Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-02
WEEPS IN Telling
/. OF HUSBAND'SACTS
Mrs. Bourgeois in Tears During
Divorce Suit Against
.., Lawyer
RESPONDENT UNAFFECTED


Bourgeois. Of Atlantic City. who Is
suing her husband, George bourgeois.
of the same city. and one Of the leading
lawyers Of New Jersey. for divorce. on
the ground Of infidelity. testified before
Chancellor Walker yesterday that her
husband had admitted 70 her his In
timacy with Mrs. Muril NJ. i.aciar.
the co correspondent. q,
Mrs. Bourgeois was greatly affected
during her testimony. and several times
burst into tears. AZ the conclusion OF
her testimony she was led weeping from
tho courtroom by her daughter. The
case will be continued today.
Mrs. Bourgeois was formerly her
husbands stenographer, and Is his Soc
ond wife, Bourgeois first marriage
having been dissolved by the divorce
court.
Mrs. Bourgeois was put under q Sc.
we're cross examination at the hands ot
former Attorney General Robert ~.
McCartcr. counsel for tho husband.
Harry X. Conlomb, law partner Of the
defendant. also represented Bourgeois,
while Clarence Cole, Of Atlantic City.
appeared for Mrs. Bourgeois. The
woman was on the stand for two hours
during the afternoon. and she was ap-
parently under great strain. declaring
At times that sbc could not think
clearly. Bourgeois appeared unaffected.
Leo ]. Bouchard, n detective on.
gagged by the petitioner 90 shadow the
husband testified that he followed
Bourgeois to the home OF the core
spondent and saw him go UP on the
rorch. but 1t was dark and he could not
swear positively whether he had en-
tered the house.
Jealous Of Another
II was brought out in cross exam
ination Of Mrs. Bourgeois that she had
been jealous of Miss Powell, Bour.
geois' stenographer. for the last ten
years. because, as she alleged, the law
yer confided his financial affairs to his
stenographer and did not take his wife
into that confidence. This jealousy.
she testified. was big factor In q
breakdown Of her physical condition,
Mrs. Laciar, she alleged. told stories
70 the effect that the petitioner had
purchased vitriol in a pharmacy In At
lantic City and planned to throw 1t over
both her husband and the correspond
ent. as result Of which Mr.. Bour-
geois boltcd his door against his wife in
their home.
Following a telephone tip from a Mr..
Supplee. a friend Of the family and
golf companion of the defendant. Mrs.
Bourgeois said she went to the Beverly
Apartments. in Atlantic City. to find
out whether her husband was there
with Mrs. I.aciar.
why did you not 80 in:" asked
Mr.. McCarter.
II could not 20 in," replied the wit
ness. brokenly. ~ stood there and
asked God to guide me. ! prayed a
while
Went to Sanitarium
This incident. according TO Mrs.
Bourgeois. caused her to pack up and
20 alone to the Hotel Pennsylvania in
New York. preparatory to going to q
sanitarium in Battle Creek. Mich.
She took money Of her own. some
bonds and iewelry. totaling $1,000. and
was determined not to use any Of her
husbands money for expenses. Bour
geois returned home as his wife was
having her trunk taken downstairs, nnd
asked what was going on according
+; to the petitioners testimony.
II told him that I had found out
about the Laciar woman and said. Il
! am not going to stay. He said
Aren't you we'll: TT help you He
/ tnen came tOWaTu me anu salu
Don't come near me-.
Mrs. Bourgeois admitted to McCar.
! ter that she scratched her husband:
/ face. but said she didn't remember how
she did IL.
Bourgeois counsel introduced letter.
written by the wife from Battle Creek
! in which she referred to the vitrio
stories Of Mrs. Laciar, and asked he
husband how he could believe "thi!
woman
For Sake Of Children
ITS a bitter pill for me to swal
low read one letter. and she wrote o
the agony she underwent to think h
could not have spared one or two hour
from his golf to take her to the doc
tor. I'm my estimation" she added
"your woman client Is blackmaile
and bIackhearted." She informed hin
that she intended 70 get we'll for tn,
sake Of their children.
A letter Bourgeois wrote to his wifi
at Battle Creek was read lie ex
pressed the hope that she would ge
we'll and urged her not to have an!
fear about the woman client. stain,
that no woman client ever got him iii
bad" He urged her to spend her tim
getting well, and to trust him to lool
after things in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Bourgeois, explaining these ref
, ercnces on the stand, said she kney
Mrs. Laciar was involved in some mat
ter which might mean the disbarmcn