Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-04
VALENSTN VS.. yALENSIN.
The Defendant Claims to Have Always
Been a Devoted Husband.

vorce case was resumed at 10 a. NJ. yester-
day in Department Two of the Superior
Court.
The defendant resumed giving his direct
testimony. He stated the manner in which,
and the circumstances surrounding, the
transfer of 1000 acres of land from the
McCauleys to Mrs. Valensin, in exchange
for house and lot in San Francisco, and
farm in Missouri. AS one of the induce
ments for defendant to come to America
the following lease was placed in evidence:
have this day, 9th of February, 1873 let to
Gullio Nalensin the portion not soId 70 my
daughter of section So in Hicks Ranch, Sacra-
mento county, and all of section 81 and balance
of so, for the term of five years, in consideration
of one dollar in hand paid. In case sell TINS
land before the lease expires. l will give MN
the same amount in some other place on SAID
ranch, in all 200 acres. JOIN F. MCCAULEf.
Witness enumerated the horses that he
had purchased for his wife's private use,
naming several Well-known trotters and 4
riding horse. We lived in Oakland for
four months. paid $100 rent for fur
nished house, kept two female servants,
three horses and two carriages. Our eX-
penses while in Oakland were about SOU
per month.
| DUNNED FOR HIS WEES OLD DEBTS.
l was on several occasions dunned for
dresses that Mrs. McCauley and Mrs. Val
ensin had purchased prior to our marriage,
| amounting in all to some $1,000. The blllS
| were presented to me both in America ana
Europe. One of those bills-which, by the
way, was never paid-was for the now IA
nous and much-talked-of dress that 1t is
alleged sold in San Francisco for $1,000.
I was also dunned for bills of Mrs. McCau-
ley, which she had gone off and left unpaid
in Europe.
Witness then related number Of con-
versations between himself and his wife,
where they agreed upon a separation and
division of property They would agree
entirely, but Judge Mesick would invari-
ably put in an appearance, and upon his
advice Mrs. Falensin would back out. Me-
sick told her if she entered into any such
bargains in writing it would preclude the
possibility of her ever getting a divorce
| should she so desire Witness denied hay
ing ever told Mr.. Mesick that he in
tended to
BLAcKEy TIE CHARACTER OF HIS WIFE.
He said Mesick would be the last man in
the world that he would speak to in this
manner. adding, " ! don't think a man
would be believed if he would come on
! the stand and swear what had happened
| between him and lady" My confidence
| in Mesick and my wife ceased at the same
instant On the It'll of September | went
| to Arno farm in the night, and secured my
papers and all letters'and documents which
! | considered of any value. l called on
Mrs Nalensin at Mrs. Govan's on the 9th
of September last Conversed with her in
| French in the presence of Miss Jennie
| Govan, who stood in the opposite corner of
! the room. Told her l did not think she
was doing just right | had written her to
Santa Cruz and had received no answer.
told her that | had sent Father Grace TO
| see her, and she had not fulfilled her prom
| Uses to him. She then told me that she
| had heard that | had reported that
SHE HAD ROBBED ME.
1t was something that she would not rest
under and she intended to have an ac-
counting of property. l tried to talk her
out of it but found she was obstinate. Told
her we had better make up, live together,
and if she insisted ON 4 settlement we could
have il done by arbitration. She said, 'All
right; we will leave it to Judge Mesick. |
replied, No, no; | have had enough of
him. No more Judge Mesick in mine"
proposed T. B. Hall, son-in-law of Mrs.
Govan, the lady with whom she was then
visiting. She then took the suggestion I'M
der advisement and promised to give me
an answer on the following day. The next
thing that | heard from Mrs. Nalensin was
the service upon me of divorce papers.
At the time of this conversation ! had
heard ugly rumors about her, but refused to
believe them 1t was later on that | was
convinced OF the truth of the rumors. Wit
ness then related the conversations that
passed between himself and Father Grace,
in which he had secured the services Of the
reverend gentleman for the purpose OF
bringing about a reconciliation. Witness |
then produced his account with Bray &
Co., showing the amount of his banking
transactions with that firm.
In order show the inconsistency of the |
testimony of the plaintiff regarding defend |
ant being man who did not
CARE FOR HIS WIFE AND CHILD,
And bore them no affection, q large number
OF letters from Nalensin to his wife were
read and admitted in evidence. They were
written in French and Italian, and were as
full of love and affection as those generally
written by q young man to his sweetheart.
When he went East in 1888 he wrote let
ter every day 10 his wife admonished her
to preserve her health, buy herself what
ever she desired. and to enjoy herself to the
fullest extent. Some Of the letters were
full of business. He is a good writer, as
the following specimen will show:
SACRAMENTO July rs, 1850.
M1y Dear Alice l received with much pleasure
your letter dated yesterday Your mothers
letter produced an excellent impression on me,
and would have liked 10 be able to see her
with you, but cannot, as Ben Is slightly unwell,
and have to jog one OF the norses TINS after
noon The entries must be made on the list, and
7 wish TO see the horses work. If was you |
would have Lady Hodson, the bob-tailed sorrel
mare, caught up, and would borrow a buggy
from Pete Herbert or Cantrall, and would 80 10
see nv mother. | would have frank CONVEX
satiou with hereafter which would make II
mn You know what / always have thought of
her. and Won know ! have much affection for
her and that ! am really chagriued to see our
intimate intercourse growing cold Know that
it makes you unhappy, ana want, at any
price. 10 see you pleased. Your mother
speaks of having confidence in rs. II seems
TO me that She has shown very little ut II to-
wards us as after all the business she has done
in San Francisco, she never told us anything.
If saw her | would speak to her OF the sui;
with your father. All the lawyers tell me that
will win il surely but, notwithstanding. dis
like this piece Of business, believing that We
oiJght TO wash our dirty linen among ourselves.
Tell YOUR mother that 10 show her hat have
confidence in her if she viii promise 10 arrange
our difficulty conscientOuSly and IL Iuli Justice
I will leave the decision IN her hands, 80 dcsr
Gus am ! to avoid lawsuit il she wishes
TO use her influence viii have time 10 stop the
suit. I embrace you afcctiuuately, as well as
| Pho. Al yours, g. ALA'>IN.
Adjourned TO 10 4. Il. 10 day
Az INSANE TRAvELEE.-TUesday after
noon man who gave his name as James
Teal arrived in the city from Los Angeles
by the 2:2o train lie began inquiring
about his baggage. and at first seemed son
sible enough. He explained that he should
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