The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-04
Hubby Also Takes Cop Along
To See That 1t Is Done Right.
New Years Eve Party Leaks
Out Thru Divorce Petition.
SHE'S A WILLING MOTORIST
as.Pressman Says Wife Took
Single Men Out Riding.
TheaterS and Dance Halls Her
Weakness, He Charges.

Hidden in a dark corridor of q
rooming house with policeman near
to see that there was no gun play,
Charles Pressman, well known cloth
ing clerk, caught another man hug
ging and kissing his wife and pro-
ceeded to give the fellow a good beat
ing, according to allegations IN d1-
vorce petition filed today in the dis
trict court. The hugging and kissing
incident occurred on New Years eve
just as the clock in the rooming house
at $40 Kansas avenue struck IL.
Following the fight Pressman tells
in his petition of a confession by his
wife in which he charges she admit
ted that she and the "other man v1s1-
ted a Madison street rooming house
earlier in the evening. She confessed,
he states, to misconduct on that night
and on previous occasions.
Roomers in the house say that
George Brown, a patrolman, had been
stationed in another room by the Jeal-
Gus Pressman and the landlady to
avoid any serious trouble. Brown ad-
| mitted this to be true today. The
! presence of Brown is given as rea-
son for the short duration of the fight
Pressman had been suspicious. he
states in his petition, and when his
wife told him on New Years eve that
she had a date to play cards in their
room with a man named BuifiSh, he
decided to verify his suspicious.
/ The Plot.
! In compliance with his wife's sus-
gestion that he make himself the ''ab-
sent one" Pressman deft his home.
| She left home at o'clock Mean
time, arrangements for a reception OF
Mrs. Pressman upon her return pro-
gressed rapidly. Brown was called in
and placed in an adjoining room.
Pressman hid.
At midnight steps were heard on
/ the stairway. The husband braced
I hi -a1f
the door aiar. Pressman, in his petit
tion, tells of catching the two huggfng
| and kissing. Before the policeman
could get in the hall, Pressman rad
hurtled thru the air and alighted on
/ the other fellows shoulder. A good
fight was promised for kimonoed and
pajamaed roomers. Blu the Cop in
| terfered.
Pressman recites other grievances in
his petition, the second to be filed
since October. He introduces The
court to his wife by stating that six
weeks after her marriage. which oc-
CURED August 1, 1917, she went to
Shorey to live with her parents. Her
| Fluke.
Such action her part made 1t
hard for him, a $25 a week clerk, he
| states. Yet, in order to make things
agreeable he purchased an automo-
bile and drove to and from his moth
| er-in-law's home daily.
She Was Good Hearted Motorist.
The automobile proved to be a
source of trouble, due to his wife's
ability in running the machine, he
/ tells the court. In a short time she
began taking unmarried men out for
! rides, he charges. That caused the
filing of divorce suit in October
Promises of his wife to reform led
to withdrawal of the suit Pressman
states, and the resuming of their re-
lauons as husband and wife She
wouldn't keep house for him, accord
| ing to charges in the petition, and he
was obliged to keep her in a roomin<
| house. Expenses as a result of room
| ing and boarding and purchasing 5000
worth of clothing since the withdrawal
| of his first divorce suit ran beyond his
| income, he states.
| Pressman describes her as a con-
slant devotee of theaters and dance
| halls. The visits to these places were
! made in company with unmarried
! men, he charges. Pressman works for
the Hub Clothing company. He askes
I for a divorce and doesn't even want
1 his name attached to that of his wife
/ He asks the court to restore Mrs
Pressman to her maiden name. Tink-
| ham Veale filed the s41it