The Washington times., 1922-02-19
DIVORCE CLIQUE
HOPES To HALT
INDICTMENTS
Informer Threatened With Ar
rest If He Appears Against
Divorce Queen.
BY HARVEY L. COBB.

Copyright. 1879. by The Washington
Times Company
Plans for quashing the criminal
indictment against Mary L. Bag
gett, divorce queen" Of Little
Reno, will be begun tomorrow fol-
lowing her arrest on Friday for
"willful and felonious perjury" on
warrant sworn out for her by
Thomas J. Wright, "victimized"
husband of the divorcepring.
Ring Is Active.
Members OF the ring following tho
day Of Mrs. Basgett's arrest were
active in behalf OF their queen. who
has made dispositions for them hun
dreds of times swearing that their
clients had lived at her house and
were entitled to a divorce under the
law of Virginia.
Wright, who filed the charges
against Queen" Baggett last night
declared that he had been informed
that II he appeared to press them
at Tuesdays hearing when Mrs.
Baggett will be given a hearing he
would be arrested.
Notwithstanding these threats
and opposition by the Alexandria d.
vorce ring. ! shall be on hand to
press the charges" Wright declared
last night. land have little fear but
that Alexandria's divorce queen, ON
whose testimony my home was
wrecked, will be given her Just
deserts"
Records of Judge Moncure's d.
vorce court show that hundreds of
divorces were granted by Judge
Moncure on dispositions made by
Alexandrians as to the residence of
the divorce seeker. many OF whom,
il is declared. were never in the
State more than once or twice in
their life.
Queen Deserves Title.
According to the report made yes
terday by the Alexandria Bar Asso-
cations subcommittee. investigat-
ing the Little Reno scandal. Queen"
Baggett heads the list Of Alexan.
drians who have harbored. and al
legged to have harbored. Washington
divorce seekers and who have made
dispositions on which Moncure
granted the DEGREES.
Following is a partial list of the
names of Washington divorce seek.
ers who gave as their legal resi-
dence the home of Mrs. Baggett,
and for whom Queen" Baggett,
according to the records and sworn
testimony. made dispositions that
during the year preceding the Al
ing OF their divorces. had lived
under the roof OF her nine-room
house at the same time.
The complete list of Mrs. Bag
getts boarders is not given here.
as many victims OF the ring. who
have announced their intention Of
filing charges themselves against
members OF the ring. as soon as the
mittee had completed its findings,
requested that their names be de-
leted.
The list follows:
Divorce Queens Tenants.
Hattie Bell Foye Walling VS.. r. r.
walling (Robinson Moncure, attor-
ney); John l.. Schneider vs.. Eva May
Schneider: Mary Emma Bowie We.
Lewis Orlando Bowie; Julia Lillian
Clarke VS.. Albert b. Clark: Mary
Virginia Rust MeetZe VS.. George w.
Meetze: Annie d. Beck VS.. Cassius
NJ Beck (Robinson Moncure, attor-
ney): Margaret Regina Rouse vs..
Garry Arthur Rouse: Lewis r. Can
non VS.. Nettie NJ. Cannon (Robinson
nj
ing VS.. Frederick G. Duehring; Grace
II. Jones VS.. Howard NJ. Jones; Hes
ter Brooks Fox VS.. Harry A. Fox;
Aurelia l.. Kilroy VS.. Thomas p. Kill
roy; Margaret A. Phillips VS.. Alonzo
Phillips; Emma l.. fashion VS.. G..
Marion fashion; Margaret NJ. H.
Johnson VS.. Leon Johnson; Lottie
Kirk West VS.. David II. West Mon
cure, Davis & Budwesky, attorneys);
Pola Melus yelling vs. Truman c.
yelling; Addie l.. Fraser Netherson
vs.. Edward J. Netherson; Nellie l.. b.
Fried vs.. Joseph A. Fried; Maud T.
AIarbury VS.. Sommerville Marbury;
Florence Elizabeth Donaldson VS..
Walter William Donaldson; Hazel
Lee Hall VS.. Daniel w. Hall; Theresa
Marie King VS.. Patrick Joseph King;
Harry r. Lemerise VS.. Frances f.
Lemerise; Mary A. Phillips vs.. Rich
ard II. Phillips; Arthur F. Padgett VS..
Anna II. Padgett; Violet Bolts Har-
rison vs.. Robert Palmer HARRISON;
Ella B. Griffin vs.. John w. Griffin.
George II. Bucker VS.. Gwendoline
S. Bucker; Harry A. Frain vs.. Mary
Josephine Frain; Isabel Gee Petrie
IS. James =. Petria: Agnes c. S.
McGhan VS.. c. s. McGan; Mary @.
II. Petit Us. Lindsay II. Petit;
Horace l.. Wilcox Us. Blanche II.
Wilcox: Richard f. Keister VS..
Elizabeth Keely Keister; Estella s.
Coakley vs.. Jesse J. Coakley; Le-
vinia II. Cushman VS.. Frank +.
Cushman; Minnie Maxine Dyson VS..
Eugene Dyson; Minnie Mae Griggs
vs.. Richard S. Griggs; Walter Har-
rison VS.. Kaura Jones Harrison;
Mary Brown Regain VS.. Joseph Re-
gan; Beulah Howell Holtzscheiter VS.,
Walter Holtzscheiter; Madge Is.
Smith: VS.. Claude b. Smith: Simon
Larkin VS.. Edna Van Cleveland Lar.
kin; Ray Lieber VS.. Josephus Max
Lieber: George T. Ashford vs.. Goldie
L. Ashford; Laura Marie Gheen vs..
Charles T. Gheen; Anna Talbert Clark
vs. Blame II. Clark; Charles Baxter VS..
Matte Gov Paytar William Hanaa