MAKES DIVORCE SPEED RECORD
Judge Peebles Sets New Pace for
Untying Nuptial Knots.
Cupid went down for the count in the courtroom of Circuit Judge James M. Peebles when five couples were legally separated yesterday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock—about ten minutes for each case. This is said to establish a new record in Cook county for rapid-fire divorce. The cases, which were uncontested, were as follows:
Rachel Sieglinde vs. Max Sieglinde; abandonment.
Harmon A. Darroch vs. Lottie Darroch; infidelity.
Mary Stiles vs. Jonathan Stiles; drunkenness.
Georgia Connor vs. James Connor; drunkenness.
Sarah Bush vs. Oscar Bush; drunkenness and cruelty.
None of the defendants appearing, the decrees were entered by default.
Georgia read the item twice and smiled bitterly. So her divorce was one of the "rapid fire" variety! They said it had taken ten minutes. She knew it had taken ten years.