Mrs. Mary Riley Hennessey, sued.

1938-04

Fang family San Francisco Examiner Photograph Archive Negative Files

BANC PIC 2006.029--NEG box 682, sleeve 096188_05

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Note in sleeve: Pictured with her handkerchief to her face is Mrs. Mary Rileyt Hennessey. She is being sued by her wealthy trucker husband Frank A. Hennessey for divorce. His complaint contemplates no alimony or property settlement. He charges drunkenness. She is suing on a cross charging that he worked her like a slave and refused her any pleasure. She asks $300 alimony monthly, $2000 fees and costs and half the community property valued at $65000.

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