The San Francisco call., 1899-12-29

husband. was endeavoring 10 recover
from his children property valued at
about $4,000. the largest share OF which
she would have inherited under his viii
had ne been victorious. does not rufiie
her cheerful disposition. for the birth Of
her daughter at the Avenue House. l2s
San Pablo avenue. Oakland. a few days
ago has frightened her hopes. She pro-
poses 20 return 70 Hanford 10 prosecute
a suit 20 reopen the litigation over her
husbands estate.
The story Of her matrimonial experience
with Samuel Page is stranger than fiction.
as it was related this afternoon by her
self
Samuel Page was an eccentric rancher.
aged IS years. who possessed peculiar re-
Iglous ideas" said Mrs. Page. Il had
met him at Los Angeles ana he fell In
love With me on very short acquaintance.
We were married last February by jus
tice c. NJ. Smith al Hanford. Mr.. Page
knew that j was "a writer anc aside from
making me his companion for his dcclin-
Ing years he had hoped that I would
WT1fc MS religious UpIHIOHs aHV PVCUlIaT
crpcds IA tracts, and i, on the other haind,
although ] had little belief in his Ideas,
! REGARDED him as q bcnencent old gentle
man Who would aid mc financially IN
Publishing my works. Al that time !
know that he was roputed 70 be worth
$1,000. and we took up our residence on
lie iine farm near Hanford
However. Mr.. Page had been eccentric
pecusarities were on money, religion and
women. n seemed. Six months aiter he
lost his first wife he had evidently deter
mine that he should marry again ana
had been sued by a woman named Chris
tine adams, female Ddrber, VINO haq
frcQneltly clipped his silver locks ana
who wanted $1,000 damages for breach OF
contract That was in December lsso, ana
about The same time he transferred ms
property 10 two children, Dr solomon
Page OF kisalia and Mary Carver OF Iu-
lare County. Ia trust for his four children,
The other two being Elias and Henry Page
OF Kansas This was done 10 prevent the
Adams woman recovering anythlns on - =
judgment She might get. The Dreach OF
promise suit was promptly tried ana she
was given a verdict Of 500 damages.
shortly thereafter the two trustees OF
his estate charged their father Mr.. Page,
with insanity. but the Judge before whom
the charge was tried declined 10 commit
him 10 an asylum. saying that he appar-
entity possessed no property that needed 4
care and because the children had agreed
10 allow him 10 spend his remaining days
al his old Hanford home and that he
'shortly thereafter. and still before our
marriage. Page sued his two children for
the dissolution Of the trust and the recov-
cry 81 his property. lie recovered gudg-
ment before Superior Judge Jacobs. who
died shortly aftcrward. but when Judge
Phillips took the bench al Hanford the
case was rcopcned and transferred TO VI
saiia. and N the following February Of
this year ] married Page. ! didn't know
whether his children would be opposed or
not and I knew nothing of his litigations
az that time. Last June my husband he
came violently insane j remained with
him I'm his room Tor several weeks and
bad entire charge OF the ranch. on June
= .hc died. the suit against his two chill
dren still pending ] applied for power TO
continue 10 prosecute the suit. since / eN-
pected another heir and my husband had
left will dated April Is 1893, in which he
provided: bequeath TO my widow all
the law allows and the fullllment OF the