The San Francisco call., 1899-05-09
PURTELLE LOST
ALL CONFIDENCE
IN HIS WIFE
Heard Her TaIk in
Her Sleep.
TESTlFIES AGAINST WRIGHT
HIS DEPOSITION TAKEN BY THE
DEFENSE.
Plaintiff in the Damage Suit Against
a Larkspur Capitalist Tells
How His Suspicious
Were Aroused.
TESTlFIES AGAINST WRIGHT
HIS DEPOSITION TAKEN BY THE
DEFENSE.

W. H Purtelle. who is suing C. w.
Wright, Larkspur capitalist, for $40 600
damages for alleged wrongful attempts to
injure him and deprive him of the COM
fort and society of his wife, made dep
osition last week in this city under an
order of the Superior Court of Marin
County, made al the request of the de-
fendant. He was represented by c. F.
Humphrey and Louis 2. Boardman, the
interests of the defendant being cared for
by z. C. Chapman and Hepburn Wilkins.
The quarrel with his wife regarding the
actions of Wright set forth in the COM
plant, the witness testified, occurred
about January IS last, when Mrs. Pur-
telle came to this city. Leading up to
this separation, the witness said, there
was lack of confidence on his part in
his wife, due to several things, among
others a conversation he had with the
wife of the defendant, in which she told
him of a little scene her daughter had
witnessed in the woods. She asked her
papa afterward" :" testified Purtelle,
what he and Mrs. Purtele were doing
He said he was helping her to carry wood,
but she thought he was trying TO carry
Mrs. Purtelle."
Later on Purtelle testified he was going
up to the hills to get some wood and his
wife told him to go to a place where she
had been.
'I did So" he went on. land picked up a
handkerchief It had c. W. Wright's in
itials on 1t. 1 brought it up and gave 1t
to her"
At another time, Purtelle said, he was
surprised while al Wright's house to hear
the capitalist tell Mrs. Purtelle shut up. "
"She shut up continued the witness.
such strong language for him to use to
my wife or any lady, but she didn't seem
to resent it
Cident Purtelle testified that he was ap-
preached by a friend of his. Jim Culligan,
who said: You ought to hear what peo-
pie are saying about Wright and your
wife"
About dusk on the 18th of January last
Purtelle testified he saw Wright and Mrs.
Purtelle standing under tree on the hill.
wife's return had a quarrel with her He
went outside to cool off and when he re-
turned his wife was gone; ~
might have committed suicide. ! went
down to the we'll and called her and then
went over to Wright's. Mrs. Wright came
| had been over there and she said no.
she had not seen her. I said she went
out and that did not know where she
bad gone, TO; She said. Wait, l will see
Mr.. Wright Mr.. Wright came in with a
/ sneaking, dogged look upon him. He said
Mrs. Purtelle had been there and they
were IdlkIUE anu Stle Udu gone nome. L
went over home then. My wife was there
and l told her if she was going to take
counsel with Mr.. Wright she had better
go over there"
Purtelle said that his suspicious had
been very actively aroused prior to this
by some remarks he had heard his wife
drop in her sleep, but she did not make a
confession of her actions until after Pur-
telle and the detective he had placed on
Wright's trail caught the couple in a
room in the fremont House on Kearnv
street, the door of which they had broken
in. On that occasion, Wright testified. as
he was leaving the couple In the room in
the lodging house. Wright kind Of
winked at him and said: "Purtelle. it's
all right. Let's talk it over. I'll settle
! this
The remainder Of Purtelle's testimony
was to the effect that his wife, in con
Tossing TO him. said that she had sub
mitted TO Wright, whom she disliked
! through fear
Wright has ten days in which to file
his answer to the complaint filed by Pur-
! telle