The San Francisco call., 1903-09-23
DIVORCE THEIR
SINGLE THOUGHT
Michael and Beatrice
Otway Agree on
One Point.
File Complaints Against
Each 0 her on the
Same Day.

1t sometimes ndppeHS, ana IL is a pop
ular idea, that marriage is the bringing
together of two souls with but a single
thought. The marriage of Beatrice and
Michael Otway is an instance They
were married in May of last year, but 1t
was not until yesterday that they dis
covered that their minds were running
In the same strain. Perhaps the fact that
they separated just year ago yesterday
had something to do with their oneness
of mind.
1t may also have been brought about by
a knowledge, mutually possessed, that
when a wife leaves a husband, or vice
versa, year must elapse before an ac-
ton for divorce can be brought. At any
rate shortly after IL o'clock yesterday
morning an action for divorce was filed
with Mrs. Beatrice Otway as plaintiff
and Michael Otway defendant. The
charge was desertion. Two hours later
the name of Otway was again placed on
the slip in the County Clerks Office con-
tanning the names Of mismated couples
who desired freedom from matrimonial
bonds In the second action, however
the husband was the plaintiff. though the
charge was the same. 1t now remains for
the court to determine which of the OF
ways is guilty of desertion.
SAYS MAGEE is BRUTAL.
Frieda Magee, who on October IL, 1901,
was married to Roger d. Magee Jr., the
son Of Rodger D. Magee, is seeking a di-
vorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.
In her complaint she alleges that two
months after she became Mrs. Magee her
husband cruelty beat her and that in the
months of January, March and October of
last year he did likewise He also chas-
tised her in a most strenuous manner, she
says, at least once during every month
from October, 1902, to August of this
year, when she left him. She says that
three times during their married life she
grew tired of her husbands alleged brutal
ity and left him, returning to him on two
occasions on the strength of his promise
to treat her decently When she became
Mrs. Magee she was a Miss Schnibbe.
She was only IS years of age and her hus-
band was p.
Josephine Macdonald, who is being
sued for divorce on the ground of cruelty
answered her husbands complaint yester-
day with a general denial Of all his
charges except that in which he accuses
her of filing an affidavit with the Of
ficers of Hesperian Parlor, Native Sons
of the Golden West, in which she charged
her husband with being a drunkard and
a loafer and an associate Of the lowest of
the low She admits the truth of this
charge. With her answer Mrs. MacDon-
aid filed a petition for alimony pending
the suit. She says she is penniless, lack
ing even funds to defend herself against
her husbands charges. An order was is
sued directing young Macdonald to ap-
pear before Judge Soss Friday next and
show cause why he should not be COM
PEELED to furnish his wife with funds to
defray the cost Of defending his suit and
to enable her to subsist without appealing
to the charity of relatives and friends.
DOES HIS OWN WASHING.
Mitchell in the divorce proceedings
brought by Therese Mitchell he accuses
her of being a cruel wife. He says also
that she is an unfaithful one and addicted
TO the excessive use Of intoxicants. He
charges that because Of her love for
liquor she has neglected her 15-months-old
child and has so managed or neglected to
manage her household that he has had to
very frequently prepare his own meals
and do the family washing.
A suit for divorce on the ground Of fail
ure to provide was filed by Anne A
Northrop against Melton Northrop
An amended complaint for divorce was
filed by Amber Wilkerson, Leading lady at
Fischer's Theater, against Ira Puerl Will
kerson The amendment consists of tech
nical changes in the original complaint
and was filed with the consent of the de-
fendant.
PREFERS SINGLE LIFE.
Thourb Apnia McNaiI bae baa, 4, r,;Po