The San Francisco call., 1909-01-09
WIFE YEARNS FOR
MAN SHE DESERTED
Mrs. Adam Dahler's Love Letter
to Husband Used as
Evidence
Epistle Admitted in Case to
Show W0man's Desire for
Reconciliation

MY darling Ad. will no pleading in the
wide world bring you back TO me
again? 1 was in such hopes that we
would be happy again, and 1 was pic
turing quiet evenings together, readin g
and playing cards, just as we used to.
God, if you only knew how l love you,
l will never forget you, and my one
hope is that you will forgive and for
get the past and come TO me. AS al
ways. your loving wife, SUSIE"
letter full of love and yearning.
frr which the above is an extract,
w.-sten by Bertha L. Dahler to her
husband, Adam Dahler, acting treas
urer OF the United Railroads, whom she
is suing for divorce, was read in Judge
Graham's court yesterday. The letter
months after she had left her husband.
and while she was full of remorse for
having done so.
i didn't leave you because I loved
you less, but because 1 thought / was
doing the right thing" she wrote.
Dear boy, have not told you over and
over how I have suffered for it, For
the last three nights l have sat up and
waited for you. 1t can not seem possi-
bic that only week ago tonight you
came to me and told me you could not
were happy that night At least 1 was.
for having you again"
Despite his wife's pleadings Dahler
refused to return toN his wife. After
waiting for some time she fled suit for
divorce. Judge Graham a fortnight
ago refused her decree. The case
was, however, reopened yesterday upon
the production of Mrs. Dahler's letter.
which was introduced for the purpose
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faith to resume marital relations with
her husband. Judge Graham now has
the suit under submission.
Judge Trout granted Marie Walters
a divorce from J. Frank Walters, a
wealthy Los Angeles real estate oper-
ator, on the ground of cruelty. Walters
is said to be worth more than S1oO, 600.
BY an arrangement made out of court
Mrs. Walters secures a substantial set
tlement. She charged that her hus-
band had beaten and struck her. On
one occasion while staying at a hotel
he caught her by the neck and choked
her severely. Walters was alleged 10
have formed holding company for all
of his property. with the purpose of
defrauding his wife of her rights. He
then Went east, she charged. and wrote
her stating that he no longer loved
her and would not again live with her.
III =. W dlLNAS lS llC QdQSlllcI VI b6u-
rend Joost of San Francisco.
Oscar Z. Eklund. who filed suit for
divorce yesterday against Jane Elk
lund, make many charges of cruelty
against his wife. Last month. Eklund
says. she hit him with her fists, threw
his hat in the fire. tore his coat and
attempted 10 throw a vase at him.
She also called him vile and profane
names. In October last Mrs EkIund is
accused of having struck her husband
with her fist and broke his glasses.
The complaint goes on to say that In
December, 1907, she threw a clock at
her husband. cutting him on the head
so severely that it was necessary TO
have the wound sewed up by a sur
geon. Mrs. Eklund is also accused of
drinking intoxicating liquors to excess.
Attorney General Webb and George H.
Pippy are attorneys for Eklund.
Suits for divorce were filed yesterday
by Agnes n Bond against Lewis E
Bond "a commercial traveler), willfuI
neglect; Adele Raynal against Henri
Raynal, desertion; L. B. Sparks against
Dorothy Sparks, desertion; Geri ZoIezzi
against Domenica zolezzi. desertion