Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1916 — ALIMONY OF $10,000 FOR GARY MAN’S WIFE [ARTICLE]

ALIMONY OF $10,000 FOR GARY MAN’S WIFE

Sensational Gary Case Brought to Close and Wife Gets the Best of Everything. A verdict in the divorce suit of Kerr vs. Kerr having been on trial in the superior court at Gary for several days past behind closed doors, has been given by Judge Greenwald. Although Kerr brought the action the judge found in favor of the wife wfio filed a cross complaint. This is what happened to Kerr, says the Gary Tribune: Judge Charles E. Greenwald refused his petition for a decree and granted absolute divorce to Mrs. Kerr. Gave Mrs. Kerr a judgment for SIO,OOO alimony. Gave Mrs. Kerr possession of the three children. Ordered Kerr to pay S6O a month for their maintenance until they are of age. Ordered Kerr to pay $2,060 attorney fees, witness fees and other expenses incurred by Mrs. Kerr in defending the suit. Ordered Kerr to pay all court costs for the case, which lasted for more than a week. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr came to Gary several years ago and he entered the contracting business, obtaining a small fortune. Last fall he filed suit for divorce. Mrs. Kerr’s brothers came to urged her to file a crosscomplaint. As soon as this was filed Mr. Kerr filed a new complaint charging that a half dozen men prominent here and in Colorado, Ohio, and other states, had been intiment with his wife. Mrs. Kerr contended that she had been forced to sign false confessions when her husband locked her in their "home, pointing a pistol at her and threatening to take the children and go to Australia and to shoot her. Attorney Charles Chase, acting for Mrs. Kerr, brought nearly a score of witnesses from cities in which Mrs. Kerr formerly lived and secured many depositions as to her good, character.. His attorneys called but few witnesses to the stand for Kerr. On account if the nature of the case Judge Greenwald decided to hold the hearing privately. In addition to the judgment of nearly $15,000 for costs, alimony and fees, Kerr now faces„ a libel suit for $25,000, filed in the superior court at Hammond by Watler Reese Miller, of Mansfield, Ohio, who, Kerr charged, had improper reltaions with Mrs. Kerr before her marriage. The slo,oflP alimony must be paid within 180 days, the court ordered.