The San Francisco call., 1899-12-13
ReiterateS Charges of Bigamy
Against Her Husband.
Denies That She Is an Adventures or
BIaCkmailer, but Seeks Freedom In
stead of the Fisk Fortune.

this city when Gale first became aoquaint-
ed with her. II Gales career with her
constitutes a common law marriage, tho
defendant would appear TO have just one
wife too many. Mrs. Gale makes the fol-
lowing statement in her own hehalf:
Deep IN every ones breast is rooted an
INFORM sense or yusuce-a love OF fair play
anu now that my husband and his
friends have had their fling and exhausted
their Nenomed darts / feel that my side
Of the story should be heard. a few days
after nay arrival at the Geysers, June 80
Of this year. i was introduced to Adelbert
Gale by his niece. Mrs. Arthur Fisk. From
this time on he devoted himself 10 me.
ana, blush 10 admit II, learned TO love
him. he represented that he was the pro-
pr1etor of the Geysers, but after our we'd
I ding learned that he was only the hired
man. l was not after his money, for
knew that he had none, but / was led TO
believe that he had an income sufficient
TO care for a wife. When l learned that
he had not l tried 10 persuade him to go
back with me TO my home in Colorado,
where / thought / could secure him
good situation. de demurred, saying that
hls sister, Mrs. Fisk, had limited TO him
that she was going TO provide for him in
her will and he dared not leave the Gey-
sers for fear OF displeasing her. To this
! replied: What DO we care? We can
part the Fisk fortune played in my mar
riage. Are those the tactics an adven-
turess would have pursued?
Il kept nothing or my past life away
from my husband l told him that / was
a divorced woman and l told Mrs. Fisk.
They knew OF my antecedents. for tele-
grams from my father in Denver were
telephoned from Cloverdale TO Ike
Mertheimer at the Geysers and by him
repeated 10 me. l learned that Mr.. Gale
had another wife through his endeaVors
TO have his life insurance policies trans
ferred 10 me. His sister, Mrs. Asa Fisk
knew of tins other wife, and shame be 10
her that she did not warn me. Verify,
they played the Good Samaritan, for l
was stranger and they took me in
Mrs. Fisk stated TO me the night of Sep
tember - or y OF this year, when l was
at her home in this city, that she had
the latter refused TO go TO the Geysers
with her reputed husband. Adelbert Gale.
she (Mrs. Fisk advanced her $50 with
which TO go East. This occurred about
November l OF last year. Within nine
months the husband of Emma Gale had
tunate.
since I brought this suit Gale has
pleaded with me FOR an interview and at
last / consented 10 see him last Friday
night. He wanted me TO withdraw the
suit and return TO him at the Geysers
refused, OF course. and pleaded with him
20 acknowledge the truth OF the things
he had confessed 10 me. No he replied:
II ] do. what is there in II for me-? He
knew that I had property, for he was
careful 10 make inquiries on this point
before l married him. / told him that
was alone here. almost friendless, and
only asked him TO help me right myself"
Gales statement made to a Call reporter
substantates in many details the version
OF the affair presented by his wife He
admitted that she wanted him TO go to
Denver with her and also that he sought
an interview with her in which she plead
ed with him TO right the alleged wrong
he had done her.