The herald., 1898-04-09
WRIGHT DIVORCE CASE
WHILE THE MAN MADE SHOES
AT POMONA
SHE TAUGHT DANCING HERE
And Mr.. Sam j. Gilmore Was the
Good Samaritan Who Helped
Them Out

The divorce suit OF Minnie B. Wright
against her husband, Gideon j., was tried
yesterday before Judge Shaw. The par
ties have three children. all minors. The
charges against the husband were failure
to provide and extreme cruelty. MRS.
Wright claimed that since october, 1885,
she had been compelled to go out to earn
living 70 support her family. and that she
had contributed out of her earnings for
food and clothing for her husband. She said
that she had finally had to leave Pomona,
where the Wrights resided, and come to
Los Angeles with the children, that she
might procure work and a living for them
Before leaving she supplied Gideon with
grub for a month and gave him IS in money
Mrs. Wright after her arrival here taught
music and gave dancing lessons.
Notwithstanding that Wright, who is
shoemaker, had money in the bank, he
failed to help his hardworking wife with
more than s3S75 ever since October 1896,
as a contribution to her and to the child
ren's support. she averred. The charge
Of cruelty was substantiated by alega-
t!ons that he had spit upon and slapped
his wife in the face, bruised her arms and
cursed and vllified her before the child
rem.
Mr. Wright said, in his answer, that Po
mona was a poor place for cobblers and
dancing masters, so he agreed to let his
wife and the children come to this city.
where Mrs. Wright was to have house
at 1877 East Twenty-seventh street and $40
a month from Sam j. Gilmore for two
meals a day and a room, which was to be
taken care of by her. He denied that she
had come to Los Angeles for any other
motive than the one stated, and said that
all of Mrs Wright's accusations were
false in respect to the cruelty, as well as
to the failure to provide the necessaries OF
life for the family. AS to the idea that
he had money in the bank, he ridiculed It.
claiming that all he possessed in the world
was $12.
The children of the parties testified for
the mother and the Oldest Of the girls,
pert miss Of 15 said that she didn't love
anybody very much in this world. She
called her father mean and Knocked At
torney Bachelor when he spoke of him
as her "pappaw."
Underlying the whole business was
something that cropped out when Or. B
w. Day, a prosperous looking medico of
Pomona, who combines the professions of
surgeon, physician and dentist, gave his
evidence. This was the enigmatic position
which Mr.. Sam Gilmore had hitherto oc-
Cupied in the trial, but which became now
more defined. The doctor said that Mrs
Wright had admitted to him that she had
had sexual relations with this man. Later
on she came to see DR.. Day at his resi-
dence, and in the presence of her daughter
she had Informed him that If he so testi-
fled at the trial he would be swearing to a
lie. This witness had known the whole
family back east. and he gave the de-
fendant a good character as an industrious
and hardworking man. While DR.. Day
was giving this damaging testimony Mrs.
Wright shook her head negatively with
great vlgor and muttered words of denial
The defendant next took the stand to re-
flute his wife's accusations. but adjourn
ment soon came and the case will not be
concluded until today.