN, habitual drunkenness;
Lillian vs. George Long, non-support;
Konastanly VS.. Leocadia Kudzin, de-
sertion, and Elizabeth rvs. Charles
Clarke, desertion.