The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-08


Offering to appear in the case and make no
charge for his services. My attorney also in
formed me that when Hedges exhibited the
telegram he also enquired II had any money
to put up. was impressed at once with the
idea that some sort Of a Matchmaking scheme
was to follow, and urged Hedges to do as nc
had agreed for the defendant, and appear and
take care OF the case. After considerable talk
he agreed to do SO, but said he would not
answer, as from what he could learn no such
course was intended. He then mentioned the
subject of alimony, and told him he could
not get 1t, as I had given the defendant all the
property had. He then said he was too poor
10 20 to Bozeman as had insisted he should
do, and 80 we agreed that should pay him
rs alimony in order to enable him to attend
the trial. then drew up a stipulation to try
the case on the I'D or as soon thereafter Us
counsel could be heard. I took this to his
ONCE and at his request changed the date to
the 18th and he signed 1t. His appearance
was then drawn up by Mr.. DINGHY and signed
by himself, and paid him the alimony.
have never drawn q paper for him In this case
or In any other. On Saturday evening June
sd, Hedges came to my office and informed
me he had made up his mind not to go to
Bozeman. I urged him to go, and offered to
call him in the morning, but he said he would
not 60. then suggested that the words, "Or
as soon thereafter as counsel in said case can
be heard" be stricken out of the stipulation,
to which he asseuted, and they were stricken
out in his presence. 1t would make no diff
erence II they still remained part of the
stipulation as the case was the last one tried
tB,o topsy, nd
have been heard after the court adjourned
sine die. The decree was drawn up by myself
at Boxeman. Where have practiced law,
parties or their attorneys always prepare such
papers for the court, and notice 1t is very
frequently done here. After court adjourned
met Hedges at the depot at BOzeman and
asked him II he had come to be present at the
trial Of the case, and he sold, "No, he had
come on other business" What that business
was, the curious can learn by inquiring at
Story's bank, where he succeeded in raising
that day $500 upon a draft drawn upon his
uncle, H. C. Hedges, ut Mansfield, Ohio, and
which has since been protested. When he
returned to Helena, he furnished for publica-
tiOn the motion to set aside the decree. No
such motion has ever been entered. This
same Hedges 10 now under bonds, to await the
action Of the grand jury, for attempting to
bride an officer to serve q warrant, which
Hedges had made out himself, without au-
thOrity, and Is now in Jail, awaiting like
action for having forged an affidavit to pro-
cure the arrest Of certain parties here. Ileave
questions Of veracity between him and myself,
to be determined by the public. On the day
when Hedges had the interview with Col
Voolfolk, met him in front Of the "Inde-
pendent" Office In charge Of officer Steele.
He LEFT tho officer and calling me to one side,
said to me: "If you do not use your position
a. Acting Governor OF this Territory to have
me relieved from this will see Voolfolk, and
I'LL the paper just as full Of dirt about you as
can."
Hedges and myself have been antagonist
since about May 10th, when l tried the case
in which the facts were brought out which
caused his first arrest, and. in my case, did
not treat with him in any other manner than
that which IL set forth in this statement. I
gave the defendant all the property had,
except my law library.
The reservation in the deed of the real estate
about which 20 much has been said, has
ceased to be an element in the discussion of
this case, As tho grantee has sold the property
for q nice figure. We have two children only
and shall continue to furnish tho means for
their care and education. The boy will be
twelve years old next November and the girl
eleven next June. The charge 10 made that
brought my present wife into the Territory
when came, and that undertook to intro
duce her into society here as my niece or
cousin, She came at the same time that
came II can be easily shown that she came
here by the advice Of her physician to try the
effects Of the dry mountain air upon the bron-
chitis from which she was then suffering. She
came at her own expense, and did not a.
much as pay for meal for her, and chal-
lenge anybody to snow that our conduct has
been other than that which is entirely proper.
did not undertake to introduce her into
society here a. my niece or cousin, and any
statement to the contrary is false and can
only be explained upon the theory that 1t is
one OF those unexplainable lumors which get
abroad in community at times and which
can be traced TO no responsible source.
married when pleased, and whom pleased,
and in this respect am like every other mar
ried man, except some such as are received
in first-class society aid who bear the reputa-
ton Of having been married in the Immediate
presence Of the sheriff or shot gun. To
summarize: brought the suit upon q mer-
itorious case, In . court which I.believed had
Jurisdiction, but whether 1t had or not, that
question ID settled by the appearance Of the
defendant. The cause for going there was
becauee no term ensues here until late in the
fall. The defendant had notice the same as
though the case had been brought here. Pub