The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-11-13
MRS. MINER TELLS
STORY OF Her LIFE
Court Denies Motion for Nonsuit
in Divorce Action and
Defendant Testifies
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

SANTA CRUZ, Nov. 1.-THE appear
ance of Mrs. Miner on the witness stand
today caused a crowd to invade the
courtroom. The motion for nonsuit
made by Attorney Elliott for the de-
PENDANT was denied. Mrs Miner made
a good witness in her own defense and
insisted that DR.. Miner was too familiar
with household servants. She gave her
lifes history in a modest and convinc-
ing manner. explaining all the incidents
out of which DIR. Miner makes cruel &C
cusations.
Mrs. Miner said that when they were
married DR.. Miner owned an unimproved
lot in North Berkeley worth $500, but
that he owed s400 for a horse and
phaeton, and he owed large board bill
(about $1,000 for which he gave note.
Detailing her married life with DIT.
Miner, Mrs. Miner said she kept board
ers for some time after they were mar
ried and had about II boarders when
her first baby was born. DR.. Miner
made it very difficult by remarks he
would make. Roy Baker, who took
Mrs Miner out to dinner in New York,
was one of the boarders. He was 16 at
the time and his family were old friends
of Mrs. Miner. Afterward they con-
yerted the building into private hos
pital and she did the homework and
most OF the nursing.
WORKED BECAUSE STRONG
why did you do so much work."
Elliott asked.
I'll was strong and we'll did not care
for society at all; the house was not
paid for and 1 wanted to get ahead. /
like TO work" replied Mrs. Miner.
Afterward they took. a number OF
young men and women students as
10 che cha cot
at various times. They bought the
Eagles Nest in 1904 and Dr. Miner re-
tired from practice in 1906. Their in
come was then derived from rents of
Berkeley property and collections of old
accounts.
After the earthquake she and her two
boys drove over the mountains to see if
her family and property were safe. She
found her flats filled with refugees and
later found that it was necessary for
her to stay in Berkeley to take care of
the property. This she did with DR.
Miners consent.
She explained the charges made by
her husband that she was living with
a man and two women in their Berke-
ley fats by the fact that during the
refugee period the flats were over
crowded and she took her meals with
the occupants of one of the flats These
were two young women who were at
tending the university and their cousin
and elderly man.
OF Mrs. Miners eastern trip over
which great ado has been made the
witness testified:
Il arrived in New York April and
was met by my brother, Ray Howell,
who took me to the Fifth Avenue hotel
1 then called on Mrs. Olmstead. DR..
Miners sister. and at her invitation
was her guest for 0 days
Il then went to stay with my brother
in his apartments for a few weeks
afterward going to Boston, where I
visited Miss Anna Wood. an old Cali
fornia friend.
Il then visited friends in Maine for
about six weeks, my brother being
with me, returning to New York and
staying at the same boarding house
with my brother until 1 returned to
California
DINNER EPISODES DENIED
While in the east, Mrs. Miner said.
she had the constant companionship
of her brother, eastern relatives or
women friends. with the single excep-
ton of one dinner she had with Roy
Baker. At the dinner with Prof Will
liam Armes. she said, her brother was
present.
She denied point blank having visited
any of the French restaurants with any
man except when accompanied by her
brother, mother or women friends She
had visited the Bohemian club with
Edith Finberg during a holiday festi-
val and William Armes accompanied
them, but sheA and her companion had
returned home early in the afternoon.
The deposition of Mrs. Gladys Eccles
of Hanford was read by Attorney
Elliott. 1t dealt mostly with the doe
tors kisses. of which she was the re-
cipient when their household servant.
She had heard DIR. Miner swear at his
wife and say dr."