The San Francisco call., 1906-10-23
WIFE CR|T|C|SEs;
HUSBAND SUES.
Eleven Years of Constant
Gliding Has Made w. Y.
N. Bray a Physical Wreck.
DIVORCE COURT BUSY

The chidings of a supercritical wife,
continued as he claims, day after day
without cessation have become more
than the delicate body and peculiarly
sensitive temperament" of William "
N Bray are able to bear, and after
eleven years of married life inter-
spersed on his part with periods of
detection and dependency and many
violent paroxysms of grief" he has at
last sought relief in the divorce court
His petition asking that he be divorced
from Della NJ. Bray, whom he welded
on November p, 1895, was fled yester-
day in the Office of the County Clerk and
sets forth the cruel acts which he al
leges have led him, after great hesita-
tion, to seek the extreme remedy OF
legal action.
The final heartless act of the willful
wife which, he says in his complaint,
occurred just prior to her desertion or
him on May % of this year, was the
tearing of their sacred marriage license
into small bits, which she threw away.
Almost from the time of their marriage,
according to his deposition, Mrs. Bray
has criticised his every act. and when
he has changed his methods of living,
his manner of entering or leaving his
home, or even the disposition or his
personal effects TO conform TO her ex-
pressed WISHES, HC Ids liiCl "AtAi SS4t-
more scathing criticism and fault find
ing at her hands. All this, he claims.
has been done for the sole purpose of
annoying and humiliating him.
MRS. PAUSON FILES ANSWER.
Mrs. Emma Pauson, wife of Samuel
B. Pauson, the prominent clothing mer-
chant, who Saturday began suit for
divorce on the ground of desertion, yes
terday filed an answer to his complaint,
denying that she has deserted him, al
though she admits that since June 8,
1906, they have not lived together She
amends his statement that there is but
one child living, mentioning an infant
daughter born February IA of this year,
and asks for maintenance for herself
and the two children.
Harry Mann was yesterday placed on
the defensive in Judge Graham's court
to show cause why he should not be
punished for failure to comply with an
order to furnish maintenance for Mrs.
Rebecca Mann, whose suit for divorce
from him was recently denied. The
troubles of the Mann family originated,
as was shown in the trial of the case,
from the inordinate love of Mrs. Mann
for light comedy theatrical perform
ances and her husbands equally pas
sionate taste for the heavy melodra-
matte.
In the family of A P. Happ, neigh
Dor, exactly opposite conditions ex-
listed. The result was that Happ and
Mrs Mann spent large portion OF
their time in each others company at
the vaudeville houses, while Mrs. Happ
and Mann took in the ''ten-twenty-
thirty" productions. Alfred, the IA
year-oId son of the Mann family, who
has been in the custody of his father,
testified yesterday that he did not visit
his mother because she has not yet
given UP her intimacy with Happ. The
matter was taken under advisement by
the court.
TEMPLE CASE UP AGAIN.
Marjorie Temple, the 13-year-old
daughter of Attorney Warner Temple.
who was recently sued for divorce by
Caroline Temple, and answered her
charges with a sensational cross COM
plaint. is the signer of an affidavit
filed yesterday by Temple in the case
The girl declares that she has twice
visited her mother in a room at 1905
Golden Gate avenue. where she is now
living. and has found her surrounded
with revolving conditions
In an answer and cross complaint
filed yesterday in response to William
A Wilson's suit for divorce Mrs. Ida
Mansfield Wilson, who is in London but
still claims residence in California, de-
clareS InaI ner 1uSDanQ mas Id1IeQ TO
provide for her. She alleges that he
is worth $4,000 and has an income of
$500 a month aside from his cost of
living. She wants $50 per month ali
mony for herself and 9-year-old son.
CHARGES A FORGERY.
Florence NJ. vose was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce from
Charles Stanford vose yesterday in
Judge Graham's court on the ground
of willful neglect She testified that
her husband, who is a telegraph op-
orator, left her two years ago, came
back year ago, forged note and had
to leave again. and that she was forced
to seek employment as a saleswoman
to support herself.
George c. Rouse was granted a di-
vorce from Louise Rouse in Judge
Hebbards court on the ground of de-
sertion. and John Dwyer secured a de-
cree in Judge Hunts court divorcing
him from Katherine Dwyer.
New suits for divorce were filed yes
terday by Cassie Behrn against James
Behrn on the grounds of desertion, ex-
treme cruelty and failure to provide;
Mary L. Christensen against Hans
Christensen, cruelty: Minnie Patterson
against William Patterson, desertion
and neglect; Charlie A. Tomlinson
against Sarah A. Tomlinson, desertion,
and Hannah FEEDER against Daniel Fe-
der, desertion.