Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-14
4 BADLY BUSTED SHINN.
r. o. Shinn's Fondness for An
other Mans Wife Gets
Him Into Trouble.
Sad Story of a Silly Woman's
Infidelity and a VIII
Iain's DupIicity.

| From Fridays Daily.
OF all the contemplate Williams the ONE
| who passes between husband and wife is
| the BLACKLIST and the one to be loathed the
most. A man figuring in that ~unenviable
position is at present in the city and last
night was in jail. 1t is the old, old story;
a mismated pair, q foolish, susceptible
woman, a trusting husband and a smooth.
tongued rascal. a home broken mp and
endless misery and suffering.
A week ago last Monday L. W. Kimball
and his wife. accompanied by their only
child, a boy five yesrs old, arrived in the
city, and after stopping at the Windsor
hotel some days they rented rooms in a
little frame building on West Broadway
| between Utah and Academy streets and
began living in them. The party came here
! from Helena and previous to that had re-
sided at Spokane Falls. The husband is a
| travelling man, selling trees, and conse-
quently is compelled to be away from home
for days at a time.
While living at Spokane Falls, Mrs. Kim
ball formed the acquaintance OF a young
fellow named z. o, Shiun, and it was not
long before she began to show marked
preferences forhim. Her conductsoon became
so scandalous that Others remarked it and
told the husband about 1t. He remon-
strated with his wife, and she, instead OF
showing any signs OF regret, brazenly told
him that she was in love with Shinn and
that he was the only man in the world dear
to her, Mr.. Kimball, after repeated efforts,
saw that it was useless to attempt to con-
vince his wife of her folly, for the sake OF
his child decided to bear with his misery,
and concluded to leave the place, { nd moved
to Helena, thinking that if bis wife were
away from Shinn she might overcome her
infatuation. In this, however, he was
mistaken, for no sooner had they arrived
at Helena than did the foolish, deluded
woman begin to write to Shinn and under
the name Of Mrs, Fred Hart received
several letters from him. This fact she
has since admitted to her husband.
In a few days after the fsmily's arrival
at Butte Shinn also appeared, apparently
being determined to be near the woman.
When Shinn arrived Mr.. Kimball was at
Helena, having been compelled to 60 there
on business, and upon his return was not
a little su. prised to find him here. Mrs.
Kimball told hsr husband that she
had written to Shinn to follow her
and appeared glad that he had done so,
Since then Mr.. Kimball has been to Hell
ena several times leaving his wife here and
while he was absent Shinn spent most of
his time in her company.
Thss Mr. KimhQn annO harmed and If
made him frantic with anger and sorrow
and he began to brood over his troubles
until il caused him to become almost in
sane.
Yesterday morning be got up at 8 o'clock
and went to eat his breakfast at a neigh
boring restaurant, taking the little boy
with him. When he returned he found his
wife partially dressed, sitting in a chair
with Shinn close to her smoking q cigar.
Mr.. Kimball left the two together and re.
NAMED away until about 8 o'clock in the
afternoon when he returned. Again he
found his wife and Shinn in the room, sit
ting in chairs facing each other and their
knees together. He ordered Shinn to
leave the house, and Shinn began to back
towards the door uttering threats to Mr..
Kimball not to come near him. After hay-
ing backed away several feet Shinn Grew a
razor from his upper vest pocket, but be-
fore he could open it Mr.. Kimball jumped
for him and struck him over the eye with a
small pistol which he had pulled from his
coat pocket. Shinp then pushed him to the
floor, and in doing 80 fell on top OF Mr..
Kimball and dropped the razor. By q
quick movement Mr.. Kimball rolled Shinn
over him, and he was then on top and began
to hammer Shinn in the face, Shinn COM
menced to yell, and Mr.. Kimball let up
and walked to the door and called for
the police. Officers Legion, McLagean and
Carroll soon appeared, and the latter took
charge OF Mr.. Kimball, while Officer Legion
dressed. The woman, as o o as the men
came together, ran out OF the back door
and escaped.
The above is the story Of the trouble as
told q MINER reporter by Mr.. Kimball al.
ter the latter was placed in jail. Before the
reporter left Shinn was brought in by OFF,
Ger Legion and also placed in Jail. Shinn
said hat Mr.. Kimball had used razor on
him, and in proof the assertion showed a
badly scratched face, and also pointed to a
bandage which covered his right ear and
which, he said, had been cut in two. This
remark the officer bore out. and said that he
was present when the doctor patched theIear
up and had seen him place several stitches |
into it. Besides the slashed ear, Shint also
lad u bad cut in the upper part OF the
right cheek. |
When asked if he would prosecute Mr.,
Klmball, Shinn replied that he would not
unless compelled to do 30. 1--WE got myself
into this scrape and don't care to follow
it any farther. I've got no kick coming
and am not going to squeal over it," he
said.
Besides what is related above Mr.. Kim
ball also told other things and said that
he was satisfied that bis wife had been
intimate with Shinn on more
than one occasion. He said that his little
boy had told him hat he had often seen
his mother kiss Shinn and heard her tell
him that she loved him. Saturday night,
Mr.. Kimball said, shinn apd his brother
and several other parties had made him
stupid drunk and when he awoke Sunday
morning found $50 which had been missing
the night before. He is positive that it was
conspiracy against him and that while
be was unconscious Shinn and Mrs, Kim
ball occupied the bedroom together, as Mr..
Kimball was found on the outside by some
one and placed in the adjoining room.
The pistol and knife which figured in the
are in possession Of the police. The
after is an old fashioned Sharpe's with the
missing which were lost during the
,cufie as the weapon broke when Mr.. Kim
ball struck Shinn with it. The handle OF
he razor is also broken.
Mr.. Kimball is so years old and a mem
Der of the G. A. R. Heis commander OF Dodd
post, Golden, Colorado. Mrs. Kinball.
vho is bis second wife, is t~wenty-eight years
I'D and is more than ordinarily good
cooking. Shinn is Of about the sam age
md gives every appearance OF being a 'fy"
'oung man and seems to take the matter
DOLLY.
To-day the parties will be arrainged before
Judge Newkirk for preliminary examin- {
,tion.