The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-20
NEGREss TRAILS
EMPLOYER HUBBY
Result Is That Duke Rees, Slight,
Pallid Person, and Bee" Watson,
Fat Affinity, Are Arrested.

Duke Rees. slight, pallid person,
has fat affinity. Bee" Watson $
her name. In the Central police sta
| ton, Saturday morning, she modestly
| said her name is Beatrice, but that
! folks called her Bee for short In
the light OF which, Mrs. Adele Rees,
determined woman, considerably
; long on avoirdupois herself, rises TO
inquire in a mild tone of voice, who
/, is being stung.
/ Mr.. Rees is bartender and has
been married five years, the happy
event taking place in Buffalo. Most
recently. he has been employed in
! the. Bartenders club, hectic insti-
tuition, where the lights burn until
sunrise dims their radiance. Until a
few weeks ago, Mr.. Rees used to re-
pair 10 the family home at No. 800
Randolph-st., directly his nights work
was done.
Lately, he has been remiss in the
matter of homecoming and his wife
instituted an investigation that led 20
several startling disclosures. Among
the latter, may be mentioned Bee"
Also she learned, she says, that her
hubby was having dress suit built
along the most approved style Of
architecture. The trousers were TO be
full and wide and the coat and vest
were to be so constructed as to per-
NIT of more than the usual expanse
of shirt front
The reason for this extravagant
sartorial departure lies in the fact
that Bee" has given Duke three Of
the finest studs that ever graced a
dress shirt. They are constructed
from $40 gold pieces of the most re-
cent issue. Mrs. Rees admits that
$40 gold pieces may look all right
III a shirt front but what she is most
concerned about now is Sundays din
,.ner. According to her philosophy, one
tof those $40 gold pieces would look
considerably more at home In the
family exchequer than gracing Dukes
dress shirt.
Mrs. Rees says that Bee" is re-
sponsible for the gold pieces and that
! she has also induced Duke to Invest
/, in the dress suit Together they are
Ito lead the grand march at the Bar
TENDERS ball. a social event OF some
magnitude. which is scheduled for the
t1Iear future.
| To return to the matter of the lucar-
ceration of Duke and Bee, ii appears
tthat Mrs Rees went on their trail
several days ago. One night, she
llchased the pair in a taxicab, but lost
them in the crowded streets. She
trealized that II was useless for her TO
attempt 10 run down her errant hub.
| by, so she employed her washerwo-
man, a Negress, of giant proportions,
to do the job. The Negroes did the
work She traced the pair to room
! Ing house on Lafayette-blyd
\. Mrs. Rees son held lonely vigil
tall night long over the place and at
p: 80 o'clock Saturday mornins he saw
Mr.. Rees and the coy Bee enter.
tHe called his mother by telephone
/ and she went 10 Central police sta.
I ticn. where she got the assistance OF
/ Detectives Black and Wilson. Then
the entire party proceeded to the
place. Mr. Rees was much COMPOUNDED
when he was leaving The place with
Pee" 10 run into his wife. They
were leaving just as the detectives
arrived.
The two were locked up in the Cen.
trail police station and later in the
morning. a warrant was secured Tor
them. Bee" has a residence on Non.
roc-ave.