The San Francisco call., 1899-05-04
JULIUS l. FRANKLIN, Whose Estate an Indian Woman Wants

band and wife. and had been so living
together for period of twenty years.
THAT during said period defendant,
Pauline Franklin, obtained a great de-
gree of influence and control over the
mind and character of julius L. Franklin
and by means of constant opportunities
and persuasion unduly influenced him to
execute the aforesaid instruments and to
make over by gift and conveyance to her
self all the property described therein, to
the exclusion of plaintiff and in depriva-
ton of her rights as the wife of said
julius Franklin, deceased. And in this
behalf plaintiff alleges that Pauline
Franklin at and prior to the execution Of
the aforesaid instruments constantly rep
resented and stated to him that she was
his lawful and true wife and that this
plaintiff was not his wife, and therefore
not entitled TO receive at his death any
portion of his property, and furthermore
stated to him that if he did not execute
death this plaintiff would seek to enforce
the rights Of widow, and that great
loss might therefore be entailed upon said
defendant, Pauline Franklin; that at or
prior to the execution of the aforesaid in
strument Pauline Franklin constantly
stated and represented to julius L.
Franklin that this plaintiff, his true and
lawful wife, was, a woman of low origin,
ignorant, illiterate, uncouth and but
semi-civiized Indian squaw; that she this
plaintiff, was old, ugly and undesirable in
said Julius l. Franklin; that Furthermore
this plaintiff was living in a foreign
anu lIdt IN all probability he.
Julius l.. Franklin, would never see her
again; that the said plaintiff had no more
claim on him or his property; that ii is
true that this plaintiff Is OF the American
Indian birth and for thirty wears has
lived outside the State Of California. sep
arate and apart from Julius Franklin. he
having deserted her in or about the year
1871: that by means of said statements and
representations and the constant repeti-
ton thereof by Pauline Franklin, the
mind and affection of Julius L. Franklin
became alienated from this plaintiff and
he became persuaded that it was his
moral duty to prevent this plaintiff from
ever having it in her power to enforce her
rights as a wife. That yielding to the said
entreaties, opportunities and representa-
tions of defendant, Pauline Franklin
Julius L. Franklin executed the aforesaid
instruments"
The relief prayed for by the Indian wife
is multipleX. She not only asks for an
annulment of all the deeds of gift from
julius L. to Pauline Franklin and de-
cree that the latter acquired no title to
the transferred property, 1t being the
community interests of the parties of the
first marriage but also for an accounting
of rents and profits accruing from its use,
an injunction restraining defendants from
conveying or incumbering the property
and that q receiver should be appointed
pending the trial of the case.
The plaintiff is represented by j. f.
Riley. f. H Merzbach, L. Solomons and
Garter, Dozier & Wells. One of the at
torneys undertook the trip to British
Columbia, where he located the plaintin,
Mary Franklin, and 1t is claimed that she
is now in that country