The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-11-21
MRS, KELLOGG IS
FORCED TO ADMIT
SHE HAS A ''PAST"
Says She Lived Six Years With
Man To Whom She Was
Not Married.
DIVORCE CASE PROMISES
TO BE VERY SENSATIONAL
Plaintiff Declares Husband Was
Insanely Jealous and Ere
quently Struck Her.

That the divorce trial OF Vivian
against Frank J. Kellogg, a million
aire patent medicine manufacturer,
living at No. So Hazelwood-ave., will
be highly sensational and bitterly
fought, was evidenced few minutes
after the case opened in Judge Dom
ovan's court, Monday morning.
In her direct examination Mrs, kel-
logg was lead TO reveal many alleged
acts OF cruelty on the part OF her
husband, and much of her time on the
stand was spent identifying cards and
letters which she had found, many ad-
dressed TO him In women's handwrit-
ing, and many addressed by her hus-
band. to other women.
The real sensation OF the hearing
developed soon after Mrs. Kellogg's
cross-examination began, when with
a sigh that could be heard all over
the crowded court room, she admitted
that she was a woman with a past.
Mrs. Kellogg was formerly Miss
Vivian Oliver, OF Chicago, and she
gave her age as %. Her husband, she
said, was 6S years OF age. She is a
brunette, with a wealth OF black hair
and large dark eyes. She is not pref
az. but her face is attractive, and she
talks In a low voice, with slow.
musical droll that made her answer
at times intensely dramatic,
She had known Kellogg eight
months, she said. when they
we're married in Milwaukee, June 8,
1909. Kellogg had been divorced from
his second wits less than a month
before that. They took up their resi-
dence at No. Sc Hazelwood-ave.,
where they resided until Mrs. Kellogg
started her suit for divorce and went
10 live in Paw Paw, with her parents.
EThe first trouble occurred, Mrs.
kellogg testified, while she and her
husband were doing their Christmas
shopping in December, 1909. She
charged that he was insanely jealous,
ard that most of their trouble was
culrsed by his unfounded suspicious.
She said he objected because sne
wished 10 do some of the shopping
alone. and once, when she was away
for an hour, he created scene by
charging that she had been with other
men. She said she had been purchas-
inc presents for him. and naturally
did not want him to see them.
Husband Used Vile Language.
She charged that her husband,
when angry, which was pretty nearly
all the time, used profane and vile
language toward her. She said that
on a trip through Yellowstone park
he accused her with being too friend
ly with the stage driver because she
sroke to him in the presence OF sew
erai members of their party On that
occasion he refused to speak TO her
for several days.
WAS IL a habit of your husband TO
become jealous, raise row and then
refuse TO speak?" she was asked.
Yes. He would become jealous
oyer nothing. quarrel. sometimes
strike me. and then not talk to me
for a week"
ibid he give the chauffeur orders
about your
Yes, he told the man not to take
me out when he was away. and he
ordered me not to go out alone"
Mrs. Kellogg then told OF their trip
through Europe, which she said was
made. unbearable by her husbands
jealousy, when he coupled her name
with a number of men, and in the
hotel In Munich, struck her, dislocat-
ing one of her fingers. Mrs. Kellogg
removed her glove to show the result
of the injury.
His conduct became such that the
witness said she was compelled to
return home, reaching New York a
physical and nervous wreck. She was
seriously Ill In the Hotel Breslin,