Mortimer J. Lawrence (1843-1922)

Mortimer J. Lawrence (1843-1922)
The house at 4414 Franklin Boulevard is named after this man who established a newspaper empire headquartered in Cleveland in the late nineteenth century. During this same period, he was also accused in local newspapers of physically abusing his wife Helen, causing her to flee the house at 4414 Franklin in early 1886. That same year Helen was granted a divorce from him on the grounds of "extreme cruelty." This photo of the man was taken circa 1910. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection
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