The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-14
WHO is In THE WRoNG7
A Hard Nut In the Divorce Line 70
Judge Hunt to Crack.

A Hard Nut In the Divorce Line for
Judge Hunt to Crack.
According to his testimony and that of
many witnesses in his behalf, Hans II. HUI
is the worst abused and neglected husband,
and according 10 her version, Mrs. Ane w.
HUI is the most sinned against and mis-
understood wife. Which is which Judge
Hunt will have to say, and no easy task has
he 10 decide.
Hull is the proprietor of a well-known
coffee saloon on Montgomery street, extern
siyely patronized by the legal fraternity. 1t
brings him an income of about $500 a
month. Mrs. HUI is modest and ladylike
little woman, with honest blue eyes. They
are Danes and the parents of two wel-fav-
ored little chaps, who, according TO one
sympathiZing female witness, were always
held up rs models for all the boys in the
neighborho0d to pattern after
HUI seeks divorce on the grounds Of
her lntemperance and cruelty, and so
far as number and character Of witnesses,
is concerned, made out strong case. He
declared that for some six years, except when
size was with him on summer vacations, she
was habltually Incorporate 10 the extent of
shamefully negecting her household duties
and the boys, humliating him in public and
locking him out of his home on frequent oc-
casons in this city and in San Rafael. He
sion she had SHE'D dish at him at the din
ner table and on another had hammered
him with a soapdish, and his boot and his
walking cane, soon after getting out of bed
one morning.
She was nsauely Jealous of him, even To
the ill-fayored domestics in the house. and
made life burden to him. He had come
home and found her drunk on the floor;
she had appeared in such a state in the
streets; he had invited her TO the theater
on account OF her lntoxicatiOn she was not
In q condition to appear in public.
On the occasion of the soapdish and boot
hammering episode he admitted having
ch0ked her to defend himself. Then. hay-
ing dressed to come to the city from San
Rafael, she had offered to kiss him, but he
spGrned her. thinking this was too much
like acting" and then she seized the cane
which he carried. for he is somewhat par
alyZed. and further hammered him until the
boys took the cane from her.
She would drink anything from beer and
wine TO whisky and gin, and it was a com
mon thing tor her to humiliate hIm before
the children by making illusions to some
supposed mistress Of his. They were mar
ried at the Lutheran church in This city on
May 10, 1879, and had always lived happy
life until she took to drink Friends of the
plaintiff. domestics and a dressmaker cor
robOrated many Of these details.
Mrs. HUI also told her version and was
vtSlDly aHected IN the recital. She denied
the charges of intemperance, admitting that
she did imbibe to some extent on account of
suffering from heart disease. If ever she
had acted as If intoxicated it was on &C.
count Of this malady and not OH account OF
the stimulants. She declared that she had
always been neat hOusekeeper, but daily,
without real cause, she was chided for the
neglect of the servants, and hopelessly
yearning for the interest and affection
which HUI never accorded her she had be-
come diSheartened, and if she neglec ted her
house it was because of this.
Servants spied on her and were encour-
aged in their contempt by her husband. lie
treated her coldly, evidently seeking to
force her into committing herself 10 some
act which would give him ground for a
divorce. lie constantly accused her of i'm.
proper intimacy with cousin, and because
lie made this charge In the presence of
others at the dinner-table she flung some
raspberries, and not dish, at him. Out OF
this accusation grew the bed-cham Der cpl
sode. and her assault upon him was In pure
self-defense.
He left her Ia December. 1891, and she
tried to have him return, and great was her
surprise when the divorce papers were
served on her. Not a charge which had
been made by the husband and supported
by his witnesses but was met with a Qniet
and plausible explanation. The landlord
and several lady friends also cOrroborated
her that she was in all respects an eXem-
plary wife, housekeeper and mother, adding
that she bore with heroic submission the
studied and cold neglect of her husband.
The trial was not concluded.