Bridgeport Telegram
March 30, 1918
Miss Bessie O’Brien of Oak street, Miss Betty Brady of State street and Miss Violet Stiff of Lenox avenue left yesterday for New York where they will spend the week-end as guests at the Hotel McAlpine.
May 31, 1918
Attorney Charles A. Hopwood, Mr. and Mrs. J Dous and family, and Miss Bessie o’Brien motored to Boston yesterday where they will be the house guests of friends for the weekend.
November 3, 1922
Wealthy Auditor Made Defendant in Divorce Suit
Fannie Beers Edwards Brings Action Against Husband on Two Charges
A sequel to the recent investigation in Milford, which is said to have found Louis R. Edwards, wealthy auditor in a local manufacturing company, in a comprising situation with a Bridgeport girl, was written yesterday when a petition for divorce was filed against him by his wife Fannie Beers Edwards of this city. Property valued at $15,000.00 has ben attached in the proceedings.
The complaint alleges intolerable cruelty and misconduct on the part of her husband, and names Bessie A. O’Brien of this city as co-respondent. The petitioner avers that her husband has been guilty of intolerable cruelty since January 1, 1917 until the present date and that he has misconducted himself with the O’Brien girl on various and divers occasions between August 1, 1919 and May 31, 1922 in Milford, Bridgeport and New York City.
The date of marriage is given as June 14, 1900. There are no children. Mrs Edwards, in her complaint, says that her husband has an annual income of $7,500 and ask for a divorce, alimony and the right to assume her maiden name, Fannie May Beers.