The San Francisco call., 1904-10-08
Grace M'NaughtonNoW
Figures in Suit for
Divorce.

A triple charge of neglect, cruelty
and inffdelity was lodged yesterday by
Elsie NJ. Cleary against George NJ.
Cleary, some time detective and mem
toned in connection with the recent
Grace McNaughton case.
The McNaughton woman is named as
correspondent by Mrs. CIeary, who al
leges that Cleary lived openly with her
at the Larkspur Villa, in Marin County,
from July 13 to 30 last. Grace Nc
Naughton was accused of burglary in
Oakland and was brought back from
Los Angeles to answer, but the charge
was not sustained and she was dis
charged. She then secured a warrant
for the arrest of Cleary for stealing
diamond ring from her.
Mrs. Clearys complaint says that she
married Cleary December l, 1901. and
that he has neglected to provide for
her for more than year. In Novem-
Der of last year she went to his room
TO persuade him to return to her and
found another woman there. He threat
ened to call the porter to throw his
wife out, she says In July last he came
to her room at 1880 Fulton street with
a diamond ring. He told her, she says,
that he had been put on a case of a
stolen ring and had found it in the pos
session of a small boy, but had not had
time to take it to the Police Depart
ment." She told him jokingly that she
did not believe the story, and taking
the ring started to put it on. There
upon, she says. he choked her until her
neck was black and blue. On another
occasion when he had absented him
self she found that he was at the Cal
laghan building. She went there to see
him, but he told her he did not care
for her and would never live with her
again Charles H. Hinckey is the plain
tiff's attorney.
Judge Hebbard yesterday ordered
Theodore Shelton Higgins to pay his
wife, Annie B. Higgins. 800 a mCOth
alimony pending the trial of her suit
for divorce and $3.50 counsel fees. The
matter of the receivership for the Hotel
Inverness, applied for by Mrs Higgins,
was abandoned she having sold her
interest in the business to her husband
on October /. In his affidavit against
the application for alimony the dentist
said he was in debt $500 and that his
income from his profession was only
$24O a month, of which SIS is used for
office expenses.
ITpon recommendation of Referee
Thomas S. Mulvey, Judge Hebbard yes
terday granted a divorce to Josephine
Ellen Waterman from Frederick ].
Waterman, who was accused of COM
hitting innumerable acts of cruelty
during the entire sixteen years of their
married life.
Upon a stipulation of the parties to
the suit Judge Trout yesterday set
aside the interlocutory decree of di-
vorce granted October to Grace E.
Mann from William O.. Mann for
neglect.
Louis Katz was yesterday granted
divorce from Eleanor Katz in Judge
SeawelPs court on the ground of cru
city. Besides calling him vile names
she was accused of threatening to split
his head with a hatchet
Suits for divorce were filed by Jose
phine Poole against Andrew Poole, de-
sertion; Martha A. Harting against
George M. Harting, neglect; Estella M.
Purnell against Alvin ]. Purnell, a mu-
sic teacher, desertion and neglect:
Marguerite NJ. Blaisdell against Charles
]. BIaisdeIl, intemperance. and Max
Harvey Ely against Frances H. B. Ely.
desertion.