The San Francisco call., 1906-08-31
MURDERAT|0N, BUT
WHAT A FAMILY !!
Al S. Hughes, His Wife
and Her Sister Make
Home Take Notice

Family disturbances, with an ap-
parently erring husband, an unloved
wife, who at times hurled forks and
other culinary articles, and a sister of
that same wife, accused of being the
lady whose personal charms were such
that the husband was weaned away
from his first love-all these and more
were retailed in Judge Hunts court
yesterday. Al S. Hughes, manager of
loan o;ce, is the man in the case.
Mary Hughes is his wife and defendant
in the divorce suit, while Teresa Cos
tello, her sister, was dragged into the
affair as largely responsible for the
domestic quarrels. Not alone did Mrs
Hughes accuse her husband OF showing
a preference for the younger lady She
intimated in somewhat broad terms
that Miss Costello acted anything but
the lady and told ofchecker games and
midnight dances to the music of a
graphaphone, when, it was said, Teresa
Costello was attired as scantily as was
ever Grecian goddess. in her flowing
draperies.
Mrs. Hughes did not want divorce.
She wanted revenge. She said her
husband wanted separation so he
might be free to marry her sister 1t
was for that reason she draggeu the
domestic history through the courts,
and she was successful in her move,
Tor after H. = -ng to an all-day. story,
in the cours- .. which the madam af-
firmed and Hughes and Miss Costello
denied, the Judge said there should be
no divorce. Ia her answer to the suit,
which wss- in form a general denial of
the charges Of cruelty that had been
alleged Mrs. Hughes specified with
considerable detail how the love of her
husband had grown cold after the ar
rival OF the sister from Guthrie. Okla.
Mrs Hughes says. she tried to induce
her sister to leave the house, thinking
that it might tend to a retransfer of
affections. She alleges that when she
enect she called In a police officer, who
grabbed Miss Costello and took her
away.
THAT DANCE AT NIGHT
The sisters conduct was exploited at
Hughes, her sister, attired in night
robes. waltzed out into the dining room,
set the graphaphone to going and in
this scanty attire did a sort of High
land hing before Hughes and Mrs.
hughes two young daughters. It was
a nightly practice, so Mrs. Hughes af-
nrmed. for Miss Costello to play check
same
and the worst of 1T was that it was for
cents game. Mrs. Hughes apparent
ly objected to the gambling feature
more than to anything else.
The Hugheses were married three
years ago. They lived in San Francisco
and there was on disturbing element, SO
said the wife. until her sister came to
accept position in one OF the offices in
which Hughes was engaged. Naturally
Miss Costello took up her residence
with her sister.
Mrs. Hughes says that she noticed her
husband gradually grow colder toward
her and that he devoted more and more
or his time to his charming sister-in-
law. She demonstrated with him, all to
no avail. She demonstrated with the
lady in the case aud, according to the
witness, her sister declared she would
not leave.
Tell about the time your brother is
accused of slapping Mr.. Hughes"
prompted the lawyer.
MIKE TO THE RESCUE.
1T happened this way. I woke up
one morning and spoke pleasantly to
my husband. He turned over and re-
piled. You look like hog 1 went out
TO the kitchen to get breakfast and
commenced to cry. My brother Mike
came out and wanted to know what
was the udIleT. i told MIN he would
have TO take Teresa away from the
house Sister came out and commenced
to pull me by the hair. Mr.. Hughes
was in the hall and he separated us.
Then he slapped me twice. told my
brother and he struck my husband
Three dozen times, guess, I asked
sister to leave and told her she must
go. Mr.. Hughes said that nobody
would leave the house. and If anybody
was going to leave I would"
Mrs. Hughes related another Incl
dent. She said that one Sunday morn
ing she asked her husband to take
her out. He called her fool ana
said she was crazy. Mrs. Hughes ad-
mitted that she was provoked to the
extent that shezthrew a glass at him,
but says she did not want to hit him.
The fact that Hughes and Miss Co.'S
tello walked together on their way to
work angered the lady of the house.
She stopped her husband one day and
told him he was not to walk down