Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-25
WIFE RECORDS
MANS CRUELTY
KEEPS ALLEGED BRUTALITIES
IN NOTEBOOK
SAYS HUSBAND DROVE HER
FROM HOTEL
Woman from Arizona Secures Divorce
from Spouse Who Gamhled or
Wrote Poetry While
She Worked

Holding in her hand a small memo
randum book in which she had, dur
ing the past year, jotted down notes
concerning the acts of cruelty to which,
she said, she had been subjected by
her husband, John w Jeal, proprietor
of the Lancaster hotel. Lancaster, Mrs.
Eleanor Jeal testified for two hours
in her divorce suit in Judge Hervey' 5
court Yesterday The trial, it is eX-
pected, will last at least three days,
during which time nearly two score OIL
Lancaster residents will be called to
the witness chair.
In addition to her story of cruel
treatment. Mrs. Jeal confronted her
husband with two detectives, who told
Of theater parties, late suppers and
visits of Jeal to Los Angeles room
ing house accompanied by woman not
his wife.
The Jeals were married in July, 1906,
the woman being Jeal's third wife. In
MAY, last year, she said, Jeal rushed
into a room at the hotel, where she
was making q dress, accused her of
talking about his friends and when
she persuaded him to leave the room,
returned and broke down the locked
door. at the same time threatening to
kill her.
Lived IN WASH F7ouSe
HE threw me on the floor and his
face had the look of a tiger, ready to
spring on its prey" said Mrs. JeaL
Then he compelled me to leave the
hotel and for three weeks l lived IN
the wash house.
lone night. three months later he
drove me out of doors and [ was with
out shelter all night. A few days later
he threw all my clothing out of doors
telling me 1 must leave the place.
When [ returned he grasped me by
nv hair and pulled me upstairs"
Mrs Jeal said her husband refused
to speak to her for months at time,
and when she wanted to communicate
with him she did so by letttr. In jan
uary last she wrote letter, the pur-
port of which was to effect a recon-
Citation.
II will give you anything you ask for
if you will let bygones be bygones'
she said.
Jeal. she stated Immediately de
manded her engagement ring, and
when she demurred, he forcibly took
it and has since refused to return the
Jewel.
c. F. Smith. detective employed by
Mrs. Jeal, said he followed Jeal by
train and street car to Los Angeles
and witnessed a meeting between Jeal
and a woman at the Diller rooming
house on West Fifth street, where they
were registered as Mr.. and Mrs. Jones,
San Diego"
"They dined at the Bristol cafe and
went to the theater," said Smith, land
were at the rooming house several
nights"
Six DEGREES of divorce were granted
: in the divorce court yesterday and a
like number of suits for legal separa-
ton were filed in the county clerk S
Office
Wrote Poetry and Gambed
Mrs Julia Brown, who was married
to John 7. Brown at Douglas, Ariz.,
in 1896, testified that while her hus-
band was not gambling away his earn
ings he sat at home writing poetry. Il
did the work and supported the fam
ily" she said. A decree was granted.
Other DEGREES were granted as fol-
lows: Laura Gilbert from Thomas M.
Gilbert, Charles Fogelson from Mako
L. Fogelson, Thomas Romero from
Anna H. Romero, Katherine Brady
from Albert Brady and Wallie M.
Brooks from Marcella Brooks.
The following suits were filed: Alice
NJ. Lutz against J. E. Lutz, Alice R.
Rodgers against James e. Rodgers,
Mary L. Clark against William V.
Clark, May Yost against James G.
Yost, Helen E. De Forest against A.
L. DeForest and Cashier Morrow
against Thomas H. Morrow.