The morning call., 1892-07-22
FROM ACROSS THE BAY.
Liljegren's Witnesses Give Evil
dence Against His Wife.
Arson in East 0akland-Mr. and Mrs. Nickals
Agree TO Quit Living Together-The Cues
tion of schoolbook Contracts.

divorce suit last evening at which the plain
Tiff finished his side of the case. DR.. Wythe
testified that while he was treating the sick
boy of Mr.. and Mrs. Liljegren he thought
from the dress and manner OF the defendant
that her mind was affected or that some
thing was wrong.
A Swede named Msgnussen took the stand
and glibly told, with much apparent cOnceit.
of certain actions and words of the de-
PENDANT while he was helping TO nurse the
sick child, which he took TO be oyertures OF
love.
During yesterday LIjegren, the plaintiff,
gave testimony concerning his plan with
others TO entrap his wife into scrape with
private detective in order to get testimony
for divorce suit.
This was at the time when the child of the
unhappy couple was lying corpse.
During the crass-examinatIon this ques-
ton and answer was elected:
"Were you not at Lake Merritt with
some friends fishing when your son died,
and when you head OF his death did you
not say thank God?'"
Il was fishing at the time l heard of my
sons death. / did say thank God The
boy was paralyzed and would have been a
cripple for life, so the doctor told me-"
THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE.
The witness further admitted that he had
paid $50 10 DOugheTiv, the private detec-
tive" 10 90 to Nevada after obtaining
damaging evidence against Mrs. Liljegren.
Rev. X. A. Nyren and Mrs. Thurnblom
told of conversations with Mrs. Liljegren
shortly after her husband had deserted her
in May, 1891, in which she had told them
that she had child in Sweden which had
died three months before she came TO thi S
country
"She said if the child had not died she
could not have come to this country" said
Mrs. Thurn blom. ''She showed ME pic
ture Of the child and of a man, and she said
that the man was the child's father. She
also told me that there was another child in
Sweden. which she had left with a wealthy
family"
Judge Gibson asked some questions about
former suit brought by Liljegren in Swe-
den for a divorce and about It's refusal, but
these were objected to and ruled out.
Mrs. Llljegren came 10 America TO join
LiljegTen after he had been here six years.
To-day the defense viii begin.
FIRE FIEND's WORK.
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning r fire
broke out in j. II. Swifts hay-baru at
Eleventh street and San Pablo avenue, but
was put out by the fire department after
causing loss of several hundred dollars
An hour afterward the department was
again called out to extingGish an ineendary
fire under the stairway OF SwfTs Office, near
the barn. 1t Is now believed that the barn
was also purposely set Oh fire. but by whom
no one knows.
Mr. and Mrs. Nickals Of 1911 fSan Pablo
avenue have fled articles of separation in
the Recorders Office because Of divers
arisen between them" They agree 10
neither modest nor trouble one another
during the rest of their natural lives The
wife releases ali claim 10 community
property in the consideration of $4,000, and
the husband is given the custody of the
min oh l-otz j. 49,. 4
is worth $4,000.
THE sCHooL-BooK QUESTION.
The school directors have referred to the
City Attorney the contracts of school book
publ shers 70 furnish books at prices which
the retail dealers have refused to honor.
Bonds were filed with the contracts aud the
directors consider that they have "cinch"
on somebody. 1t is not yet known what
action Will be taken, but the matter will be
considered at the next meeting.
Cavalry Hall Will be opened as a theater
about August /. II will be known as the
Peoples Theater," with Albert Hosmer as
stage manager, l.. Bartlett as business
manager and j. 5. Halstead as assistant
business manager.
Mrs. j. q. L0yelady, who was arrested
some time ago fer thrashing her husband
because he firted with an Authenticated
lady. is 10 have further legal trouble, war
rant having been sworn 10 yesterday charg-
Ing her with disturbing the peace of Mrs.
Lille Van Zand'. whom Mrs. Loyelady has
also accused Of flirting.
A comfortably furnished house has been
built on the County Inhrmary grounds for
g. W. Boucher, tbs leper. He will be re-.
moved from the Receiving Hospital within
few days.
SAN LEANDRo TECHNICALLY.
Lawrence Lane of San Leandro was
arrested the other day on an accusation of
his vile that he had threatened her life
! Yesterday he was released on q writ OF
habeas corpus. because the San Leandro
Justice Of the Peace had written thread
ing life" on the warrant, a term unknown
In the law vocabulary of the Superior
Judges.
Tie estate of the late John lie Conte.
professor Of natural philosophy at the State
University, has been appraised at s9600
County registration win begin next Mon
day. Extra deputies will be employed for
that purpose for the succeeding So days, and
every voter In the county will be notified of
the necessity to re-regster by the County
Clerk.
Three women from the Good Shepherd's
Home. San Francisco. are circulating a petit
Iion in Oakland for Communication of the
death sentence of John McNulty the muir
derer of James Collins.
The State school apportionment of the
taxes OF Alameda County. amounting to
SIS. 600, has been received by City Treas
urer Gilpin.
County Assessor Leckie this year has as
sessed the Sunset Company's telephones at
500 each. Each one pays a rental of from
S4S to $50 year, and he considers the valu-
alton low enough, although two years ago
they were assessed at $40 each and last
year at $50.