The record-union., 1892-11-19
AGAINST THEIR FATHER.
Fred Wichers' Children Say They No
Longer Love Him.
Testimony Admitted Showing That
Stories Had Been Told the Hus-
band Which Angered Him.

The Wichers divorce case was resumed
in Superior Judge Catlin's court yester-
day morning, occupied the entire day
and was not then concluded.
+. w. Fitzgerald and Charles E. Kelly
testified during the forenoon session re-
garding the row on last Fourth of July at
the Wichers residence in Walnut Grove,
when the husband fiourished pistol and
threatened to kill his wife.
In the afternoon the fifteen and sixteen
year-old daughters and twelve-year-old
son-all bright and pretty ones-took the
stand and testified regarding their fathers
acts. The young ladies stated that when
their father and mother first separated
the father took them with him to San
Francisco. While there he compelled
them to write vile letters to their mother,
declaring that they did not care for her
any more, now that they had learned that
she was that kind of q woman" Both
young ladies declared that they did
not love their father any more and wanted
to live with their mother.
Master Charlie Wichers defended his
mother against charge that his father
had made against her chastity, and the
little fellow became thoroughly aroused
while undergoing cross examination at
the hands of Attorney Gett.
You don't like your papa, do you
Charlie?" asked the attorney.
mo, sir, do not" was the emphatic
reply.
You think he's a bad man, too, do
you?"
Eyes"
awful bad ?''
Yes
AND you hate him, don't you?"
Yes. l despise him.
Your mamma don't like him either,
does she?"
mo, she don't"
well, why is that?"
because he insults her all the time"
Did she tell you that ?''
NO; she always told me not to say
anything against him, and TO love him,
up to the time she got that bad letter
from him. Then she told .ls that she
didn't care any more. We could love
hlm or not, just as we liked. hated him
after that"
Wichers' countenance assumed an
ashen hue as he listened to his little
sons TRADE, and it was apparent that he
was having struggle with his feelings.
Alter Mrs. Wichers took the stand and
gave some uninteresting collateral testi-
mony, her side OF the case closed.
W lIueSSeS 1OE w lcDerS were Jn6n called
to the stand.
A long argument arose between coun-
sci on both sides as to the admissibility
OF testimony tending to show that certain
things had occurred and had been
brought to Wichers' ears, which caused
hlm to suspect his wife of unfaith fulness,
and in consequence to raise a rumpus
The court ruled that proof of the truth of
these stories could not be admitted as
Nlchers had not charged his wife with
intidelity in his answer 10 her complaint,
but proofs would be admitted that would
show that stories had been carried to
Wichers. This, said the court, while not
justitying violence on the part Of the hus-
baud, might palliate it.
In the course of the argument one Of
the husbands attorneys declared that
Wichers did not want divorce and was
only opposing it in the hope that he
might again live with his Wife
Several witnesses then testified that
they had tcld Wichers that his wife was
acting indiscreetly in the company Of a
man named Forman.
The court then adjourned until to-day.