Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-04
News of the Courts
MAN ANGERED BECAUSE
CHILD GIVEN MORE PIE
Wife in Divorce Case Tells Court
Husband SWore at Small
Portion Received

That anger because one of his little
daughters, and not himself, obtained
the largest piece of pie when pastry OF
that nature was served at MS houie
was one of the causes leading TO dl-
vorce suit filed against l.. I. Lam
mers by Mrs. Alma n. hammers was
part of The latter's testimony in Judge
Mccormick department OF the supe-
rior court yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. hammers have been
married for nearly a score OF years
and lately lived near Downey, where
the husband engaged in ranchlng ana
where the wife, according to her re-
cital in court, endured his fits of Jeal-
ousy and ill nature until she decided
that she could no longer live with him
and so came to Los Angeles to con-
duct rooming and boarding estab-
] 1hnent and to bring suit for divorce
on the grounds of extreme cruelty.
Usually 1 cut pie into quarters" A"
testified Mrs. hammers in detailing the
pastry incident, land gave Mr.. Lam
mers one of them, dividing the re-
mainder among myself and our three
children. On one occasion one OF our
little daughters carried the plate con-
tanning the pie to the table and helped
herself to the quarter. That made Mr..
hammers mad and he swore terribly
AMI said he would never eat pie again"
Mrs. hammers denied that she ever
had had improper relations with {.
Calkins, neighboring rancher, as her
husband implied on the stand and in
general declared that all he had said
about her was untrue.
"I never said 1 would take my blan-
kets and leave him." she continued.
ST did not kick him downstairs, as he
said I did. I never attacked him, but
he has hurt me, once straining my
wrist when he grabbed me and held
me-"
DENIES DRINKING WINE
Mr.. hammers declared she had drunk
wine with Calkins, but Mrs. hammers
declared she had not with the man
named nor W. l any other.
Mr.. hammers declared his wife rode
to Signal Hill, near Long Beach, July
4, with Calkins. She said she went
there with her children in her own
vehicle in company with Mr.. Calkins,
Mrs. Calxins and their children in
their own lhaetOn.
He said he was too tired to take
us" said Mrs. hammers. He always
was too tired to take us anywhere"
When that statement was made Lam
mers hung his head for a moment and
tLen looked up at his attorney and
tried to grin.
Mrs. hammers continued her story of
denial of what had been attributed to
her by her husband.
'T never threatened to kill myself"
she asserted. Il did not turn his pic
ture to the wall, as hes said"
She told of doing her own washing
in an attempt to save enough money
to buy a piano for the benefit of her
two small daughters.
Then she related n story which al
most equaled that of the piece of pie
and which made many persons laugh.
lone Thanksgiving day" narrated
Mrs. hammers, "[ took the turkey to
the dining table, where l expected il
to be carved, as I think it much nicer
for the bird to be carved there than
elsewhere. When Mr.. hammers saw
it uncarved he demanded that it be
taken away and carved. 1 took it
away and did as he said"
did Mr.. hammers swear on that oC-
casiOn?" asked Mrs hammers attOr-
neY.
81 cannot say positively" said Mrs.
hammers. "but he probably did. He
swore nearly all the time. If he did
then it would not have made any par
ticular impression on me"
At the conclusion of the taking of
testimony Judge Mccormick set the
time for argument at 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning. Custody of the three
children is involved in the case.