The San Francisco call., 1906-07-04
SAYS HUSBAND USED A
"HYPNOTIC BALL."
Mrs Bowers Declares When It Failed
to Bring on Spell" He Beat Her
CASE REPLETE WITH

OAKLAND, July 3.-When John w.
tize his wife with a little device
known as a hypnotic ball." he used his
fist for that purpose. according to
James H Greedy, attorney for Mrs. Lii
lie A. Bowers, the wife and defendant
in divorce suit that is being heard
by Superior Judge ogden. Bowers is
suing his wife for divorce on the
ground of extreme cruelty, and she
has filed a cross complaint in which
she accuses her husband of treating
her in an inhuman and cruel manner.
1t was while Bowers was being cross
examined this morning that Greedy
suddenly took a small glass ball, filled
with a brick-colored powder, from his
pocket and asked if the plaintiff had
ever seen such a device.
Yes; that is a hypnotic ball." re-
piled Bowers. II saw it advertised as
a great thing and sent East for it"
Then Greedy wanted to know II
Bowers had not tried to hypnotize his
wife with it, and when he thought she
was under the spell had told her to
fail to the floor; if, when she did not
fall from the hypnotic influence, he
had not knocked her down with his
fist.
Bowers denied this, declaring that
his wife started after him, that he held
up his arm and she ran into his elbow.
Creely also tried to make Bowers ad-
nit that after a few passes with the
hypnotic ball'' he had put his wife's
head on one chair and her feet on an
other and stood on her body, abusing
her when she could not bear his
weight Bowers Indignantly denied
the charge.
!, 80 0f <Iri HIriy O.
to excess, staying away from her home
at nights, giving beer TO their little
boy, chasing him with a butcher knife
and entertaining Sam Morgan and
Charles Sheffield, bartenders, while he
was away from home. Mrs. Bowers
alleges that her husband beat her. The
fight is mainly for the custody of the
child
Mrs John S. De Lancey, wife of
Bowers attorney; Miss Alice Stout,
Mrs. Alice Stout, Ernest Brown and
Mrs. Pauline Jacobs were called by
Attorney De Lancey to prove Mrs
Bowers fondness for drink and the fact
that she was often visited by Morgan
and Sheffield. Mrs. Jacobs admitted
that she had dined at the Bowers
home after seeing Mrs. Bowers intoxi-
Gated on the streets.
r. w. Shade of Vallejo said he had
seen Mrs. Bowers intoxicated, and
when asked II he had ever seen her
mother, Mrs. Clary, in that condition,
declared he had never seen her sober
until he met her in the courtroom The
hearing was continued until Thursday.
Theresa Salisbury today brought
suit for a divorce from Edward A.
Salisbury, a solicitor, on the ground
of failure to provide. They were mar
ried in Denver in 1900 and have one
child.
Judge Ogden has granted a final de-
cree of divorce to Mamie Stubbs from
Robert E. Stubs, on the ground of de-
sertion. The custody of the minor
child and $40 a month for its support
were awarded to the plaintiff.
Mary A. Babandorf has been granted
a final decree of divorce from E. E.
Babandorf. The custody of their minor
child was awarded to Helen Sweet of
the Associated Charities and the father
was directed to pay $40 month for
the child's support
A final decree of divorce was
awarded to Ef1ie Runde from w F.
Runde by Judge Waste. The custody,
of Lyle Runde, a minor child, was
awarded TO the father, with the pro-
vision that the mother be allowed to
visit the little one.