The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-12-11
"Only Thing She Can Do"
He Says When Served
With Summons.
WERE MARRIED in 1921
Complaint Declares Marriage
Took Place December 81,
1921, at Crown Point.

In his cell at the county Jail,
Charles Hanson, Kenosha man of
three wives, is facing a new legal
action today.
Late Tuesday afternoon summons
and complaint was served on him in
an action brought by Reta Bloomey
Albert, his "wife No. g." asking for
an annulment of their marriage, which
is alleged to have taken place on De-
cember 81, 1921 in Grown Point, Ind.
The action is brought in the superior
court of Los Angeles county, Califor-
MIA, and is against Charles Albert,
under which name Hanson is said to
have been married at Crown Point.
Hanson accepted the new tangle
most philosophically when Undersheriff
Joseph Knipfer called him from the
cellroom into the sheriff's Office to
admit service Of the papers.
81 expected this" he said, "and it's
the only thing that Reva can do. Let
her better herself any way that she
can; certainly l will not oppose her
annulment action and If there is any
way that can aid her in securing it
/ will do that. Of course, / am in a
situation where / could not fight her
action even if | so desired, but most
certainly | will not oppose it."
Held on Wife No. is Charge.
Hanson is under arrest on charges
of abandonment and non-support
brought by Mrs. Martha Bloom Han
son, Of Kenosha, his first and only
legal wife, who claims that he deserted
her and their four children and with
out securing divorce from her has
married twice. He was arrested in
New York City eight days after he
had married Kathlyn Riordan, New
York shop girl, who it is said knew
nothing either of his first wife or of
his second marriage at Crown Point,
Indiana, to Miss Reva Goldberg,
formerly Of Kenosha.
1t is declared that "Wife No. g."
although she claims that she would
forgive all because she still loves him,
will start annulment proceedings in
New York City.
Married in December 1921.
The annulment proceedings brought
by "Wife No. 2" are in the name of
Reta Bloomey Albert against Charles
Albert, it being alleged that they were
married under these names on Decem-
Der 81, 1921 in Crown Point, Indiana.
A subsequent paragraph in the COM
plant alleges that the real names of
the principals are Reeva Goldberg and
Albert Hanson. 1t states that they
have been separated since Febru-
airy 2S, 1923.
They have one child, Charles Al
bert, now with the mother in Los
Angeles and for which the mother
seeks the custody.
The complaint asks for an annul-
ment of the marriage on the grounds
that Eat time of marriage the defen-
dant had wife then living to whom
he was legally married and the mar
riage with whom had not been legally
dissolved by any court"
Hanson appears perfectly willing to
have his extra marriages" annulled,
at the same time showing some SYM
patty for the wives" because of the
predicament in which he has placed
them. Just now he is worried more
about the criminal action brought by
his wife, Martha Bloom Hanson, of
Kenosha; he is now in Jail in default
of $500 bonds awaiting preliminary
hearing on the desertion and abandon
ment charge brought by her. This
hearing is scheduled to take place
Friday morning.