The San Francisco call., 1904-06-28
SIGNS REGISTER
FOR A FRIEND
Violette Griswold Says His
lOp's Act of AccOmmoda-
tiOn Was Misunderstood
HER AFFIDAVIT is READ
Denies Wife's Charge That
She Tried to Supplant Her
in Husbands Affections

The Hislop divorce case again occu-
pied the greater portion of Superior
Judge Sloss' time yesterday and Louisa
K. 'Hislop's side of the controversy
was finished with the testimony OF
Elizabeth " Becker. Mrs. Becker is
proprietor of the Raleigh Hotel at 319
Sutter street. wherein, on September
II, 1902, George w. Hislop is said TO
have given his wife cause for a legal
separation. The witness testified. in
the morning, that on the date men
toned Hislop appeared at the house
with a woman and engaged a suite for
one week. He registered as Mr.. Girls
void and introduced the woman as his
wife, according to the testimony. Mrs.
Becker said that some months later
hislop again came to the house and
she, Mrs. Becker. asked him how his
wife was" and he threw up his hand
and said, "Oh, she was not my wife; my
name is Hislop." At the afternoon ses-
sion Mrs. Becker produced the house
register showing the entry of Griswold
and wife.
On the side of the defense were Wit
nesses Morris ]. O'Callaghan, a police
man, and L. A Sayes, a commercial
traveller, who told of futile efforts they
had made, as friends ofsthe family, to
effect a reconciliation between the
couple
MRS. HISLOP SAID NO.
Mrs. Hislop is said to have opposed
the arrangement and to have said that
she could get along without him."
Peter P. Lemperle, stepfather of Jaiser,
the detective who shadowed Hislop,
was called to declare against the
young mans reputation for truth and
honor.
The affidavit of Violette Griswold,
named as correspondent in Mrs. His
lop's complaint. was read in court The
young woman is now at Victoria. b. c.
She says that she is % years old and
has been divorced from a man named
w. ID. Hastee at Seattle. She says
that in three years she has met His
lop in the North about ten times, but
there has been nothing improper be-
tween them. She declares that she
came to San Francisco with William
Griswold and that Hislop took them
to the Raleigh. Hislop used to spend
some of his time there, but it was Girls
void who shared the room.
The night elevator boy, Sears, tes-
titled that Hislop had not remained at
the house all night
HE IS NOT INSANE.
John Andersons wife. Johanna
caused his arrest on June % on a charge
of insanity, and he was confined for
two days in a cell at the Central
Emergency Hospital An examination
proved him to be sane. and yesterday
he sued her for divorce. If the numer-
Gus allegations of cruelty made by him
against his wife are true it might be
imagined that he is fortunate in not
having gone insane. He declares that
Johanna often remained away from
nome until unreasonable hours: that
she Told him the family would be bet
ter off if he would take poison and die:
that the reason she did not thrash him
was because she did not want to dirty
her hands: that she shook and showed
MN around the house and that she
accused him ot trying to poison their
eldest child. Agnes, thereby "prejudic-
ing the child against him." He charges
further that she has been guilty of in
hdelity with one Gustave Adolphson.
Anderson says that his wife has be-
tween s250O and $4,000, which he has
given her at various times, and that
this, with the household furniture at
1904 Powell street, is community prop
erty.