The Los Angeles Times, June 23, 1931:
Divorce Over Tree Planting Held Invalid
Rudolph Fotsch, 73 years of age, who recently was given a divorce on his testimony that every time he planted a certain tree in his back yard his wife, Addie Belle Fotsch, 68, would change it, has no divorce today. His wife had the decree set aside yesterday by Superior Judge Edmonds on grounds of fraud.
Mrs. Fotsch, through her attorney, declared she did not contest the suit because her husband had informed her it was dismissed.
She also asserted that they had not separated last May 20, as set forth by her husband, but only two weeks ago.
July, 10, 1931:
Elderly Pair to Renew Divorce Battle Today
Mrs. Addie Belle Fotsch, 85 years of age, and her octogenarian husband, Rudolph Fotsch, are expected to meet again today in Superior Court for trial of their contested divorce suit.
Fotsch recently obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce on his testimony that every time he planted a certain tree in the back yard of their home his wife would move it. Mrs. Fotsch then came before Superior Judge Edmonds and had the decree set aside on the grounds that it was obtained by fraud.
The case is scheduled to be heard by Clarence J. Morley, one-time judge and Governor of Colorado, who has volunteered to serve as jurist to relieve congestion in the local courts.
February 4, 1936:
Deaths
FOTSCH. Mrs. Belle E. Fotsch, beloved wife of Rudolf Fotsch of 3028 East First street. Funeral services today at 1 p.m. from the chapel of W.A. Brown, 1815 South Flower street.
Nov 8, 1938
Deaths
FOTSCH. The funeral services of Rudolph Fotsch will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the chapel of W.A. Brown, 1815 South Flower street.
And so, a man from Halau, Switzerland, who left his first wife back in Muscatine for California in The Day of the Locust, is found by his great-grandson buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Boyle Heights with an unknown woman.
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