The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-27
THE H[LL.SHARON CASE.

Francisco telegram Judge sullivan
has finally decided the Hill-Sharon
divorce suit in favor of the plaintiff,
granting her a decree of divorce and
an equitable share of the common
property. 1t was hoped Judge Sulli.
vans decision would settle the mat
ter but it appears Mr.. Sharon will
appeal the case and thus the public
will be afflicted with another chapter
of this most tiresome and disgusting
trial.
The facts of this case may be thus
briefly stated: Senator Sharon was
infatuated by the dashing Sarah AL
thea Hill, who seems to have been
more or less of an adventurous turn
Of mind; whether OF not she laid a
trap for her lecherous lover is imma-
terial-he at least was caught, and
for years seemed delighted to bask in
the sunshine of her love; he gave her
large sums of money, provided ele-
CANT quarters for her in his motel. and
was generally recognized as her
'solid man." in the language of his
and her class morally, while she was
regarded as his ''best girl" They
were not married by any of the
forms or ceremonies known to the
church or law, though they were man
and wife in all except the acknowl-
edgment before the world and the
assuming of his name by the woman.
AS is usual in such es, Sharon H.
nally became tired of his mistress,
doubtless seeing a new face that
pleased him better, and imagining
that his money would satisfy the old
love and purchase the favor of the
new.
Whether or not Miss Hill was his
innocent victim or a scheming adven-
turess, she didn't propose to be cast
upon a cold world with nothing to
sustain her except a bad reputation;
she claimed to be the wife of her de-
baucher, and sued MIN for divorce
and alimony,..as a lawful wife had
the right to do. 1t has been a long,
bitter, dirty fight, thousands of
money being employed on one side to
defeat and destroy a shrewd, de-
termin ed but characterless woman.
As Sarah Althea had nothing to lose
and all to win, she went in to win,
and she has won. AS we have stated,
her victory, unfortunately, may not
be a final one. Money is all power
full in some of the California courts
and though it was beaten this time.
1t may have better c before the
case is finally disposed of.
While we have no sympathy with
women of the Sarah Althea class.
still We hope she will gain a perma-
nent triumph, making old Sharon
pay dearly for what he did. 1t is
evident he belongs to that
class of California nabobs which
considers woman's virtue q
marketable commodity to be
struck off to the highest bidder.
Purchasers of female honor need lust
such a lesson as Judge Sullivan gave
Sharon. 1t Is hoped that the hun
dreds of other girls in that State who
have been debauched by the rich, or
who have deliberately sold them
selves to old reprobates will now
profit by Sarah's tactics and make it
warm for the old rascals who have
no higher regard for the morals of
themselves or others than has been
shown by Sharon. 1t Is true the
world has but little sympathy for the
Sarah Atheas. They are either in
stinctively bad or keenly vicious and
u%nprincipled, and in either cas- are
deserving only of the consideration
that is felt for the disreputable and
vile; at the same time they are more
to be pitied aud jess deserving OF
blame lhan those whose victims they
are,