The San Francisco call., 1910-02-04
EMILE BRUGUIfRt'S
RINGS CONf|SCATfD
Wine Agent Appears in Court
and Pleads Poverty When
Examined on Judgment
Offers Payment for Jewels on
Account of Gift Made by
Unnamed Woman

Emile A. Bruguiere wine agent and
divorced husband of Vesta Shortridge
Bruguiere, had his rings taken from
his fingers yesterday in part satisfac-
ton of a tradesman's debt. SUM
mcned into court on an order of eX-
animation following Judgment for
1925 obtained against him by the San
francisco mercantile union BrugWere
pleaded poverty. But the sharp eyes
OF Attorney Maurice A Carey espied a
diamond ring and a jade ring on the
Wei kept hands of the wineman and
an application to Justice Lawson that
these be impounded by the court and
sold for the benefit of the creditor was
granted.
family and handed them to the justice.
First however, he made every effort
10 keep them.
These rings are not intrinsically
valuable he said. But they have a
sentimental value to me. This dia-
mond ring was given me by young
lady 10 wears ago
TWO RINGS WORTH $50
Whether the young lady was Miss
Vesta Shortridge or some one else is
q secret with Bruguiere that he was
not asked to divuige. But his plea
had no effect upon Carey. who still
ciamored for the rings
TIL give you $50 against the judg-
ment If you permit me to keep Them,
pleaded Bruguiere
This prosaic offer was as fruitIess
as his appeal on sentimental grounds,
and Justice Lawson ordered that the
rings be given. up to the court as re-
quired by law. Lawson afterward had
them appraised by a jeweler who said
the pair were not worth more than $50.
Bruguiere was examined at length
as to his financial standing. He said
that he possessed no property and did
not have one cent in his pocket of his
own money His salary as wine agent
was $500 month, but this was exactly
the sum ne had TO pay monthly as ALI
mony for the support of his former
wife Bruguiere said that his room
rent at the st. Francis hotel was $50
a month and that he paid for his
meals as he ate them.
Where do you get the money to
pay your hotel bills and board bills?"
asked Carey in some ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Ny employers allow me a very lib
erai expense account, which includes
my hotel account, Bruguiere an
sWered
Unless Bruguiere satisfies the judg-
iieht tHs HIifiSS VIII De sold at auction
by the sheriff. The Judgment for 1925
represented a bill for s9S incurred for
jewelry purchased from the Bohn, Bris-
tol company, and another bill for hard
ware bought from Baker & Hamilton
Pedar Bruguiere Is Sued
The inquiry into the divorce granted
to Peoar Bruguiere, physician and art
ist, brother of Emile Bruguiere,
from Maryon Bruguiere, threatened by
5. Il G. Gump. art dealers. in a suit
before Judge Mogan, will not be under
ta ken The former Mrs. Bruguiere
who is now the wife of New York
stock broker named Deming. was to
have been summoned by the Gunps to
testify that she did not desert Pedar
Bruguiere. notwithstanding that the
husbands s Nevada divorce decree as
serted that she did
This testimony became important in
the suit by Gump & Co. against Pedar
Bruguiere for s207, representing the
of a bill for art goods incurred
by Mrs. Bruguiere in 1906. after her
separation from her husband Bru-
guiere repudiated the~bill, setting up
as defense that his wife had deserted
him and that he was not responsible
for her debts.
The case has been continued from
time TO time for three months in the
expectation that the former Mrs Bru- |
gulere would be in San Francisco but |
1t was admitted yesterday that she was
not in the city and could not he
brought into court. The case was |
thereupon taken under submission by |
Judge Mogan.