The Detroit times., 1914-03-31
CHARGE
IS SEQUEL TO
LOCAL WEDDING
Warrant Out For w. X. Nourse.
Who Married Bessie Springer.
of Detroit
FATHER OF Ex-SPOUSE
is COMPLAINANT
Claims Divorce From Former
Mate Was Secured In Cleve
land by Perjury

o. NJ. Springer. well-known Detroit
attorney, whose daughter. Bessie
Springer. Is said to have figured In an
el0pement with w. X. .Nourse. Detroit
st. Louis-Minneapolis-Kansa City
typewriter salesman. some weeks ago,
IL believed to be directly interested
with Fathers-in-Law Joiner, of Milwau-
kee. and Plumridge. OF st. Louis. In an
attempt to place Nourse behind prison
bars for alleged bigamy.
Nourse was divorced from Mamie
Plumrtdge. OF St. Louis, in North Da-
kota. In 1909. and In 1910 he married
Miss Grace Joiner in Milwaukee. She
lived with him until last fall. when ne
sent her home to her parents with her
child, and obtained Q divorce In Cleve-
land. Later he married Miss Bessie
Springer. Of Detroit. and lived with
her In Chicago.
Monday Charles e. Joiner, OF MI
waukee. father OF wife No. 2, swore
out warrant charging Nourse with
bigamy, claiming he had obtained his
divorce In Cleveland through perjury,
and was not legally divorced. az he
was not, and never had been, q rest
dent Of Ohio. either when he made ap-
plication for the decree or when the
decree was issued. Joiner n said TO
have taken this action after comforting
with o. NJ. Springer. father Of wife
No. 3, and Fatherin-Law Plumridge.
Of st. Louis
Advices from Milwaukee indicate
that Mrs. Nourse No. 2 viii refuse
to testify against her husband Il the
~ at hA
claims still to be the legal wife OF
the man.
When seen In his ofices, No. 70s
whitney building. Tuesday. Mr..
Springer denied that he was q party
to the prosecution Of Nourse, but dis
coursed at length upon his knowledge
Of Nourse and Of the methods by
which he obtained his divorce In
Cleveland.
Mr.. Springer stated that he had re-
ceived telegram from his daughter,
who is now In Chicago with her moth
er. asking him to come TO that city.
He left for Chicago this afternoon.
Pressed - to whether his daughter
was really married to Nourue Mr..
Springer refused to make . definite
answer.
II don't know whether my daughter
10 married to this man or not" he
said. Il do know that. in any event.
she has been grossly deceived"
According to Mr.. Springer's story
Nourse Med : bill for divorce In tAe
Cuyahoga county, Onto. courts. II
though he was not, and never had
been. . resident Of Ohio. In his bill
- <~<Hvnn1~fv&t ~ so ,,~ ~ 0uVSvn ~rov
alleges. i. not only that he was resi-
dent of Ohio but that he had pre-
vided three separate residences for
Grace J. Nourse. his wife. and that
she had refused to live with him, re-
turning with her child. to the home Of
her parents In Milwaukee, al of
which was untrue. Springer says.
He obtained the divorce, according
to Mr.. Springer, and when relatives
Of the wife attempted to prosecute
him for perjury, the prosecutor re-
fused to presss the charge, alleging
that such action would, IN effect.
amount to . second trial Of the d.
vorce case.
Mr.. Springer also stated that he
had been informed that Nourse had
been In other trouble In Chicago, and
that no 10 now In the Cook county
Jail.
Il, myself. have not appeared In
any court action looking toward the
punishment Of Nourse." said Mr..
Springer. II shall, In all probability
make up my mind a. to my course OF
procedure after talking things over
with my wife and daughter In Chi
cago. Wednesday.
II will say this, however. There 10
something rotten In Cleveland.
II don't care to discuss my daugh-
ter's relations with this creature.
Nourse. and believe that the names
of all women duped by such men
should be guarded as carefully a.
possible. know that my daughter
has been grossly deceived on the
strength of . decree obtained By
fraud.
"Nourse I hardly know. He seems
to be absolutely devoid Of any sense.