The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-03
SHE SKIPPED OUT.
A Wealthy Grocer's Wife
Disappears
ALONG WITH HIS COIN
And All of His Valuable Bonds
and Papers.
in LOVE WITH A CONDUCTOR.
Mrs. Sizzling Gives Her Husband
the Slip and Takes With
Her a Fortune.

Charles Sizzling, grocer and capitalist, Is
out $4,000 in cash. all his deeds to valuable
property. and pretty brunette wife, who
has deserted him for one Alexander Nc
Neil, car conductor on the Castro-street
line, who won the fair Mrs. Stelling's af-
fections, and incidentally all of Capital
ist Stelling's coin.
Bonds. papers, everything disappeared
from the SIZZLING residences at $40 Seven.
teenth street. and now there is a whole lot
OF woe bespreadng the cOuDteDance of
Charles Sizzling. who was so foolish as to
let his wife into all of his financial secrets
and to sign over to her all his property,
valued at nearly 500, 000
Mrs. Steling became fascinated with
Mcneil a number of months ago. She
often rode in with him on the Castro
street cars and listened to the winning
way with which he called for flares,
please" There was fascination for her
in the very jingle of the bellpunch and the
changing of bell, when saidI sound ema-
mated from the car driven by her own
dear Alexander
Charles Sizzling. though extremely &C.
centric, was not unkind TO his spouse. He
reposed the greatest confidence in her and
one day told her that he had slowed away
in certain large chest big pile of gold
and currency "for an emergency" he ex-
planned. The emergency came, SO far as
Mrs. 5. was concerned. and she did not
hesitate to lower the fortune by means of
clothes slime to the anxious Alexander,
who, on last Wednesday night, stationed
himself beneath a rear window of the
Sizzling mansion to receive both the money
and the fair female Who slid down after it.
EStelling is proprietor of two grocery
stores in Eureka Valley. owner of a coal
yard and of property in various parts of
the city. When he married his wife it is
said that he made over to her piece of
property on Clay street valued at nearly
$25, 900. Later he decided her his entire
estate for reason best known to himself
and which has not been explained.
He had not the faintest suspicion of the
woman whom ne had chosen to be his
partner for life. He was too intent upon
making money 10 pay any heed to the
stories that were floating about regarding
the intimacy of Mcneil with the lady. 1t
was not until he woke up last Thursday
morning that he realized that she had gone
and that she had left him almost penniless.
Even the store that be now conducts stands
In the faithless ones name, and Stelling is
at loss how to recover possession of any of
his valuable worldly possessions.
Martin SIZZLING, brother of Charles, was
appointed manager of the grocery store on
the corner of Seventeenth and Church
streets some time ago. This was done to
further a business scheme of the keen
Charles, who is said to have sold lottery
tickets in addition to groceries. He always
feared arrest and did not care to let the
authorities know that he was a wealthy
man.
SIZZLING is not handsome. though his
eX-wife is. He is Woodworking m an and
his fortune was accumulated after years
of saving and diligent attention to the
making of the almighty dollar
Mcneil and Mrs. Stelling are supposed
to have taken the $4,000. which was hid
den in a big chest. and started for the
East or for Australia. Sizzling is looking
for them with gun. and .swears that he
will get even for tue trick that has been
played upon him.
The quiet neighborhoOd of Eureka
Valley" is greatly wrought up over the
affair. as no man is better known than
Charles Stelling.