The San Francisco call., 1904-08-25
SON AND DOG
ARE HIS RIVALS
Wife of Captain TOrnstrom
Says He Was Jealous of
Her Small Attentions

A part recompense for the mistake
of her life was yesterday given by
Judge Hunt to Alma Fried Tornstrom
in the form of an interlocutory decree
of divorce from William Tornstrom,
erstwnile captain of the schooner Lud-
low
F. Mrs. Torntsrom is 20 years old and
more than ordinarily pretty. On July
13 Of last year she was welded to Cap
tain Tornstrom, thirty years her senior.
On April she felt compelled to desert
him and sought refuge with her sister
in this city. The master of the vessel
brought suit for divorce and charged
his young wife, in vague and unspe-
cific terms, with having been unfaith-
ful to her vows. She promptly re-
sponded with an answer and cross
complaint, in which she denied all OF
his allegations and in turn sued for
divorce on the grounds of his extreme
cruelty.
After her marriage, and with her
husbands consent, Mrs. Tornstrom
studied TO qualify herself as a profess
sional nurse. Her sister, Hilda Fried,
is now a graduate nurse in the County
Hospital. Both appeared in Judge
Hunts court yesterday and told a rare
story in response TO the questioning of
Mrs. Tornstrom's attorney, Arthur H.
Barendt.
Mrs. Tornstrom reluctantly told the
court the details of the abuse to which
she was subjected on a cruise of the
Ludlow from San Pedro to Washington
ports and return. She said her husband
exhibited jealousy when she petted the
dog on board the ship, and when she
invited his 19year-old son to take
cocoa with them in the cabin the boys
I r.
for the lad than she did for him. Other
things happened on the trip, including
various assa ults, which left her marked
black and blue. On the homeward run
the captain, carrying a heavy personal
cargo of booze, compelled his wife to
accompany him to a low resort in Port
Townsend. His actions and treatment
of her mortified her beyond endurance
and she wrote to her sister for funds
with which to leave him. The funds
were sent and the desertion followed.
Tornstrom followed her to San Fran
cisco and was menacing, but to no
avail. Attorney William Hoff Cook ap-
peared for the sea captain, but offered
no questions, and the divorce was
granted on the wifes cross complaint
Judge Hunt yesterday made another
ruling in the protracted case of Dina
Smith against Andrew Smith for d.
vorce. He denied the motion to reopen
the case and denied again her applica-
tion for divorce, but ordered that Smith
should pay her $45 month for the sup
port of herself and child. On the first
ruling he only ordered that the hus-
( band should pay $40 a month for the
care of the babe, but when Mrs. Smith
} called to make up her husband received
! her with a wagon spoke, and he will
/ have to pay the price.
! twenty-five years of cruelty was re-
cited yesterday in the answer of Sophia
! Smith to the suit for divorce begun by
/ her husband, Theophilus Smith, who
/ has an Office at III Broadway, New
York. He charged her with ali kinds
Of mistreatment, including a habit of
calling him vile names at his place Of
business and in the presence of his as
sociates. She denies the allegations
and says that he has been cruel to her
since 1879 and has prevented her from
seeing her three children, the oldest of
/ whom is 25 years of age. She charges.
/ too that, with the children, he was un-
! lawfully living with one Jessie Marks
in New Jersey and at Toronto, Canada.
Divorces were granted Yesterday by
Judge Murasky to Thomas G. Millar
from Grace w. Millar for desertion; bS,
Judge Hebbard to Lena A. Jacobs from
Ernest Jacobs, neglect; by Judge
I Trout, in Judge Sloss' court, to John
! H. Musgrove from Emma Musgrove,
intemperance; to Anna c. McNeill from
George A. MCNEIL. neglect; by Judge
Kerrigan to Bessie z. Loebel from Al
ton Loebel. desertion and neglect
Suits for divorce were filed by Annie
r. Musgrave against George Musgrave
for cruelty: Sterling Lord Whitney
against Morgia Lord Whitney, deser-
tioB: Edwin B. Merritt against Mary
e. Merritt, desertion; Joseph Podesta
against Ruby A. Podesta, cruelty.