Evening star., 1922-02-19
SPECIFIC DIVORCE
EVIDENCE SOUGHT
Committee Invites Several
Who Made Charges to
Appear at Hearing.
From . staR Correspondent.


ALEXANDRIA. Va. February 1s.--
Now that the committee appointed by
the Alexandria Bar Association to
investigate the alleged divorce evil
has received the complete tabulation
of all divorce cases in the files of the
corporation court during the past
eighteen months, it will proceed with
the examination of those persons who
have made specific charges regarding
conditions.
This was made known at the meet
ing of the committee this afternoon
II was decided also to make further
inquiry into a score or more of cases
contained in the tabulation, which
were considered as being suspicious
or as suggesting irregularity in their
preparation.
presented formally to the full COM
mittee showed that OF the 1000 cases
in the files during the period men
toned, 1913 are pending and a total OF
72S final DEGREES was granted. IN ad-
dition there are twenty cases or
more which have not been examined
or tabulated inasmuch as the papers
were missing from the tiles. A re-
port will be made on these missing
cases when the committee next meets
OF s07 suits, 709 were for deser-
tion, 81 for adultery and one each for
impotency, prostitution, felony and
insanity.
Invited to Appear.
The subcommittee was thanked
for tho thorough and comprehensive
manner in which it prepared its tab
ulatton and was then discharged. It
was announced that invitations had
been sent to a number of persons to
appear at the hearing to be held by
the committee next Thursday.
J. Randall Cation. secretary of the
committee, announced that in answer
to an invitation Frank Stuart, local
attorney, who IS alleged to have made
specific charges regarding the ex-
istence of a divorce evil. replied that
he knows very little about the di-
vorce conditions except from the rec
ords.''
In calling attention to the fact
that the name OF Mrs. Mary l. Bag
Kett, who conducts a rooming house
at I194 Royal street. appears on
144 affidavits swearing to the resi-
dence requirement, Mr.. Cation stated
that he called Judge Moncure's at
tention to Mrs. Baggett's activities.
He was told by the Judge that he
planned that Judge Moncure reported
to him later that he had questioned
Mrs. Baggett and that she informed
, him that she had sworn only to
bona fde residents.
Others in AmdavitS.
Mrs. Stella Densel had made affi-
davits in Iwenty-seven and Robert
Luciett in twenty-one cases. The
| highest number of persons domiciled
at the residence of Mrs. Baggett in
any one month was lis, according to
the report made. Out of the So7
cases the attorneys named in
cluded the following. David & Bud
| wesky. 2l0; Richard B. Washington.
1872; Charles Henry Smith. So: T. NJ.
Watson. "a: Edmund Hill. 53;@ Charles
Corgan, 81: Smith & Woolls. 40;
II. Noel Garner, %; Louis n. Duffey.
|! 90: ". S. Snow. IS; Frederick P Rus
sell, 1t: Nicol & Son. II; Frederick
G. Duvali. Z; James L. Foster, Colo
nial Beach, s: Harry r. Thomas, /;
Gardner L. Boothe, IL: Cation G. Cation.
s; r. W. Stump. 10; Carlin. Carlin
& Hall. 6: Crandal Mackey, 8: w. r.
Neudecker. .; Leo 2. Harlow. II;
Frank Stuart. 9; T. Morris Wampler,
s: J. K. NJ Norton, l; Oscar C.
Thomas, S; Frank L. Ball. 8; E. john
| son. 2; and one each for Harry L.
Thomas. R W. Mcmahon. c. ]. Camp
bell, w. c. Cloth, z: Z. Johnson,
Charles Bendheim, Edmund Burke.
Malcolm Hufty, William L. Ellerson,
A. H. Collins and Robert J. Thomas.
J. R. L.