The San Francisco call., 1909-11-18
SIGHED FOR MORE
EYES TO BlACkEN
Wife Says Husband Discolored
Her Optics and Wished She.
Had Five More


my eyes, shrieked pretty Mrs. Emma
Marie Summerhayes to her husband,
William Ruggles Summerhayes.
Il only wish you had five more to
blacken," was his reply, according to
testimony given by Mrs Summerhayes
in Judge Wells court today in telling
her own side of the marital infelicities
which took the couple into the divorce
court in bitterly contested suit in
which she is plaintiff.
Under a grueling cross examination
in the afternoon by Attorney General
Webb she reluctantly told of wild auto
mobile rides which she had taken with
E. H. Kueffer beginning on a Thurs
day and ending Saturday, when she re-
turned to her home, as alleged in Sum-
merhayes cross complaint. With signs
and tears and stormy fits of weeping
she gave details of the ride with Kuef-
for. With little pouting expressions and
tones of veXation she related the story
of the beatings at her husbands hands,
giving excellent technical descrip-
tions of his varying methods of attack
CALMLY TELLS OF BEATINGS
HE always beat me with his clenched
fist" she testified composedly, as If
telling how the ingredients of cake
were put together. He hit me square
ly between the eyes," she said speak
ing of an incident occurring August /,
1908. when 1 went down under the
blow he stood over me and kicked me.
1 had my arms full of dishes, but that
made no difference. He insulted me
and said that he knew all about me
from a friend who told him something
I can not tell you what he called me,
but it was awful
He accused me of going to places
with other men in an automobile and
every time he mentioned place he
kicked me. l don't know whether he
overlooked any of the places along the
road or not.
Il came home late from shopping one
time and he said, You are drunk. He
caught me by the wrists and twisted
them and threw me on the couch and
beat me.
AT another time he arose at $50
o'clock in the morning and made so
much noise exercising with Indian clubs
that / told him he was selfish and
that if he would not let me sleep /
would go to my sisters room. he
caught me a blow with his fist as
went past him and l ran into his
mothers room. She screamed and said,
You get out of here. He has a per-
feet right. 1 don't blame him
Meeting me in the hall he jammed
me against the wall and hammered me
first with one fist and then another un-
til 1 escaped and went to my sisters
room.
"a policeman called and Summer
hayes ordered him away, saying that
the house was his castle. The police
man said, would like to have you
come out here so I could beat you UP
as you have been beating these wo-
men,.
QUESTIONED ABOUT JOY RIDE
over strenuous objections by her at
torneys, who said that Summerhayes
had signed a written conformation of
her escapades, she was questioned re-
garding the ride with Kueffer.
II went with him because he told
me lot of stuff about the doings of
Summerhayes," she said. 81 wanted
to see for myself. We started Thurs
day and stayed over night at Nor
gan's roadhouse and then went on
down to San Jose. l got back Sat
lurday and Summerhayes had the family
lined up in the parlor and they all
said what awful things they would
do to me. went upSldllS WllAodt
speaking to anybody.
sMr. Nsummerhayes got drunk rs
often as once a week, she continued.
..They would telephone for me and
L would have to get him home. l
found him in water front saloons and
all sorts OIL places and he always
wanted to go to the theater when he
was drunk.
DR.. J. w. Stitt who attended her.
John A Morgan who kept roadhouse.
Miss Minnie Hoehn, a nurse employed
by DR.. Stitt as her attendant, Joseph
w. Leonard, anpolice officer at Berkeley,
who ouelled the Indian club disturb
ance, and S. A. Davis, neighbor,
were witnesses.
Summerhayes, who is manager of
an electrical supply house at San
Francisco, is about twice the age of his
wife, who is young, vivacious and an
extremely handsome brunette. Sum
mernayes will testify tomorrow.
KINGS DAUGHTERS LECTURE-oakIand
I7-Mrs G. III. Gibby, first vice president
of the interna tional order of Kings Daughters
and Sons will lecture Friday afternoon at
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