The morning call., 1892-09-06
With NO RENT TO PAY.
Third Street Lodgers Living.
in Glover.
a Quarrel Between the .Abrshamssns Results
in a. Partial Realization of
Bellamy's Dream.

The tenants in the lodging-house at 1861
Third street are having hard time of it. ia
discovering the proper person 60 pay their
weekly rental to. Ii they pay the man. con-
cerned in the matter they are promptly'or.
dered to pack up and 60, and IL they. pay
the woman they have to confront a siern-
faced man. The result is that a quarantine.
has been declared by the tenants against
any one whe attempts to collect rent, and
in the meantime the. irale AbfshamSens.
who own the place. will, fight the matter out
in divorce court.
Neis Abrahamsen and Danna j. Abra-
hansen have lived together as man and
wife since july 2, 1870. But lately, liow-
ever, in their effoits to gain Control of the
community property, a feud has. been en-
gsndeTed which threatens to give an insight
in to some very reprehensible conduct.
Neils Abrahsmsen, the husbands conf
menced business in this city as a steyedoie,
and is we'll known along the city front.
He accumulatedl con siderable pTODerty,
and then ventured into the. sailor boarding.
house. business at 123 Jacks on street, where
he made more than an ordinary success SO
far as making money goes.
In the height of his prosperity he took
INTO himself wife. She was ten years his
Junior and avery handsome. woman.
Three children were born to them in the
happy days Of their marital existence
Augusta, the oldest, us d. Peter 19 and
Louis 10.
As the years flew by Abrahamseu ven-
tured into speculatiOns that reft him Of a
considerable part Of his sproperty.
Then his troubles began, which eliminated
in bis wife leaving him and removing to
16h Turk street. where she opened a Iodg-
ing-hoJlse.
Neils was not willing to allow his wife
~ In. 4 ~.
ance, so he got friend 90 rent room in
his wife,s clearinghouse, which he jointly
occupied. :.
His wife then brought matters to crisis,
and her complaint for divorce. filed July
%, she accuses her spouse of the most un-
gentlemanly behavior. According to her he,
statements he drove the dodgers out OF The
house, demolished the furniture. called her
names and was otherwise. disagreeable.
In fact, on July 16 she had him .tGwed off to
the City Prison: by an officer wilhelm the
act Of committing bis depledations. :.
She then removed. to 106B Third street
and began the. ..keer ing of lddging-house,
into which Abrahamsen gained admission;
and now she paDnot' Gust him as he has set
up claim to the furniture. -
In addition to his claims j. Cofey,
Abrahamsen's attorney, will file eress
complaint in the divorce suit, in which
some highly sensational developments are
made. =.
The cross complaint. after denying that
Abrahamsen was ugly or drunk or othFr-
wise cruel, goes OH to throw a: search.
light upon Mrs. Abrahamsen's conduct.
She Is charged with favoring the company
Of other men in preference. TO that of her
spouse, and William Holmes, .an etnploye'
OF the Electric Light Company. and Andrew
Anderson, known as Poker" Anderson,
are made correspondents.
In the meantime the dodgers smile and en-
joy the inauguration of holidays when tbeis
rent falls due.