DETECTIVE CLAIMS WIFE SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME DANCING WITH A YOUNG MAN
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 20, 1924, Detective Sergeant Lawrence A. O'Dea "filed his answer in the District Supreme Court to "his wife's lawsuit" asking for "a limited divorce and alimony."
Sgt. O'Dea alleged that his wife, Mrs. Edith L. O'Dea, a grandmother, "spends most of her time in dancing school with a young man."
He also denies every charge of cruelty as well as non-support made by Mrs. O'Dea. The DC detective says his wife "has made life during the past four years one of torture."
SOURCE
"Grandma Crazy To Dance," The Washington Times, August 20, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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