The Detroit times., 1911-05-24
PRISON TO
RETURN TO HUBBY
Mrs. Alex. Comstock, Who Eloped
From Muskegon With Picture Show
Warbler. Is Defiant.

II isn't such an awful lengthy leap
from the glamor OF Muskegon NOV
ing picture house to the sordid sur
roundings of a Detroit police court
Folks are taking the Jump to the erim-
inal courts via the film route every
SO often these vitascopic days. SO
Mrs. Alex Comstock. robed In a gown
OF saffron, found the matter was not
so very embarrassing. when she ap-
peared before Police justice Stelnr
Wednesday morning, charged with
deserting her hard-working hubby and
her little babe for a nickelodeon warb-
Ter.
"Dr." Edward L. Mccoy, the warb-
Ter, appears to have grasped at the
kerosene circuit just in time to save
himself from perjury. He abandon
ed the medical profession for a more
lucrative employment. Something.
probably Fate, ordained that he go to
that dear old Muskegon, there, to re-
tail over the footlights the old stun
about the soft moonlight, the lovers
wandering arm-in-arm, and the vine
clad cottage by the sea, and all the
rest of it. with soft-tinted illustra-
tions.
Mrs. Comstock, IS, and unsophisti-
Gated, heard and was charmed. Mrs.
Comstock, her hard-working hubby
and their child occupied apartments
In Muskegon, directly across from
those occupied by the doctor" The
rest is easily supplied. Any lady
novelist could do It.
Mccoy is a handsome Thespian, de-
spite the fact that he appeared very
unshaven In police court. He, Mrs.
Comstock and her husband met be-
fore Judge Stein. The court was In
hopes there was opportunity for an
of matters. The very sug-
gestion brought a vigorous expires.
sion of disapproval from Lady Com
stock. the saffron-gowned.
"Neyaire," she remarked, not for
getting the moving picture mode OF
expression. Il will never live with
him again."
What about your baby?" said the
Judge. Are you satisfied that your
child live with your husbands par.
ents?"
A shrug OF the saffron shoulders
was the only reply.
The Judge them asked her IL she
were guilty OF the charge OF leaving
her family to live with Mccoy, who
says he halls from Columbus, Ind.
II suppose am guilty" she replied,
with q note OF defiance In her voice,
SIN guilty, as far as that goes"
y Mccoy likewise admitted that nc
shared her guilt. Judge Stein ther
accepted their waiver and held then
TO the recorders court for trial.
my husband hates me and | An
sure that hate him. said the girl
wife II do not want to go back &c
him. l would rather serve so years In
prison. He was anxious that leave
Muskegon. He even gave me money
10 go away, even after / told him that
would never come back. II was al
planned. had II arranged with the
doctor that was to come to Detroi;
first and he would join me here"
The husband denied that he had
told her to 60 and that he had given
her money for that purpose.
She ran up lot OF bills for me to
pay" he said. II was paying them
the best I could and was giving her
an allowance Of 81 week beside.
suppose that wasn't enough for her,
however"
After the recital OF her troubles,
the saffron lady was lead to the coun-
ty jail, along with the unshaven sing
er OF sad songs.
Meanwhile, the husband will return
TO Muskegon and work at his trade of
tool-making.