The Herald-News/1955/Lindauer's Wife Asks Divorce

Lindauer's Wife Asks Divorce. Mrs. Adele Elizabeth Lindauer, wife of Charles Lindauer. who resigned under fire as head of the New Jersey Highway Authority's right-of-way division today filed suit for divorce. She charged that Lindauer made her watch psychological TV plays against her will. Mrs. Lindauer, who lives at 215 Beverly Hill Road, Clifton, filed the suit in the Passaic County clerks office. She gave Lindauer's residence as the Paterson YMCA. Lindauer was suspended two months ago pending an investigation of his activities in the, right-of-way division of the authority, which built and operates the Garden State Parkway. He resigned rather than face a public hearing and no specific charges ever were made public. Mrs. Lindauer charged her husband with extreme cruelty from 1942, a year after they were married, until 1954. She said he goaded her by saying she was out of her mind and forced her to watch psychological television plays. At his suggestion, she said, they visited a psychiatrist who told them they both need treatment, he even more than she. Mrs. Lindauer also accused her husband of choking and punching her and threatening her life.