The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-07-31
THE BEAL LINEN WASHED
Mrs. Maud Beal Wins All
Along the Line
TIE BABY IS awarded 70 HER
Manuel Lopez Acquitted of Muir
der at Wilmington
THE INDIAN, CHEURA, HELD
Three Youths Take to the High Road to
Steal Horses
THE INDIAN, CHEURA, HELD
The New Liberty School District Now Ordered
Provided For
Heavy Damage Suits Against the city-To
DeIve the Hills for MineraI-Under tho
Flag-BeyrIe Gains Judgment.
An Insane Patient

1t was washing day in department
four of the superior court yesterday.
The family linen of the Beal family
was being washed before Judge Van
Dyke and the worst side of the charao-
ters Of both husband and wife were laid
bare to point moral, perhaps. but not
to edify the hearers.
But the case was finally concluded and
sprightly little Mrs. Beal is happy, for
she was granted the decree prayed for
and, better still. was awarded the Gus
tody of her babe. During the
recital OF all the mean and nasty things
that were said and done in the Beal
household the young wife, perhaps,
gained less sympathy than at the close
of the case. Not infrequently woman
having to face treble in court will, eth
er consciously or unconsciously, pose for
the benefit of the jury, If there is one,
and If not, for the court. During the en-
tire case Mrs. Beal, both on and off the
witness stand, was perfectly calm and
collected. Indeed at times her sang froid
was slightly tinged with pertness. When
the court indicated its decision and
reached the point where reference was
made to the child being left with the
mother the woman buried her face in her
hands and had a good cry. 1t wasn't
for effect, for the case was over but it
won her some sympathy.
In the morning some of the husbands
letters were read from to illustrate his
fluent tongue in the manipulation of
"cuss" words. He wrote from the Kelley
institute. where he was taking the cure,
and spoke of Mrs. Beals father being
fool. Other explosives of a coarse
character, not even showing originality
in stringing them together, were read
while Mrs Beal was on the witness
stand On the other hand witness main
tanned that his wife was fairly proficient
in swearing herself and had varied vo-
cabulary of cuss words. He maintained
however, that he did not remember her
swearing before the birth of the baby
He refreshed his memory on this point,
however, during the noon recess.
Mr.. Beal was a model according to
his own account, and his wife an afflic-
tion-to put 1t mildly. He gave her
everything to be desired. The stories of
her having no clothing to speak of, there
being lack of coal and fuel at the Pas
adena cottage, and of his having taken
photos home to her in order that she
might work upon them, were all fabrica-
tions-according to him. But she had
kept their rooms dirty, had spanked the
baby and he had even seen her pinch it
in order to make 1t cry.
Miss Maud Tubbs, defendants cous-
in, testified that Charlie had never left
his wife one night alone since his mar
riage. That was all the witness testified
to, but when II is remembered what Mrs.
Beal and other witnesses in her behalf
stated on this point, it appears marvel
lous how rubber-like the truth appeared
to be. 1t could be stretched Just to suit
the occasion.
Mrs. Beal, senior, mother OF the de-
PENDANT. is a lady we'll advanced in
years and in a delicate state of health
Her boy has made a loving and devoted
husband and father. The plaintiff she
dismissed with a wave of her hand and
the remark she's no good" Witness
was not unnaturally grieved to hea- her
daughter-in-law call her husband a -
- liar one night
Albeit the court intimated that the
question of profanity really cut no fig
ure In the case, counsel read from letters
written by Mrs. Beal to her husband
before they We're married. In one she
stated that she loved only him, and as
for her "all other men might go to h"
To the abs 'utely pure minded the h
might mean heaven or Halifax or a t the
worst hades, but Mrs. Beal. upon being
asked, said she hadn't remembered it.
but that was her letter. and the word
meant plain, everyday hell
Other little slips of this kind were con-
fessed to by the plaintiff.
one of the most interesting witnesses
wasS. f. Booker. He was put forward
as witness for Mrs. Beal. in rebuttal
His mustache was a marvel of what
loving care can do in developing a hir-
suite appendage to the upper lip. He tes-
titled to having known Mrs Beal for
years, and since her marriage he had
seen her on the street. "She told me +"
nonchalantly remarked witness. that
If I didn't want her killed or divorced
from her husband not to stop and talk
to her"
Both sides having rested, counsel for
plaintiff wanted to shed the light of his
countenance upon certain points Of law
in an oral argument, while counsel for
the qeiehdant wanted to submit on brief.
AS Judge Van Dyke goes on a vacation
on Saturday the brief would necessarily
nave TO be very short. Finally counsel
submitted the case on the facts as thew
stood.
Judge Van Dyke said that as the ca
and the law stood the defendant could
not get divorce, but the plaintiff could
ut appears by the defendants words !"
said the court, "his demeanor and ac-
lions that the parties ought to be SEN
! arated. AS for the child of such tender
years, the law Is specific. It So admitted
that she loves the child and is able and
willing to educate and provide for II
He loves it, too, and will want to visit
it. and he ought to do something for il.
as he is so devotedly attached to it,"
Inc court stated that in the order r.
be made times should be provided for the
father to visit the child and that he nay,
$50 a month toward its support. In the
bond required 1t would also be made
that the child be not removed outside
the jurisdiction of the court.