Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-01-17
While His Arisfo-
cratic Mother Fights
to AnnuI the Mar
rioge She Says He
Was "Lured Into" by
the Pretty Model.
Y Dung } o h n D.
Fraser. End. Ducks
the Legal Briek-Bots

to do with raising her mother-n-laws legal
blood pressure
Young John Fraser, unlike his dynamic
father has never held steady Job He was
IN Mexico City, with money supplied by his
mother, toying with the idea Of opening a
roller skating rink in that city when he and
June decided to get married. They drove up
20 Laredo for the ceremony then went back
20 Mexico City.
That about all there was TO IT,
June denied the baby hoax, and Judge Nc
Mutt denied the petition for annulment Then
they took up the matter of divorce. and Johns
mother filed an amended complaint This time
she opened up heavier artillery.
She charged that shortly after the mar
riage June had left John in Mexico City and
gone 10 Acapulco. the seaside resort town
John went looking for her and couldn't find
her in any Of the hotels in Acapulco
Later Mother Fraser alleged il turned out
that June had been living in tent colony on
the beach with a group Of persons consisting
of three male adults and two women includ-
ing the said defendant"
The two women squared off: LAWYERS
hustled around with brief cases, society started
whispering. Poor under-age John D. Jr.
badgered and pushed around stood in the
middle He didn't have much 10 say in fact,
he said nothing; everyone else did the talking
for him.
Finally. last Spring the big eruption came
June Fraser filed a cross-complaint in which
she denied everything and then in a master
piece Of legal verbage said
plaintiff Esther r. Fraser and her hus-
band. John y Fraser, are reputed TO be of a
financial worth of several million dollars and
are prominent in the society of San Francisco
and the Peninsula
Your defendant, June Fraser, has made
her own living over period Of several years
as a salesgirl as a showgirl and as a model
and has appeared in theatrical revues in vari-
Gus places in the United States and Mexico ..
For these reasons. plaintiff. Esther r.
Fraser, believes that her son. John u. Fraser.
Jr, has superior social position TO that of
your defendant and feels that his marriage
TO this defendant is a social disgrace 20 her
and her family; and for this reason, said
Esther r. Fraser is DESTROYS of breaking up
the marriage Of her son and this defendant 49,.
This action for divorce is not brought by
John u. Fraser OF his free will, and ne does
not desire a divorce from this defendant g..
But in truth and fact, said action is main
tanned under duress and coercion of his mother,
Esther r. Fraser"
June's cross-complant went on TO alleee
that she and young John had lived together as
man and wife and had just separated; that
they had not broken up right after their mar
riage, as Mama had alleged. And she asked
that the court award her separate main.
tenance
Then the fur-expensve fur-bcgan 10 fly.
Mother Fraser finally consented TO be inter-
viewed with her attorney, James w. Harvey,
sitting by.
Il didn't want a battle. but I'll give it to
them, If that's what they want she said II
tried my best to break this marriage up in a
nice way-but they wouldn't do il.
We're not rich" Mrs Fraser explained.
and l don't think were even what you'd call
socialites
My boy is okay-hc's just young and he's