New-York tribune., 1920-12-17
Letter Affords
Basis for Two
Divorce Suits
Missive Alleged to Have
Been Written by His Wife
10 a Chauffeur Is Found
by Ex-Member of A. E.. f.
Alimony Reveals Cases
Frost Says Errirg Mate
Called ON Him With Man
and Threatened a Contest

One letter has furnished the grounds
upon which two divorce suits have
been brought in the Supreme Court
The letter was written by Mrs. Ethel
May Frost, wife Of Sherman w. Frost,
business man who lives at 1856 West
Eighty-siH h Street. 70 Christopher J.
Bush, chauffeur. Mr.. Frost is suing
mis- vile and Mis-. Minnie Bush is
plaintiff In the other suit, against
Bush. Justice Hotchkiss yesterday
awarded Mrs. Bush S25 week ali.
mony which revealed the existence of
the double diyorce suits.
Mr.. Frost was in the United States
Army Tank Corps during the war. He
alleged that upon his return from
service with the American Expedition
ary Forces, he came into possession of
a letter which his wife wrote to Bush
In part it read II have task before
me which is very hard and unpleasant,
and before | begin | must tell you
that l love you, if anything more than
ever. A crisis was reached here to-
night.
A Momentous Decision
II have come to the place where |
must make what l consider the most
momentous decision of my life
whether shall leave home and go with
you or remain here for my sons sake.
have lot to consider both ways. If
you up. And if l go, what am going
TO? am sure of nothing, not even
your love, under the trying circum-
stances that we will find ourselves IN
for some time. Please don't think me
nagging, for | don't mean it that way.
81 beg of you not to misunderstood
me, dear, for l would give up every
thing and count the world we'll lost
for you, if didn't feel you have failed
me several times. First of all, and in
spite of the fact that you say you love
me, your wife has always come first
with you. Every week in the asst year
have given her more money than any
court would allow her and you have
continued to live with her when you
say that you and she positively hate
each other.
you might have cut down consider
ably on her allowance and lived e,se-
where, when you knew it was a thorn
in my side that you were living with
her. Where are we after two years ;?
KlGnt where we were IN the Dcgln-
ming, and how can expect anything
different in the future?
"When we returned from Placid you
almost insisted upon my going to him
in Akron. It looked as if you were
shifting your responsibility back to
him.
Couple Called on Frost
''Yov flung her constantly in my face
when | first met you, which makes me
think could never live up to the ideal
she set of what wife should be.
may be all wrong, but feel now that
| would be making a mistake under
these circumstances. l can't explain
how I feel. l have been tortured now
for five hours, until feel I have no
emotions left just like an orange
squeezed dry"
Mr.. Frost said his wife and Bush
chad the effrontery" to call at his
residence and ask him what evidence
ne intended to present in his divorce
suit against Mrs. Frost. The husband
said they threatened to contest the
action if the name of Bush was
brought into the proceedings.
MIR. Frost added THAI whenever he
found fault with his wife there was
sufficient Justification. The Frosts
have one child-Sherman W. Frost jr.