 Howard had to carry his company on his back, and soon he collapsed under the burden, and his boss saw Marguerite as the culprit. So his boss hired Howard a lawyer to see if they could pin Marguerite down in an indelicate situation so Howard could divorce her in the 1960s. Divorce was not as cavalier as it is now. So a prominent man needed a reason to leave a marriage. So Howard's company did some detective work. Marguerite had already been in court trying to sue the newspaper from not printing Marguerite.