The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14

sacrificed when she was in need of money and then when that had gone the rich and pretty clothes she pur- chased for it had to be sold and coarser ones used instead. Thus piece by piece the furniture of the house was disposed or until the only furniture that remain ed was in her husbands room, and that belonged to an outside party
 Another interesting incident in the unhappy married life occurred early one morning when Mrs. Shain, accord Ing to her testimony. returned to her home, from which she had fled the night before in fear to a friends house and found her piano on the sidewalk and a couple of men ready to cart it to warehouse. In the distance she said she saw her husband disappear over hill and knew that he had made an effort to get the piano. Mrs Shain. after assuring the men that she wanted no trouble, drew a revolver from within her cape as a means of assuring them that such was the case, and then paid them double the price offered by her husband to move the instrument to q neighbours house.
 The piano movers immediately com piled with her request and Mrs. Shain was the victor and her husband again outwitted. A servant girl, at one time employed in the home of the Shains
 
 the family in an intoxicated condition. but how often she did not remember She had also expostulated with him in fear that he would strike his wife but as to whether or not he ever did the girl was unable to state.
 Yesterday afternoon when the case was continued the oldest daughter of the iitigants was called to the stand. She told in an unwavering manner the story of her parents troubles. Her father. she said, was in the habit of nightly sleeping with a revolver under his pillow, much to the discomfort of his family. Many times. the witness said, in the still watches of the night her father would come into her room kneel down beside her bed and cry and moan in anguish. On being uues- toned the young woman said that her father complained that nobody loved him and that he was greatly grieved. On other occasions her father would come into her room and lie down be- side her on the bed and moan until sleep closed his eyes. When my fla ther used to lie down beside me his touch would make me shudder." said the witness. "He knew that I did not like to have him near me on the bed. but still he came" Miss Shain then told the court as to how her father used to whip her younger sister when she was very young ana that he was oft times intoxicated, a condition which failed in a material degree to augment the happiness of those about him.
 After the daughter had concluded her testimony Shain, the defendant. had an inning on the stand and explained his troubles on the angry sea of matri- mony Outside the articles Mrs. Shain testified as to having sold in order to maintain herself and children she dis posed of several more according to the statements of her husband. The de- fendant said that an elegant water proof coat went the way of several other of his possessions. His wife ob- tained $10 for the coat, he said, and it was easily worth five or six times that amount, but that fact mattered but lit tie to her. The next thing he missed was his dress suit and then discourage ment came to him. Regarding the statement made on the stand that he had returned to his home with a bro- ken nose one evening he denied it. but admitted that fourteen years prior to meeting his wife he sustained a fract- ure of his nasal organ. Regarding al- legged caperings on the sidewalk in a nude condition Shain made positive de- niaI. He had never left his home a Ia Adam. and the statements that he had were false. He will probably tell more of the story of his home expert ences when the case is continued | hn