The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-03
Took Child With Her

Took Child With Her
That the cross-defendaant took
with her on said trip to Honolulu,
one OF the children Of these parties.
and cross.complainant is informed
and believes that almost continu-
ously during said trip she disre-
garded said child and frequently
would go for hours without ever
going near the child or having any.
thing to do with him.
That when cross.defendant was in
Honolulu she conceived the idea of
entering proceedings for divorce and
shortly following her return to Los
Angeles and for the purpose OF car.
rying out said scheme, she spent in
excess Of $4,000 on clothes, shoes,
perfumes for her individual use.
That cross-defendant told cross
complainant that she would like to
give q dinner party at her home to
just a few friends whom she had
turn trip from Honolulu; that
cross.complainant acquiesced, 1t be.
ing mutually understood that cross
complainant would be engaged in
his work and would not be able
to be present at such dinner.
That instead Of giving a dinner
at the house for q few friends, as
cross-complainant had been led to
believe, cross-defendant gave one
dinner at said house to her mother
and a number of friends, and on
the same evening gave another din
ner for about twenty people at the
Hotel Biltmore.
That on said night cross-complain.
ant returned home about IL o'clock,
and, because he had been working
hard all day. he Immediately went
to bed; that later, at about 2
o'clock in the morning, cross-de-
PENDANT returned to said house with
a large party of friends and they
made q great noise and awoke the
whole households; that before said
company had been in the house
very long, they were playing on the
piano and on the organ and they
also had the gramaphone going, all
at the same time; that said noise
awoke the child, which was In the
nursery; that the cross-complainant
heard the child crying.
That said noise continued for q
long time: that couples were going
in and out Of the house and upon
the lawn surrounding, and that he
heard loud laughter and loud
sounds Of hilarity, to the great dis
comfort of cross-ccmplainant and
said child.
The complainant bore with
said proceedings patiently as long
as possible and at last called cross
defendant upstairs and remon-
strated with her and told her that
2 o'clock in the morning was not
a proper time to bring home a COM
pany Of people seeking pleasure
and entertainment when there was
a young baby in the house and
that she should ask them to leave
Immediately; that cross-defendant
Immediately assumed a belligerant,
defiant mood, but did go down.
stairs and tell her guests that they
would have to go.
That on the following day the
cross-complainant was notified by
servants that the cross-defendant
had picked up and left said house
with the said children.
That on several occasions during
said marriage, cross-defendant Sc
cretly and clandestinel9 appeared
in various public places In com.
pany OF and as the companion Of
various persons, all without the
knowledge or consent Of the cross
complainant.
Hits Her Charge
That on January 10, this cross
defendant filed q complaint for
divorce; that the said cross.defend.
ant voluntarily and without Just
cause and in wicked disregard for
the future welfare and happiness
Of the elder. Of the two children.
and with the full knowledge that
by so doing the said child would
inevitably in the future be DETAINED.
disparaged and stigmatized, and
would, when grown, suffer re-
proach, humiliation and dishonor
because Of the allegation by which
cross.defendant published to the
world that the said elder Of the
two children of these parties had
been conceived out Of wedlock.
That the allegation was made
with the full knowledge that Il
was unnecessary for any purpose
Of stating an alleged cause for
divorce.