BROOKLYN WOMAN SUES HUSBAND FOR NON-SUPPORT FOR THIRTY-THIRD TIME
New York City (JFK+50) On June 20, 1925, The Washington Times reports that Mrs. Mary Murphy of Brooklyn is in the process of suing her husband for non-support.
While this little tidbit of information might at first glance not to seem newsworthy, it marks the thirty-third time Mrs. Murphy has done this. She was unsuccessful in winning the other thirty-two lawsuits.
Patrick Murphy says that his wife "drove him from home in 1900" and keeps a "pile of bricks" stacked up on the front porch to make sure he doesn't return.
Mary Murphy is suing for alimony* and payment of legal expenses while Patrick Murphy denies, apparently for the thirty-third time, that he failed to support his wife.
Who knows, they say "third time is charm," maybe in this case "thirty-third time is charm?"
*alimony is a court ordered payment from one spouse to the other usually granted in a divorce or separation.
SOURCE
"Starts Thirty-third Suit to Divorce Husband," The Washington Times, June 20, 1925, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
