Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-23
WILL DO kaY PLEAgH,

] to the ranch and brought mo paper 10
sign. and think he requested ne TO sign
! IT, | had not read the paper, mir. galensin
was.awaY from the ranch, and l had never
| signed papers before unless he told ME TO
! sign them so I requested mir. HuntOOn TO
| leave the paper theTe-that ! would shoW
! it TO Mr. EaIensin and If it was necessary
j / would sign it. That afternoon l read this
paper Mr. V&lensin was away; II he had
! not been away I should probably never
have thought of reading it but he was
away from home, and sat down and read
/ this as ! supposed, a mortgage: end 1t
I seemed TO me that it WaS not at all what he
! had told me was intended. SO in the even
/ ing after dinner, MIR Mesick was in the
room where I was sitting, and took this
/ paper from my work-box and TeQaested
! him to tell me what the contents meant.
/ He said in the absence of my husband he
I declined to NEEDLE with bis business Gf-
, fairs.
! TOOK IT 10 aiY FATHER.
! And I went back to the ranch with my
/ fathers adyice. Mr. Valensin returned,
/ believe, the day after, and asked me ii any
/ uap1rs had come. l said YES" that MIR.
Huntoon had brought paper. He said
/ I'D yoc s-Gu irT4 saI1 10, did not
/ sign it, lie said Why didn't you sign
]
I the paper you want me to So M He
says. What business have you got
to think st ailf Did not be tell
/ You TO sign it2' I Gays, Yes he told
me to sign it, or he asked me 10 sign it,"
or mentioned something about nay signing
/ It. We'll, he says, " how did you know
that twas not what wanted you 10 sign? 2"
l said, " BeCau G ii is not what you told ne
! that you wanted me to 60 This is {. sxlper
/ that allows ali future advances, to the ez-
/ tent'-at least TINS is The way understood
it-that IS long as thG bank would allow
! him to draw money his debts would be
taken III by the bank and
| ALL PUT TOGETHER.
I said, you told me that it WIS to dilnin-
/ ish the rate Of interest ana not to borrow
/ any more money" Ha says, You could
not have known that by yourself Who
! told you that it was ihat2" ! said, My
/ father" Thereup0n he became very ViO-
/ lent, and used very violent language TO me
and ordered Iue oil th0 place; told me- 10
| go TO my parents; that il ! wished 10 go to
/ my parents for advice, that could 30 to
them and live with them, and not to stay
| any longer on that place. ! answered,
This place was given 10 me by my father.
! and l intend to remain here. If you want
/ to leave me you can 80. bat l viii not
! This c8nyersatiOn occurred between the
one barn ard the other. near the fence. /
! then went TO the house, and there was
nothing more occurred about this that day.
Afternoon Session.
Mrs. yalensin resuued-After we com
meuced living on the fuin, and farming
operations began to DO carried on, Mn
ValeIsn directed those operations and he
received the proceeds of the farm. The
Hall place Was purchased IN 1873, but can
not remember the month. ! did not 1i5h
10 buy it, and we had Il discussion about IT,
There was no money 10 buy that place
with, and, naturally, / was Obliged 10 ralse
money 10 buy II; and, tearing TO displease
my parents, aid not wish to mortgage my
property, which they had given me- and ut
first | refused TO do 50, and We had quite q
controversy about It. as usual, l gave in
lie told NE that the motive for buying the
place WAS that it wa5 absolutely necessary
- NY other land, to drain one Of the
HOST VALUABLE P0RTIoEa
Of If, which lie SAID would BE- worth $500
al scre after il wSs drained, and at last
gave IN and mortgaScd my property and
made the first payment On !. nyteif Out OF
the money that was raised from the first
mortgage that was made on my land.
got q GOO OF that money and made the first |
ply nent TO Mr.. Hail, the person who sold
it. IN Judge Cross Office ia Sacramento. ,
did not get any other OF the proccct!j OF |
that loan. and I do not know where the |
rest went u. This dress that vas sold was |
q dress that had when IVES married Ga 4 |
portion Of my marriage outfit. given 10 ne !
by my ruethor. 1t was sold IN San Fran !
cisco 70 Mrs. Senator Jones, Of Nevada, and |
Mr.. Valensin got the money. It sccnls 10 |
me that he needed the money to defTay eZ-
pensc3 to 90 to Europe; that is my i'm |
preston. | was unwilling to sell my |
jewelry, and preferred TO sell my
dress. It is very hard for mo to
remember what wearing apparel Mr.. Val
ensin gave me atter l WIS married and
before thst time, for ! WAS furniEhed with !
everything that woman could require
before / was married probably pair Of
slippers or soma very cheap dress, or some
thing OF that kind. Before ne were mar
red Mr.. Vslensin told my mother t1at he
Ta5 going
III TIE BANKING BUSINESS
With his father, as his fathers partner;
and he tai4 ms that, also. I wa5 present
when he was telling this to my mother,
and he wen. very regularly to tho bRnk,
before we were engaged to be married, and
seemingly intended to ba q very indus
J
engaged to be married he threw up
the business with his father ana
10 was never seen g. the bank
and al the time we
were married he was not engaged in Gny
business that know OF, md after our first
trip TO America he engaged i'll horse sPecu-
lati0n.
On cross examination Mrp Valensin
stated that she was born in Missouri, and
came to California with her father and
mother, and did not know what year she
came to California. The FIRST convent abe
attended VAS III San Francisco, very II csr
North Beach. After that went 70 st. Vim
cents Convent in San Francisco; after that
10 & convent in San Jose and after that
went to the Sacred Heart Convent in Paris,
about the fist year Of the var, lived in
Paris great many years. and did not come
back TO America until after l was married
After ! first became acquainted with him,
and
BEFoRE MY MARRIAGE
He followed rae nearly all over Europe or
halt Way over it. At that time was only
acquainted with one of his relatives. and
very slightly that was Mr., Rignano a
cousin OF his. l was engaged to Ms. Yglen-
sin IN tie month of November or Deccui-
Der and VAS married in February follow
ltlE, t4lillA- Out engagement WIS t4-RfJ 1
in Florence. lie proposed 10 me-that IS,
lie proposed 70 my mother for rae-jn Eng
land, bat nay mother did not give her CON
sent uuuI ny father was written To there
fore the engagement was made In Florence
It was the custom there, like it Is every
place, I believe, when young people are
engaged, To have their friends and their
f8m,iie5 interchange ciYilitie5 il the way Of
calls among each other At that lime kir.
VA,nsjns .ather and mother called or me
and my mother They called first, be-
6eYe, at his request, ~ we were not en-
gagged at that time, because | had not had
az answer from my father at that time. l (
knew Mrs. Esther Yalonsin, an aunt of
Mr.. Va.eusin She made US friendly call. {
J. o. KANE
Was called as & witness out of order, and
testified that he knew the parties TO the
action and had been invited TO the house
on two or three occ2sions had observed