Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1912 — ASKS DIVORCE, HAS A GUARD [ARTICLE]

ASKS DIVORCE, HAS A GUARD

St. Louis Woman Who Sues Husband Protected by Police —Escorted To and From Home. St. Louis, Mo. —Every morning for a week a policeman' called at 1422 Semple avenue, and after ringing the doorbell, met Mrs. Delia Monica Black and escorted her to the nearest street car line. There he put her aboard a car, tipped his cap and went his way. Every evening a policeman met Mrs. Black as she get off the car. returning from her work in a downtown millinery house, and saw her safely to her door. MrS. Black’s reason for asking the police escort was revealed when , she filed a divorce suit against Charles E. Black, proprietor of a drag store at Arlington and Ridge avenues. Mrs. Black told a reporter that she believed it necessary to protect herself on her way to and from her home. Black has refused to make any statement about the case, except to say he has hired a lawyer.