Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-12
A TALE OF TWO CITIES.
An Outraged Wife, Helpless Baby and
Heartless Husband.

Aida Maidenha;l and Minnie st. Mauer
were scooped in yesterday morning for dis.
turbing the peace that hovers like a white.
winged angel DER the classic precincts of
East Park Street. The women are in
mates OF Emma Wallace's palatial maison
de joie, on the aforementioned thorough.
| fare, and when arrested were making life q
weary burden for mixologist named
Charles Francis McDonough, who nightly
poses behind the bar OF saloon opposits
the Wallace establishment. They were
placed in the municipal bastile, and subse.
quently enriched the City Treasury to the
tune of $25 each.
The Mai1enhall female and Charles
Francis McDonough are prominent charac-
ters in a tale OF two Montana cities. Their
first appearance in this Territory was at
Helena, where they passed as husband and
w1fe McDonough had left a wife and two
year-old boy at Walla Walla, Washington
Territory, who were waiting for him
to go into business at Helena, where
they were to rejoin him. The faithless
spouse at last had a row with his inamo-
rata, and she came to Butte. McDonough,
who is a carpenter by trade, then sent
tor n,,.s his i;,,o family, 4 and =, for awhile
Helena. But he either could not or
did not desire to crush the old infatuation
for the cyprian, and kept up corresponds
ence with her. One day his wiie's suspi.
cions were aroused by receiving a telegram
from Butte addressed to her husband, say
ing: "Come quick; bring Freddie" gned
by the woman MaidenhalI. Next morning
her husband decamped for this city, taking
with him the child The deserted wife was
heartbroken at the loss OF her baby, and
swore out warrant for her heartless hus-
bands arrest. On the evening of Tuesday,
May 1S, McDonough arrested as he
stepped off the train at the Butte de-
pot, and held here until Deputy
Sheriff arrived from Helena, when he
was taken back to confront his out.
ragged wife. She, poor lady, was so over
joyed at the recovery OF her baby that she
believed in it's worthless fathers promise to
reform, aid consented to live with him
again. He was thrown out OF employment
by his villainous conduct, and few days
later, accompanied by his family, came to
Butte and occupied apartments at a re.
spectacle hotel. The Maidenhall woman
heard OF his arrival, and visited him. In
presence of his wife and innocent child the
brazen courtesan threatened to kill Nc
Donough if he did not live with her, and
created such scandalous scene that the
police were called in by the landlord OF the
no. el to remove her. The incident was sup.
pressed by The MINER at McDonough's
request and upon his solemn representation
that he desired to live the life OF decent
man in this city. Instead OF seeking respect
able employment, however, he is again the
acknowledged ''lover" OF the woman who
threatened his life, while his unfortunate
wife and little one are living heaven knows
how or where.
McDonough has not the appearance OF
the typical "masher." He is about Eve
feet seven inches tall has a. heavy black
He is already known to every police officer
in the city which is not exalted by his