The San Francisco call., 1898-03-22
KELSO TO BE HAULED INTO
 THE COURTS A Rich Contractor in the Tolls of
 the Law. Sued for Divorce and Ar rested for Striking an
 Officer. An Aged Husband Becomes Belligerent and Insanely
 Jealous. A YOUNG WEES GRIEF. After Years of Suffering She Appeals to the Courts for Jus
 tice.
An Aged Husband Becomes Belligerent and Insanely
 Jealous.
After Years of Suffering She Appeals to the Courts for Jus
 tice.

John Kelso, the well-known contractor and president of the John Kelso Com
 pany, has more trouble on his hands than he ever dreamed would befall him in old age.
 The wealthy contractor will be in
 Judge Lows court to-day for throwing a process server downstairs and fractur- ing one of his ribs. As soon as he pays his fine for this offense he will be called before Judge Seawell for contempt of court in the same matter, as Alexander Moreno, who was serving the process of Judge Seawells court, represented the power and dignity of the State, at the same time that he was seeking to for ward the interests of Mrs. Eleanor Kelso. who is trying to free herself from the mat rimonal bonds that tie her to the aged and iraScible John.
 The troubles of the Keso family be- gan many years ago, though the wife has for ten years refused to sue for di- vorce on account of three young children. few weeks ago, however, she filed divorce suit on the ground of extreme cruelty. Her attorney is l.. D. Phillips, whose processes were being served when the defendant made a vicious assault upon Moreno, who was carrying out the legal steps of the domestic battle. The paper which he was serving notified the defendant that he must not transfer any of his property pending the litigation.
 The divorce suit itself is quite rich in it's charges. According to Mrs. KelSo's statements her husband has been insane ly jealous for many years, principally be- cause his wife is about 50 years of age and handsome, While he Verges close to 70 and has lost some of his early dim pleS.
 The complaint gives the following sue cinct account of the conduct which ren- dered it impossible for Mrs. Kelso to live in peace with her husband:
 'On the 26th of January at 2312 How ard street defendant assaulted plaintiff without excuse or provocation, and vio- lently and viciOuSly struck her in the face and knocked her down, cutting her neck and injuring and bruising her head and causing her great pain and suffer ing"
 It is alleged that on the same evening defendant dragged his wife from a room at the Donohoe building, where she was taking music lessons, cursing her as he forced her into the elevator and to his 6pggg cnEa weh Wa5 in bs font of the says that defendant forced his wife into the buggy, using oaths and epithets in the presence of strangers"
 The complaint also says that the de- fendant is subject to violent and unreas- enable fits of jealousy, and that with out any cause or provocation he exhibits himself in the presence of his wifeS guests, who are people of great refine ment and gentility."
 Mrs. Kelso and her children love lit- erature and music, according to the con- platnt, which seems to have made the defendant very angry. It was when his wife was taking music lessons that Kelso grew so violent in the Donohoe build ing.
 There will be a big fight over the case on account of the community property. which is said to be worth S25O, ,00O The wife has asked that defendant be re- strained from disposing of his property and from interfering in any way with They are now with their mother, who seeks to retain them, alleging that she education. She asks for almony to the amount of S250 per month and for one half of all the property, which consists largely of houses, lands, mortgages and bonds.