The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-09
Trou bIeS Between AuCtioneer
George F. LamSOn and
His Wife.
TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Lambert Wishes to Return to Oak
Iand--PhiIbrook VIII
Practice.


tilated in Judge Greene's court yesterday,
when the application of the latter for an
increase OF alimony came up for hearing.
In support of his contention that the SlO
per week which he has been paying his
estranged better half was all that he could
stand, Mr.. Lamson filed an affidavit, IN
which he told of Mrs. Lamson's peculiar
eccentricites and stated that her actions
during the period since their troubles pc
gan had so crippled his resources that ne
was unable to increase the amount allowed
by the court.
He stated that his wife had mania ior
moving and that no sooner had the 1aInlIy
been comfortably established IN an aDooe
than she began to fret and ask 10 move
somewhere else.
From an elegantly furnished residence on
Eighth street she insisted on going INTO
clearinghouse, despite his ProIeSIs Inat
such a residence was not calcuiateu 10 DC
beneficial to their children. No sooner
had they become settled than she wanted
10 move AGAIN. and within two years they
moved six times.
tendency. She refused to eat for days at
time and finally at the last hotel where
they lived she took poison and was only
siCiauS.
At times she locked herself in her room
for days and partook of nothing but alco-
holic stimulants.
These matters, the affidavit states, so
reduced the atlantis income that when his
wife finally refused TO cook for him, and
after telling him that he might Starve if he
desired, left him, he offered no objection
and had since that time had no home He
also said that her temper yas so ungOv-
ernable that he was at all times uncom-
Portable
Mr. Lamson further stated that through
the financial troubles she had brought
upon him he was compelled to mortgage
his property to Asa Fisk. Mr.. Lamson' 5
affidavit also stated that his wife would
suddenly become violently i'll and that the
physicians called could find nothing the
matter with her. She would as suddenly
become well again, and in his estimation
her fits of sickness were feigned to cause
him annoyance and trouble.
The auctioneer's bookkeeper also filed an
affidavit, in which he stated that for some
time past the net profits Of the business
only amounted to an average Of Soo.Oo per
month, out of which Mrs. Lamson had re-
ceived an average of S6l.92
Judge Greene denied the application for
increased alimOny and set the divorce case
for a final hearing on tie 18th inst.
VIII Practice for HIMSELF
Attorney Horace ". Philbrook, who was
disbarred from pTacucing in the State
courts bv the Supreme Court has taken
another method to keep up his income. He
states that in future he will practice in all
State courts by appearing for himself, as
is allowed by the law.
To compass this procedure he will have
his clients assign their claims to him,
and he viii thus be able 70 argue and ex-
-, III,
he appeared before Judge Ellsworth in the
case of T. P. HOpschultz, who was arrested
in Berkeley for soliciting without license,
and wanted a writ of habeas corpus. The
court al first refused TO allow him to pro-
coed. but on the representation that Phil
brook appeared on his own behalf as the
petitioner for the writ, he was allowed to
argue the case, and the matter will be
heard again on the Goth inst, when the
legality of Philbrook's contention Will be
questioned by Oakland attorneys.
Lambert Wants to Return.
If information received yesterday by
Henry Evers, one of the bondsmen of
Walter Lambert, the defaulting clerk OF
the Police Court is to be relied upon the
embeZZiing official will soon be back in
Oakland and undergo trial for his offense.
Mr.. Evers' son, who lives in Honolulu,
has been keeping a close watch on Lam
bert since he learned of the defalcation and
has found out that the latter is out oil
funds and getting anxious to return and
take the consequences OF his acts. He says
he viii return on the next steamer. De-
tectiye Holland will be on hand 10 meet
him when the Alameda arrives, and hopes
to have Lambert safely behind the bars by
next Thursday night.
Wanted More Information.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Blair, stakeholder in the
Piedmont Street Railroad Company, filed
an objection yesterday to the recent finan.
cial report of Receiver Ira Bishop stating
that the document was not explicit enough
and demanding that more detailed state
nent be rendered before the receiver wa
finally discharged.
The court instructed the receiver to file
more complete statement so that court anC
stockholders could more fully understand
the manner in which the road had beer
conducted.
Stark Badly Hurt.
Thomas e. Stark, a laborer on the mar
row-gauge mole who was struck and thrown
into the water by passing train few
days ago, is more dangerously INJURED thar
ing taken to DR.. Woolseys railroad hos
pital are such as to lead the physician t.
think that in addition to his other iniurie,
his skull may be fractured.
General Kelly Arrested.
General C. W. Kelly, erstwhile leader o
the Industrial Army, was arrested here or
a bench warrant this evening as a default
ing witness. He was complaining witnes.
against Il. Hougham, whom he charged
with melting riot during last election
and when the case was called in Police
Court to-day failed TO appear. He was re
leased on $25 bail.