Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-05


The Valensin divorce case was resumed
in Department Two of the Superior Cour
! at 10 A. NJ. yesterday. The defend
ant took the stand, and his d1rec
testimony was resumed. He sale
in March, 1888, he received draf
from Europe for 1866, which he deposited
with the Peoples Savings Bank. palc
interest on the Hall place amounting tc
s., 900, and on Mrs Valensin's place ,36o
After Buccaneer died determlnedt to go ou1
of the horse business, and for that purpose
advertised them for sale at oakland
Owing to bad weather, there were several
postponements, and, having lost so many
valuable horses, report got out anioiie
horsemen that my stock had the giahuers'
This had the effect of keeping people away,
and the prices realized were nor WnaI tney
should have been. | arranged with the
auctioneer that [ should give nm sign
when to let an animal go, and when to BID
it in. We sold s.. $40 worth, which netted
1854 O5.. Mrs. Valensin took about $500
to Jay some small bills. paid some bills,
and deposited s., 100 of it in the sacramento
Bank. When | learned that my mother
was seriously i'll i'll Europe desired to go
to her bedside, and told my wife So She
strenuouslv objected to so doing, and said
positively that if | went | must DO so With
out either herself or Pho. This, of course,
AFFECTED ME CONSIDERABLY,
And, in the language of Judge Mesick, it
brought about "a scene" | told her l
thought, under the circumstances, she
should go with me- | came to America at
her request and the earnest solicitation OF
her parents and | thought in this matter
she was not actingright. Thetirst person that
| ever listened to who told me OF my wife s
infdelitv was Chris. Lang at the State Fair.
Before that | would not listen to those who
wished to tell me, for | was not wiling to
believe that such things could be true His
statement was of such a character that my
faith in Judge Mesick and Mrs. Valensin
was shaken. The next one who told me
what had occurred between those two par
ties was Miss Blanche Huber. She strongly
convinced me that what she said was true,
and after she made the same statement to
Grove l.. Johnson in the presence of wit
nesses there was no longer room to doubt.
Two other persons also told me of this
matter.
CROSS-ENAMINATION.
Mr.. Beatty-Iou are younger than your
wife, are you not?
W llllcSS- 1 u, Sll- We vi SlA tGilS.
Mr. Beatty-How do you know she is so
much older?
Wimess-I have been told by relatives of
hers who have known her since child
hood. At the time of our marriage she
made me believe she was Is, when in real
ity she was 90. | was only few months
past u. She looked young, and / thought
She was what she pretended to be. l was
advised by friends to beware that | was be-
ing taken in by her, but was infatuated,
followed her over Europe, proposed on
railroad train one day, was accepted, and
afterward married. | did not find out the
full extent of her deception until last fair
time.
Mr. Beatty-During the time you were
paying your attentions to Miss McCauley
her mother was always present, was she
not?
Wimess-Oh my God, no! 1 was with
her hours and hours alone.
Mr. BeatUy-Isupposeh ermOther thought
she was old enough to take care of herself?
Witness-Quite likely; she was old
enough.
Witness said he never got on his knees
in his life 10 Mrs Nalensin, and denounced
as fabrications those fearful appeals to her
upon his Bonded knees, as depicted by the
plaintiff and her mother. He denied in
the most emphatic language that he had
ever before or since their civil marriage
promised her that he would have MARI
age ceremony performed i'll the Catholic
Church
The cross examination during the bal
ance of the day was very unimpOrtant,
regarding the manner of keep
ing the books on the farm.
Adjourned to 10 A. NJ. to-day.