| Show A DRAMATIC CHAPTER IN REAL LIFE A DAY or two ago a san ban francisco judge committed sarah althea sharon terry to the stockton lunatic asylum for several weeks past the woman had been roaming the streets and causing endless annoyance to hotel and lodging house keepers her commitment inaugurates inaugurated ates the closing scene of a melancholy drama in pacific coast history in which were involved many of the most prominent characters of the time sarah althea acquired national no boriety some eight years ago by reason of the sharon hill divorce suit which lasted 80 days she is laid to be of a good missouri family her maiden name was hill she must be about forty years of age her statement at the time of the suit was wap that the en aharons Sh arons office in san francisco in the early part of 1880 with in cash for the purpose of investing in mining stocks sharon was then united states senator from nevada he became infatuated with the woman and on august at the palace hotel dictated to her a marriage contract which he signed there was a astl stipulation p that the marriage be kept secret owing to aharons Sh arons fear of family wrath and of other entangle ments however miss hill was taken to belmont the senators country mansions mansion and there presided as mistress reea she was there when general grant was feted and barquet bar quoted ed and when flora sharon the senators daughter married sir thomas heskett Heske tb this formed a most important point la in the trial A small army of witnesses were examined and though all swore that sarah althea was present at the grant festivals festival and robed la in gorgeous costume yet some swore that she was there only as miss hill sharon himself when placed on the stand denied the marriage contract tract sharon was wag a man worth at the time and very unpopular but his evidence in this case rendered him doubly more odious sarah altheas altheah Al theas counsel were two of the besl known lawyers on the coast david S terry and george W tyler the former a duelli stand politician the latter a poker player and politician aeiry ended by marry marryie lit g his client and his big tragic fate about a year ago is yet fresh in the public mind shron had six of the ablest lawyers in wi the country marneef the man who conducted the case received a fee of the other expenses in the way of detectives experts special agents etc were tremendous one feature of the trial developed that still lp miss min kill hill consulted fortuine fortuneteller caal arvoy an iff eh chi arm workers during 11 09 her love lovemaking making experience many V of these persons persona were examined at the trial it was a matter of comment at the time as to where miss hill got the money to prosecute the suit it was wag said that friends furnished it while some flame held that it came from madame pleasant the old colored woman who atten attended aed sarah at the trial and who testified two days ago to her insanity this old colored crone is said eaid to be worth a million dollars thade made in california by and midwifery she still sticks to sarah althes althea but was afraid she would harm either herself or somebody else hence her action in the insanity ULDRY inquiry the whole citory is decidedly romantic |
