Noted Cabaret Queen Belle Brown in Gaertner Divorce Drama
The Chicago society saga centers on Mrs Belva Gaertner and William Gaertner. Divorce filings accuse cruelty while cross allegations claim coercion. The pair, linked by high society and scandal after a war era life of lavish cabarets, salon parties, and a Crown Point marriage, unfold a lengthy legal battle over alimony and legality of their union.
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Lionaire
Belva Gaertner
William Gaertner
Walter Law
Law
Gaertner
Chicago
Loop
Belle Brown
Overbeck
William Zaertner
Belle
Crown Point
Ind
Illinois
Gaertner Divorce Case Ends Amid Detective Drama
Mrs. Belva Gaertner hired a large crew of detectives to monitor her husband and daily life, filling their home with investigators. The couple’s privacy vanished as detectives shadowed them. Gaertner filed for divorce after evidence of an affair surfaced. The court granted the divorce with $3,000 and furniture as settlement. she then bought a car and entered the taxi business.
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Gaertner
Prairie Avenue
Edward Lusk
Chicago
Belva Gaertner
Woman acquitted in Chicago murder case shocks city
Walter Law a young car salesman is found shot dead with his wife in a split scandal. Mrs Gaertner, accused of the murder, is acquitted after her ex husband backs her, then remarries and flees to Europe amid ongoing divorce actions and new charges of cruelty.
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Walter Law
Nan
Law
Walt
Walter
Gaertner
William Gaertner
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