The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-30
SCOf|ElD
ACCUSES Ills WIFE
Makes Counter Charges of In
fidelity in Answer to
Divorce Suit
Denies Making Love to a
Pretty Young Girl
Laundress

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merry stores in this city and in Los An
geies, yesterday denied the allegations
of his wife. Laura E. Scofeld that he
had made love to Mary Wobbensmith.
laundry employee, and on his part
charged her with infidelity. He asserts
that last year she went-to Denver. and
misconducted herself with man whose
name Scofield does not know.
Although 1t is not asserted in the
answer, Attorney T. B. Hubbard, SEQ
fields attorney. says that in 1905
Michael Sullivan, a Denver policeman.
obtained divorce from the present
Mrs. Scof1eld, charging that she was liv-
Ing in California with man famed
! scofield. After Sullivan got his divorce
she married Scoheld. Last year. she
went to Denver to sue Sullivan for the
support of their child.
Scofleld in his answer denies that he
is worth 100000, and asserts shat his
liabilities are $4,000 in excess of his
assets. He charges that his wife threw
handful of money in his face struck
him with handbag, got drunk and
abused him.
Day before yesterday scofeld fled
a petition in bankruptcy. He owes his
wife $3.50 alimony, and yesterday pc
tftioned Judge Van Nostrand to have
the court order modified, so that he
need not pay her more than $50 a
month, but the Judge denied his appli-
cation.
DISPATCHER GETS DIVORCE
After several days consideration
Judge Mogan decided Yesterday that
Anna Biggs had been guilty Of cruelty
to Charles II. Biggs, the United Rail-
roads car dispatcher, and granted the
husband a divorce. The allegations of
fzT-1 tol ~ hoe Z
lection between Mrs. Biggs and her
Scotch cousin" Evan Mcclellan, are
held by the judge to have been proved.
Mcclellan was brought from Scotland
by Mrs. Biggs. and for Is months lived
at the Biggs home in Mount Vernon
avenue. At the end of that time Biggs
threw him out, forbidding him to meet
his wife. Despite the inhibition, Mrs
Biggs and Mcclellan were many times
seen together at night on the cars and
at theaters.
Judge Mogan also found that Mrs
Biggs had threatened the wife of her
husband with a revolver and a knife.
The year old daughter of the parties
the court does not award~to the custody
of either party, but ordered her placed
In st. Roses academy, where the par
ents may visit her.
Property rights were settled out of
court. Biggs takes the real estate and
gives his former wife 1850.
Robert III. Williams, who was former
ly in the cigar business, was sued for
divorce by Mary Ruth Williams. The
plaintiff states that her husband owns
real estate and money to the amount
of $4,000. and she asks $50 a month
alimony.
She charges her husband with cruelty
and says that while she was sleeping
he seized an AK and began chopping
the bed in which she was lying He
told her that If she opened her mouth
he would chop her head off.
James A. Tobey, mate in the United
yorce by Winifred Tobey yesterday
She charged that her husband was
cruel to her while he was drunk.
OTHER SUITS FILED
Other suits for divorce were filed
yesterday by:
Frederick c. Dockray against Maud
Evelyn Dockray. desertion
Kathinka Houston against Charles
w. Houston, desertion.
Alyce Ward against William B. Ward.
desertion.
Grace A. Truax against F. S. Truax,
cruelty
Minnie Hall against Samuel o. Hall.
willful neglect.
Marie Camguilhelm against Pierre
Camguilhelm, desertion.
Hannah Kelly against Philip ]. Kelly,
willful neglect.
Edith L. Boronda against John b.
ronda, habitual intemperance.
Frederick V. S. Glidden against
Pansy NJ. Glidden, desertion.
Louis G. lie Sage against Margaret 6
lie Sage desertion.
Divorces were granted as follows
yesterday:
BY Judge Cabaniss-Elizabeth Lehn
from Frank Lehn, willful neglect.
By Judge Mogan-Edith Watson from
James NJ. Watson, desertion.
BY Judge Van Observation-Disclosures
Brogan from Michael Brogan,i cruelty.
BY Judge Hunt-Earl Fisher from
Nellie Fisher. habitual intemperance.