The Helena independent., 1893-12-05
BEAUDET ON THE STAND
She Begins Her Story ~ Her Tsassac-
tlons with DAndmsnn.

She Begins Her story ee Her 1sansac'
tloss with Dandmsnn.
Louise Bssudst, The setssss, won't on The
witness stand In tho United States eouSS
yesterday TO tell Of her transactions with
Daniel Bandmann. the tsaesdian. and WY
she should have share In oil the property
which hs had bought With the Joint psonts
Of their several thsatvisal vsntuvsc. Mss
Bsaudst 10 rapid tslksS. 20 rapid In fact
that StsnoRrsphsT Hamburger found u .
difficult task to keep mp With her. He Got
oil the words down. but tAaS kept him 10
busy that he did not succeed In catohinR
the varied thsstsicsi gestures with whioA
Whils the Juliet Of former hissriea,o sdOiss
poured ont her tale Of WOO to . sympa-
thetio audience. her srstvhils Nonso
sat near his counsel and either smiled sss-
castioAlly or grinnsd sardonioslly. thing
that Aomso never did behind the footliahta.
MIS-. Beaudet was armed with hand
tieulss one WAS wanted she slidsd grace
fully from the witness chair and sought II
ont from among ths bunch. II ths doou-
msnt did not happen to bs just there she
would consule her memory BY placing .
neatly glovsd hand over her eyes and shut
sing oti the ootsids world while she r.
called the incident BY chsin Of concomtt-
smiled and smiled. like ona who ''jests at
sears, that never felt wouad."
Miss Boaudst's testimony was In eject
that whom she went with Bnndmann to
Australia the agreement was that she was
20 Get 9 stated salary per week and an
she was to get everything after dedastins
expenses. She declared that she Was do.
voted TO her ART and had worked hard to
provide homo for her mother and ssistsr.
Her success In Australia, she said. was PIKE
nomenal. Miss Beaudst was provided with
vsnced her from time to time. From 1888
TO 1889. the whole time they were together,
she said the entire amount Of nonsy she
got vas SO. 1912 including personal ex-
expenses charged mp to her. medical sttsnd-
ancs. money advanced 10 her mother aad
sister. sto. This included the Australian,
Chinese. Indian. ETC.. trip. trips to Esrops.
this Bandmann invested EGO in one thing
and eb00 In another for her in Australia.
She declared that $4,000 would represent
the profits Of the Australian trip alone.
Speaking Of one Of their trips to Europe.
whom they produced ''Dr. Jeky!l and Mr..
don. whom they were stopped BY injunction.
she said they didn't loss much on that, ~
they had good houses while IL lasted. Aftsr
they were enioined she said Bandmann fed
to France to avoid arrest At the instanos Of
his wife. To prevent his wardrobe hoina
seized no distributed II among the trunks
OF the different members of his com pany.
In that purt Of his clothes placed in her
trunk she had lately found q number Of let
teEs and documents. which she handed to
tho court and filed - exhibits.
Asths midwinter dsrkness descended over
tho oeurt room and the electric lights wsre
turned on. Judge Knowles suspended fur
thsr proceedings for the time, the doou-
ments were Rashersd up. and the audionoe
fled out, TO await till "jocund day stands
siptoe on the misty morning tops" and
brings oil the actors In this Montana drams
Of restitution together again.