The morning call., 1894-12-12
TORY OF A SALOON MAN.
He Was Taken Into Partnership
by His Father,
WHO REJoICED AT HIS MARRIAGE
The Old Man Thought Matrimony
Meant decentralization 1t
ALI Turned Out.

A decree of divorce has been entered by
Judge Hunt in favor of Mrs. Helen Smith
Garcia from her husband, Frank Garcia
Jr., the MonteOmery-street saloon-keeper.
Mrs. Garcia brought suit on the ground
of extreme cruelty, and as her husband
did not contest the suit the case was
handed over to John A. Carroll as court
commissioner for investigation. CAROLS
report was filed the day before yesterday,
and acting upon it Judge Hunt granted
Mrs. Garcia her divorce. The evidence
gathered showed long course of system
attic cruelty on the part OF Frank Garcia
ever since the marriage of the parties on
June ], 1885,
Mrs. Garcia, who is evidently a lady Of
high culture and refinement. testified that
her domestic life was made very unhappy.
They had not long been married when she
discovered that her hus band was extremely
economical at home. That is to say. he
behaved to her in an extremely stingy
manner, although she had reason to be-
lleve that he was eXtraVagant enough
when among his friends downtown. Then
by and By he became abusive and took
great delight 10 toTmenting his wife in
presence of her friends.
One night. said Mrs. Garcia. he had
some friends to dinner. ana as the dishes
were brought in she said, "Oh, / have
SUCH ROOu JOhH on ETdUk, 1H0T6upOQ
Garcia Immediately lost his temper, and
used violent language to his wife. humili-
ating her very much. HE seemed to
think that as soon as l became his wife I
WAS not entitled to any respect"
Garcia had other equally pleasing pecu-
liarlties, according to Mrs. Garcia. he had
a fancy for keeping 200 craYats in q
drawer. and would call upon his wife to
pick out one to his liking. Once she told
him she was not his valet, and there was
an ther row. Then, again. me had way,
whenever he vas angry with her, of lying
on her loosened hair at night. without let
ting her know it. Then he would sud-
denly bid her move over, and of course she
wOnld get hurt
Mrs. Garcia said that her husband was
accustomed to write rude things on her
music and do other things, until at last
she had to remove from the house her
music. clothes, in fact everything except
what they used in common. She then de-
manded separation, and he said coarse
things TO her, and would even boast of his
imprODrieties with other women. Once he
offered her 500 as an inducement to sepa
rate from him., but this offer she indig-
manly refused.
Though never at any time, according to
her own testimony. a professional mu-
stefan, Mrs. Garcia appears to possess con-
siderable musical ability. On one occa-
sion she attended musicale where she
mao eAp0Stou " pihy' AuVut III CIOck
that evening, before she had been called
upon to contribute, Garcia called at The
house and asked for his wife
He was hidden TO enter, bur he excused
himself in a voice that all could near saw
ing that he lad just come from a rat fight
in a saloon cellar and that his clothes were
all covered with mud and blood. All this
Mrs. Garcia claimed was done to make
her ashamed OF her hus band and to hu-
initiate her before her friends.
Garcia was always extremely Jealous of
his wife and would not allow her to 20 out
without him. Yet he would not even make
things pleasant for her at home, where she
had to live like hermit. When the cou-
pie were married, said Mrs. Garcia, Frank
Garcia Sr. was 50 pleased at his sons
choice anda his signs of reformation that
he gave him half interest in the Mont
gomery-street business. Frank was
known TO have been a little wild in his
youth.
All this, however. did him no good, and
although drawing from the business at
least S250a month, Mrs. Garcia said that
Frank would not give her any money.
When she thought of a separation and
asked her husband to support her he would
not do this. So, finally, Mrs. Garcia said
she could do nothing with Frank and so
made up her mind to leave him. She then
brought suit for divorce and for suitable
alimODy.
Mrs. Garcia's testimony was borne out
by her mother, Mrs. Josephine Smith, and
some friends, and upon the submission OF
Commissioners CarrolPs report Judge Hunt
ordered a decree entered granting a di-
vorce to Mrs. Garcia, on TIE ground OF ex-
treme cruelty, together with SO month
amony and S125 attorneys fees.