Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-23


The Dalton case came to an abrupt
end yesterday by Justice Austin dis
missing the charge before the lawyers
had chance of airing their eloquence.
Dalton was arrested on a charge of an
assault to commit rape. The testimony
only went to show that he had tam
pered with the child, and had used no
violence, consequently there was moth
ing to hold him on the charge preferred
against him.
Mrs. Mabel Dalton, the wife of the de-
fendant, thinks she has been misrepre-
sented in the matter, and makes the
following statement:
81 was married to Mr.. Dalton in 1888.
Then he had not one dollar. His father
gave him $500, which we lost in the
restaurant business, and we then be-
came destitute and suffered for the COM
mon necessaries of life. His brothers
and brother-in-law gave him work, but
discharged him because they claimed he
was lazy.
"In the meantime | went to dress
making, at which l continued until |
fell sick. Then some of my eastern
friends gave me 800; then l appealed
to Mr.. Dalton's father. He refused to
assist US, SAYING: Your husband has
never done an honest days work in his
life; that there was no dependence to
be placed in him; that to give him
money would be equivalent to throwing
it away
"Then my father sent me $500, and
one of Mr.. Dalton's brothers gave him
800, with which 1 hired a house and
kept boarders, and Mr.. Dalton got on
the police force. Putting our earnings
together, we bought lot and built
little house. We mortgaged the house
to pay off debts contracted in there's
taurant. Mr.. Dalton lost his employ
from the city, and we again got broke.
| then borrowed money on nv own
credit and bought lodging house, and
in one year / cleared $2500 in cash be-
sides $765 in cattle, and gave every dol
lar to Mr.. Dalton and air the cattle.
Then his father gave him ten acres of
land cut up into lots in the Dal-
ton tract; he gave each of
his other sons thirty acres each. Then
my husband mortgaged half of his ten
acres for $500, for which with the $250O
l gave him he built a mansion, hired a
boy to wait on him, put on rich mans
style, spent all of his money, and then
traded some lots for a farm near Downey
which was ornamented with a $28OO
mortgage. At the same time he decided
to me ten lots. OF course the MORTGAGE
took in the ranch; then Mr.. Dalton had
fourteen lots and l ten; these we mort
gagged for $1,000. With this money we
purchased COWS for the ranch.
"This has been a synopsis OF our busi-
ness. Our property interests now are
thus
"Mr Dalton has fourteen lots mort
gagged for $1,000; l have eight lots mort
gagged for $500; have my personal prop
erty mortgaged for $450-$950. | have
some stock worth $500, but have as
sumed and agreed to pay Mr.. Dalton's
debts. Be it understood that the $2500
which gave Mr.. Dalton was earned by
me as sole trader.
when Mr.. Dalton got into his pres
ent trouble all of our property interests
had been amicably adjusted, and we had
agreed to live separate. The only fault
| had found with Mr.. Dalton was that
he was utterly lazy and worthless; he
would not work, and had tired work
ing for him, and this everybody who
knows him will verify.
LII 1CRdl0 w VhOcC COGhOdlOu6 bllluSD
said by inuendo only of my visits to
Santa Monica when in company with
Mrs. Sullivan, they are utterly and
wickedly false, and such l can prove
them to be. The wretch who gave ut
terance to them knew at the time that
he was telling malicious falsehood.
81 have not sued Mr.. Dalton for
divorce. Well, have cause for such an
action ha knows and know He said
l ran him off the ranch with a pistol.
This is true, and why was it? He
abused me, he struck me and tried to
beat me, all in the presence of witnesses,
before whom he afterwards retracted
the abuse he heaped upon me and
offered an apology for striking me, and
there is where the gun became of util-
ity. The story told by John F. Hum
phreys and the man Chavez is utterly
groundless and false"