The San Francisco call., 1905-02-21
BACONE' BATH
ISSUE IN COURT
Wife of a Week Leaves Him
Because of Alleged Aver
sion to Soap and Water
DEFENDS HIS HABITS
Sister-in-Law Says the Old
llackman Is as Cleanly
as ioOne Other Persons

A widow, the mother of married
daughter, became the bride of a man
of 62, the hale survivor of two mat
rimonial ventures. The wedding was
celebrated on August 81 last and a
week later the disappointed lady went
back to live with her daughter. The
gray-haired groom Immediately in
serted a notice in the papers that he
would not be liable for his wife's bills
and then he sued her for divorce, al
leging cruelty and desertion. She filed
a cross-complaint, in which she told
of the uncleanliness of her spouse.
Yesterday the trial was begun before
Judge Hunt.
William Bacome, a hackman, who
has accumulated a fortune of $4,000.
is the plaintiff and in telling the court
of his brides desertion he said 1t had
SO Sorrowed him that he suffered for
the first time in his life from heart
trouble and sleeplessness. He had not
been so affected when his former
wives died and he said, I'm the fair
est man to a wife in California.
Mrs. Bacome's story had to do with
uncleanliness and impolite table man
ners. She declared that Bacome told
her he had not bathed in thirty years
and the reason that she did not dis
cover this before she married him was
because he kept his face clean and
used perfume when he came courtlng-
The bath story was denied by Annie
MCGEE, who said that she kept house
for Bacome, being his sister-in-law,
and she prepared water for his ablu-
tions once a week. The case Will be
argued this morning.
Judge Seawell yesterday granted a
divorce to Harry j. Pfiel from Jennie
z. Pfel on a oss-complaint. The
wife sued in August, 1902, charging her
husband with having choked her. He
pleaded justification and said that she
left home and associated too freely
with one S. w. Shippuld. who was
also known by five other names. A
cross-complainant was also successful
in Judge Troutt's court. Maud 2. DIX
sued Charles w. Dix for divorce for
cruelty, and in return he charged her
with infidelity with a soldier named
Bert Pfeiffer, proving the case.
Other DEGREES of separation were
granted as follows: BY Judge Sloss to
Emma NJ. White from Dan White,
cruelty; by Judge Murasky to Sarah
]. Wheeler from George S. Wheeler,
desertion; to Grace NJ. Lowry from
William r. Lowry, desertion; by Judge
Graham to Susie F. Schanbacher from
Albert Schanbacher, cruelty; to Ger
Jfude FreeS6 from W. FISSSC,
neglect; by Judge Kerrigan to j. Wini-
fred Butler from Clyde II. Butler, de-
sertion; by Judge Hebbard to Helen
r. Peck from George G.. Peck, deser-
tion.
Nathan Cantor, a young hat factory
employe who was married two days
before last Christmas, yesterday asked
the court to annul the union because
his wife, Lottie, is in the last stages
mo
she has been sent to a hospital and is
now in Arizona seeking to prolong her
days Her condition was not made
known to her husband until 1T was too
late.
Amy N Biggs, who married Frank
P O'Neill on November 26 last, has
discovered that he has another wife
living and has sued for an annulment
of her unfortunate union.
In July last at Oakland Harry L.
Hathaway married. He filed a suit for
divorce yesterday on the ground OF
cruelty.
Other actions to sever the ties OF
the unhappily welded were begun by
William HERMAN against Fanny Her
riman, desertion Isabel Mcmillan
! against Alfred Mcmillan, cruelty;
Amelia E. Keser against Alfred S
Keser. desertion; Elizabeth G.. Hoev-
city: Mary D. Newton against Will
liam H. Newton, desertion; Emma Nc
Elreavy against Daniel McElreavy, de-
sertion: Willis l. Hall against Annie
Hall, desertion; William II. Benson
against Myrtle NJ Benson, cruelty. In
the later case the couple were married
two months ago and twice since then
says the husband, the wife has re-
mained from home all night.