The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-05
HER HUSBAND WAS CRUEL,
But She Decided to Dispense
With Legal Redress.
HER CONDUCT WAS IMPROPER.
1t Now Transpires That SIZZLING Did
Not Turn Over All His
Property.

Charles SIZZLING, the Eureka Valley
grocer, whose wife left him in order to &C.
company Alexander Mcneil, the gripman.
to unknown chimes, is still bewailing the
loss of his ready cash, bonds and deeds,
with but slender prospects of recovering
any OF the missing valuables. The loss of
his dashlng wife appears to be min or
sorrow, lnasmuch as several facts have
now been brought to light which prove
coDcluslvely that domestic felicity in the
SIZZLING household has been an unknown
quantity for several months past. Their
dispositions were unlike in almost every
particular, and 1t is now announced for the
first time since the runaway episode that
Mrs. Sizzling brought suit against her hus-
band for divorce on Friday last on the
ground of cruelty.
She had evidently grown tired of her
husband and alleged cruelty in her COM
plant in order to rid herself Of his COM
partnership. The particular acts of cruelty
set forth are decidedly weak and consist
principally of desire on the part of Stell-
ing to remain silent when in his wife's
pany. She says that be daily COM
planned of the cooking and often remarked
that it was rendered unfit TO eat through
her culinary blunders. She then claims
that when she asked her husband what
particular article of food he would like he
would freeziDgly inform her that he could
get what he wanted at restaurant From
the entire tone of the complaint it is evil
dent that Mrs. SIZZLING was de termined to
leave her husband through the channels
of the law and also to possess herself of
her share of the community property.
Under the circumstaur6a IL ia straDOa
indeed that she should abandon the
divorce proceedings so suddenly and
adopt the elopement plan in order to free
herself. She evidently had but little faith
in her ability to make the charge Of cruelty
stick. although it is claimed by some that
Mcneil urged her to help herself to her
husbands cash and dispense with the aid
of the law.
In the neighborhood in which he lives
Stelling is regarded as an eccentric char
acter, bnt wi.hal possessed of many good
qualities. Instead of abusing his wife, he
claims-and his claim is substantiatod by
many-that he idolized her aud surrounded
her with every comfort. He admits that
of late his feelings have changed some
what. but for this he had very good reason.
Some time ago one of his friends limited
that he had better keep watch on his wife S
movements and intimated that gripman
or conductor was a trifle too frequently in
her company. SIZZLING paid little or no
attention to the warning. and it passed
entirely from his mind; but later on he
had reason to know that the reports were
quite correct. Hence, it will be readily
understood why SIZZLING mourns the loss
of his money more than the disappearance
of his wife.
| Since the elopement it has been learned
that Mcneil is possessed of a decidedly
doubtful character. There are quite a
| number of his fellow conductors and grip
men who are anxious to see him for a few
moments to inquire what disposition he
made of several large sums of money he
obtained from them for investment in an
imaginary land scheme in the northern
part of the State. He is said to have left
the railway company's employ several
weeks before decamping with Mrs. Stell-
| ling The latter also, it is now learned,
! left her husbands house on the 25th of
| September, but did not leave the city till
after the 2Sh, as on that date she signed
her name to the complaint now on file in
! the divorce proceedings.
| The residents of Eureka Valley predict
many more surprises and sensations before
| the essode is forgotten, and Stelling, in
| the meantime, will have recourse to legal
methods to recover tie property he trans
ferred to his wife, although he states posi-
! lively that he did not turn over all his
| possessions to her tender merciss