Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-10
Judge Calls Husband !.
Other Woman Tramps
In Granting Divorce

An attractive White House Sec
rotary found a judicial champion
in District Court yesterday as
Judge Matthew F. MCGUIRE
awarded her an absolute divorce
and denounced her husband and
the other woman-both university
professors-as "tramps."
Judge Mcclure also criticized
the separation agreement which
Mrs. Marian Norby McCalley 80,
of 1900 F street NV. reached
with her husband, John w. Nc
Galley, IS, a former instructor in
George Washington University.
before the divorce suit came toI
trial.
In the suit. Mrs. McCalley &C
cused her husband of adultery and
named Mrs. Hazel S. Cowherd.
81, former instructor in govern
ment at George Washington Uni
versity, as correspondent.
No Regard for Violations.
Mr.. McCalley and Mrs. Cowherd
"are both tramps even though
they are university professors,
declared Judge MCGUIRE angrily
as he granted the divorce.
"They are living with no regard
or respect for obligations of any
kind, character or description.
And they come in here and ex-
pect the courts to validate the
situation so they can give re-
Spectability to it.
well she MRS. CowherdD will
end up the same way. He will
leave her, too"
Neither Mr.. McCalley nor Mrs.
Cowherd contested the suit.
Tantamount to Divorce.
Judge McGuire'S wrath was
aroused when the separation
agreement, under which Mr.. Nc
Galley agreed to pay his wife $50
monthly for two years as well
as her counsel fees, was called
to his attention.
What I object to in all this. "
Judge MCGUIRE said, ''is that while
these parties have the right to
make an agreement between
themselves. it is tantamount to
the parties divorcing themselves
and they merely come to court /
for valuation of an actual stu
alton.
This man is undoubtedly liv-
ing with this instructreSs of our
youth. Yet have to validate a
situation which wouldn't do I'M
less I was compelled to do so.
Il am not blaming counsel, but
am blaming the customs and
mores of the times"
Mrs. McCalley. brown haired
and smartly dressed in a chic
green suit, told Judge MCGUIRE
she was married in 1945 and her
husband left her four years later
after suggesting that she get a
divorce. He moved into an apart
ment a block away, she said.
Strolled Hand in Hand
She went to his apartment later
and pleaded for a reconciliation
but he went into another room
and went OF sleep, she said. In his
wallet she said she found a pic
ture Of Mrs. Cowherd who then
was teaching at Dennison Univer-
sity. The wallet also contained a
note asking that Mrs. Cowherd be
notified in case of emergency, the
wife said.
Later Mrs. Cowherd came to
Washington to teach at George
Washington University where her
husband was on the faculty, Mrs
McCalley told Judge MCGUIRE
She said she saw her husband and
Mrs. Cowherd at Watergate con-
certs and strolling hand in
hand" in the park.
A private detective hired by
Mrs. McCalley told Judge Mcclure
he peered into Mr.. McCalley'S
eighth-foor apartment from an
adjoining roof and saw Mrs. Cow
herd there on three successive
evenings. He gained entrance to
Mr. McCalley's apartment by pos
ing as a messenger delivering a
trunk and saw feminine as we'll
as masculine clothing there, the
detective said.
Mr.. McCalley, a staff member
of the Bookings Institution, was
in court when Judge MCGUIRE de.
livered his scathing lecture. He
told reporters he had no COM
ment. He now lives in Chevy
Chase, Md.