South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-15
Wife, Sued for DiUorce for Using
Maiden Name" GiUes Her Reasons
Mrs. Williams Declares Desire Keep Children From Know
inc of Second Marriage Caused Rucon-Wi Not
Contest Divorce Proceedings

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Mrs. Emma KoIlar Williams is 7
now fully convinced that il is a bad /
policy 20 marry man through kind
ness alone. especially when the man
can so quickly discard the kindness
that won her love. Charles Williams. .
her second husband of but six
months. in a suit for divorce filed
Saturday. charges her with continu-
ing to use her maiden name after
their marriage and further states
that she has an ungOvernable tenn
per- IS subject TO fits of anger. and
is i'm the habit OF calling him vile
names
Mrs Williams says that for the
past three years she has been forced
TO run a boarding house TO support
herself and four children 10y a for
MGR marriage. whose custody she
was given by the court when she
obtained a divorce from James Kol-
lar. Of this city. two years ago
Boarders at 9c house declare that
the charges made by williams are
not true but on the other hand the
majority Of the charges are charac-
teristics of Williams.
The Williams were married in St
Joseph. Mich. Aus 2S of last year
and according 10 the story of Mrs.
Williams, they agreed to keep il a
secret for month, until she could
pacify the feelings Of her children.
especially a married daughter and
a SON. one week after the wedding,
Williams is said to have sent lard
and meat salesman 10 his wife, i'm
forming him to ask for his wife and
tell her he sent him. The salesman
was told he must be mistaken as 20
the address because Mrs Williams
did not want her children To know
she had been married and had not
told them. She declares that was
the only time she has ever denied
that she was his wife and has never
used her maiden name of Emma
Day.
Mistake" Worried Williams
Her friends have often called her
Mrs. Kohler i'm the presence of VIII
liams and this uuthoushtfulness she
says, have often caused him to burst
into rage and call her vile names.
Her friends have often apologized
ed 10 satisfy his injured feelings.
Mrs Williams had known her
second husband for a little over a
year before she married him. she
said. and at all times ne was very
kind to her. especially during
siege of illness. when he did many
kind favors for her. His attentions
TO her during her sickness, she stated
induced her TO marry him. Shortly
after their marriage she says, he
often showed signs of allowing every
little trife 10 bother him and often
embarrassed her i'm the presence of
her friends.
Williams has worked very little
since their marriage. according to
his wife. and during the past six
months she claims she had not re
Ceived more than $50 from him,
and that was in the form of presents
he made to- her Of waists and aprons
All such items were entered in a
hook he kept, and when she asked
for money from him she was re-
minded OF the presents.
As for ordering him out of the
house. his wife denies this charge.
and states that her son. Melvin told
him If he was not satisfied with con-
ditions ne could leave This, she
stated was when Williams caused
disturbance at the home last Thurs
day night Early that evening the
Williams accompanied married
couple rooming at the house. 20 a
show but Williams left the show I'm
/ disgust because the man In the seat
i'm front of him repeatedly obstructed
his view. When his wife and friends
refused to accompany him home h
is said TO have cursed them and later
In the night cursed his wife for not
returning home earlier II was at
this point that his sou-in-Iaw' told
. him DE could leave the house of not
satisfied
Finds Torn Letter.
The next day WiUiams wife found
T o. torn letter dir ected 10 him which
! She pieccd together and which she
SAYS was sent by Coral Palmer from
/ Tennessee Ridge. Tenn. last June.
+ Tie letter implied that the Palmer
woman had just returned from "a
|V.sit 20 see Williams and told him
( how much she missed him. The
+ Palmer woman said she would re-
I turn TO him IF he wanted her hut
+ she must bring "hin" with her. The
"him" referred 20 IS believed 90 be
his child. In closing the letter, the
Palmer woman signed. from your
wife"
Mrs Williams immediately con-
suited her lawyer ard on Monday she
fled suit for divorce but on her re-
I turn home. she received a summons
from her husbands divorce suit and
size then recalled hers. Mrs. VII
|usms VIII not contest the suit and
Iwiu allow him his freedom. providing
DE does not Try 20 jefame her char
acter. She stated.