Judge
Weds Divorcee
From The Detroit News
The marriage of Mrs. George
Gordon Moore to Justice Flavius L. Brooke, of the Michigan Supreme
Court, was solemnized 24 Nov 1920 in Chicago, at the home of Mrs.
Moore's sister, Mrs. Frank Bartholomew, 317 South Central Park
Avenue.
Although they had planned
their wedding for some time, they had managed to keep it a secret
from all but their relatives and most intimate friends. The
announcement came as a surprise in Detroit and Lansing.
Mrs. Moore is the divorced
wife of George Gordon Moore, millionaire traction expert, the
decree being entered in October 1918, in Wayne Circuit Court. At
that time an alimony of $2,000 a month was settled on Mrs. Moore,
with the alternative of her accepting a permanent alimony of
$300,000. Dropmore Farm, the beautiful estate of the Moores at St.
Clair, Michigan, was also awarded Mrs. Moore.
Since the divorce she has
been dividing her time between the St. Clair estate and Detroit,
her residence here being the Hotel Statler.
The jurist has long been a
firm friend of George Gordon Moore and was a frequent visitor at
the farm. The Moores were delightful hosts, and their weekend
guests included many Detroiters prominent in the city's social and
professional life.
Mr. Moore has always had a
liking for the race track and his stables are known the world over.
He raised a number of thoroughbreds at his St. Clair estate. There
he brought the most famous brood mares in the world. He raised a
string of horses whose names are familiar on the big track of the
country, including Sonoma Girl, Uhleen, Ruth Blair and Caracas. But
none of these brought more fame or joy to its owner than the horse
that Mr. Moore christened Justice Brooke in honor of his friend.
This horse was a great 2-year old, winning the Kentucky Futurity
eight years ago. It was trained for the 3-year-old stake, but
became ill and never race again.
Justice Brooke has just
passed his 62nd year. He is one of Detroit's most shining examples
of the self-made man. He fought his way to the high position he
now occupies by working as a farmer boy in the summer that he
might follow his law studies in the winter. He was admitted to the
bar in 1884 in Toronto, and moved to Detroit shortly after.
He became an active
Republican in politics. He became a circuit Judge in 1900 and
served until 1908 on the Wayne bench, when he became a Supreme
Court Justice.
He married in 1884 and
Mrs. Brooke died in 1912. There were four children by this union:
John H. Brooke of Detroit, Mrs. Karl Shubel of Lansing, Mrs. Roy
V. Lull of Detroit, and Frank A. Brooke of Cincinnati. Justice
Brooke is a member of the Detroit Club.
The marriage license for
Justice Brooke and Mrs. Moore was issued in Chicago on Tuesday. It
is understood that only a few relatives of the contracting parties
were at the ceremony.
George Gordon Moore is now
in New York City.
Mrs. Moore has long been
known as one of the best dressed women in Detroit society. Mr.
Moore's social connections, both in American and Europe, were of
the highest. He was a close friend of Lord French and when Lord
French was in command of the British Armies on the Western Front,
Mr. Moore presented him with a horse. Lord French was one time
severely criticized for allowing Mr. Moore so much freedom about
British army headquarters.
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Judge Brooke, as most Reformer
readers are aware, is a native of Norfolk, and a graduate of
Simcoe High School. His first wife was a Simcoe woman, Miss
Bridget Reidy, the well-known singer.
