The San Francisco call., 1901-12-19
SHADBURNES ARE
IN COURT AGAIN
Judge Hunt is Puzzled
by a Tale Of Many
Marriages.

'Mr. Shadburne told me he had con-
suited with his father concerning contract
marriages, and when he told me that MS
old man said all contract marriages were
annulled by the act of 1895 had no hesl-
fancy in consenting to become his Wife
So said Anna S. Shadburne yesterday Ill
Judge Hunts court in explaining why she
married l.. A Shadburne when her hus-
band by contract, L. G. Carpenter, was
still in the land of the living.
Shadburne is suing for an annulment OF
marriage on the ground that he welded
woman already a wife. Mrs. Shadburne
is contesting the suit bitterly, for there Is
one child and she wants the question OF
it's legitimacy settled. Shadburne is evil
dently aware of the fact that his suit is
based on poor grounds for. his lawyers
moved yesterday for permission TO amend
his complaint by charging his wife with
cruelty,
Mrs shadburne, upon learning that
her last husband intended to rid himself
OF her in the divorce court lost no oppof-
tunity to right herself in the eyes of the
law, Though she believed herself TO be
the legal wife of ShadhuFne, she brought
suit TO secure the annulment or her een-
tract marriage TO carpenter, The case
was heard before Judge keFFisah Whe,
after listening for several DAYS to, MFs
shadeufhe's tale or Vice. ahhellea the
contract,
ShadhuFne then came into the courts
with hie suit and that ie now on trial be-
fore Judge Hunt Mrs, shadhpFne Ia wills
ing enough 90 leave her second eheiee, but
che wants the decree, ana mas aiea IA a
which shadbpfne viii charge Ia hls
amended complaint
Admits Signature on Checks.
The alleged wife Of Samuel w Cheyney
admitted IN Judge Sloes' court yesterday
that durihg. all the time she, was intmate
with the mining man she did not use his
name, She said she was known by the
name of Maud Nevill, her maiden name,
which she resumed after q divorce from
her first husband, whose name was Jones.
This admission is the first the little,
brown-eyed woman has made since the
commencement of the trial of her suit for
maintenance against her alleged husband.
More than 130 letters, said to have been
written by her to Cheyney, have been
shown her and she has refused to identify
any of them. To all queries she would
"That is not my handwriting. It resem-
bles my handwriting only just so much as
an imitation would.
ney claims she sent to him were shown
her yesterday and she denied sending any
of them.
A number of checks sent to her by Chey
ney at various times were also shown to
her Yesterday. They bear the name of
MAUD Nevill'' on the backs.
This, said Maud, looking at the back
of one of the checks, 'is nv signature"
The hearing will go on to-day.
Deserted on Wedding Day.
The suit for maintenance instituted by
Laura A. Carmier against Frank B. Car
mier heard for a short time by Judge
Seawen yesterday, and then as the attor-
neys for the plaintiff intimated that set
tlement of the marital troubles could
probably be arranged, the court ordered
the case placed on the reserve calendar.
The reereant husband is better known
as Frank Clayton. He is an actor and for
a number of years appeared at the Alca-
zar and other theaters in this city. He
married the woman who is now suing him
for support on April 8, 1901, and deserted