The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-14
BUT QUESTION OF TINE
History Of Louise Beaudet's Law
suit in the Circuit Court
at Helena.
The Soubrette Who Wants Tra0e-
dian Bandmann to Make
an Accounting.
After Months Of Waiting She May Havs
to Begin II New Law
Suit.

When the attorneys for Louise Bsaudet.
the soubrette, appeared In the circuit court
yesterday morning In her accounting case
against Daniel Bandmann. the ex-trRQe-
dian, they soon discovered that their client
had no standing In conrt and she 10 situated
to-day, so far rs the legal proceedings are
concerned, whore she was on June = last
when Toole ~ Wallace filed the suit. 1t IL
quite a story that she tells about the long
haired t, agedinn, who Is now engaged IN
raising blooded horses md cattle on his
ranch near Missoula. 1t may be some tinio
now before Miss Beaudet can supplement-
her story in court by the testimony of her-
self md her friends. She filed her COM
plant in the circuit court last June by
Toole q Wallace. On Aug. Is Inst Mr..
BandmRnn filed his answer in which he de-
MED the allegations of the complaint and
said something moro. Some time last De-
cember Toole Il Wallace withdrew from the
case and Mcconnell. Clayberg & Gum
took their place. Under tho rules of the
court three months time Is given in which
to tnke testimony after the plaintiff files a
reply to the answer. Whom Mr.. Gum asked
for IN extension of the time yesterday,
Judge Knowles said he did not think he
could grant it. According to the state
ment of Mr.. Gum Miss Beaudet's reply
was filed last September. Judge Knowles
suggested to her attorney that he might get
out of the difficulty by commencing a new
suit. which was not done up to the time
\ court adjourned. How Mr.. Gum got the
impression that the reply was flied last Ser
TENDER ia not clear. for George Sproule. the
-I--1 -~-N.N RAJ pv,r 11~rs
Yesterday that the reply had been filed
on March 81, 1893.
Miss Beaudet's story is an interesting
one. and has attracted more than ordinary
attention in theatrical circles, where the
parties to tho suit are we'll known. Miss
Beaudet and Bandmann first made their
appearance in Montana in 1884, when they
came to Helena and appeared in shake
sperian roles at n skating rink on MinR's
hill while the opera house was being re-
modelled. It was understood at the time
that the pretty young woman who had not
yet developed into a soubrette, was a pupil
of Bandmann's. They were here for sew
eral weeks. and appeared on the
boards with some amateurs. Miss
Beaudet made a hit both On and off the
stage and had a number of admirers in
ueE UTalU, ~ upp6Htb TVLu uoI NtE6IOA u
her relations with Bandmann that in May,
1880 she resided in San Francisco, following
her profession az an actress. Prior to Au-
gust of that year she entered into an agree
ment with Bandmann to travel together
with a stock company for a tour of Austria.
lin New Zealand, India. China and the
Hawaiian islands. Sne was to be IN equal
partner, playing Lending female roles. The
company left San Francisco for Austt ALA,
giving entertainments in ther-vaEieus eOun-
tries named, also in Tasmania, the Malay
peninsula. New south Wales. Queensland,
Victoria, South Australia, Ceylon, India.
China, Singapore. back again to India.
Rangoon. Moulmien, British But
nah. Port Darwin. South Island,
Townsville, Sidney. Melbourne and other
cities in Australia. Honolulu. and
returned to San Francisco Jan. %. 1884.
having been absent three land a half years.
AS recited in her complaint. during which
time your orator and said defendant had
Travelled by land and by sea about 10. 600
miles and played continuously with great
success" During the entire tour Louise
says Bandmann acted as annger and treas
urer md received all the .. oceeds. The
rest of her side of tho case is that aside
from her actual and necessary eSpenses she
never received a dollar from the enterprise,
except that friends. who mistrusted Band
mann even then, compelled him to invest in
her own name while in Australia a small
portion of her earnings, Gl30, in certain
lands in Queensland. and ESQ in
some shares in u coal mine in Sydney.
vestments in their joint names. but
the friends stopped him and insisted that
they should be made in her name. As the
result of the tour she believes Bandmann
received upwards of $4,000. On their
return to San Francisco the partnership
was dissolved, but was continued by mutual
consent during May, 1884. when they trav-
eled with a stock company in Wyoming and
Montana. While in Missou!a Leopold
Green gave her eighty acres OF land near
the town. the gift being taken ey Band
mann in their joint names, Green wns paid
Sl75. but Louise believes the land was worth
ST. C0. being valuable for timber and which,
she saye, Bandmann cut and sold. Tt
eighty acres of land, she claims. was the
beginning Of their American Investments.
During 1885. 1886 and until 1887 they con-
tinued to travel in the United States, she
appearing from nine to twelve times n week,
while he played but ak times a week.
Prior to 1890 she says he bought between
300 and 800 acres in He'll Gate canyon, on
the Binokfoot, adjoining Missoula. with
their Joint earnings and for their joint ben
Eft. He frequently promised her, she says,
o ally and in writing, to have deeds re-
corded in their joint names, but believes he
has not done 80. Her health became I'M
paired in May. 1887, by close application to
professional work. and she went to Europe
AOots hAhH III oCtoDeE W.bu list blB-
te-. They visited the Bandmann ranch to
view the property and remained until
December, 1887. Then Louise went to New
York i'll iurthernnce OF their professional
interests, which then existed, and to pre-
pure and train a company and with which
she and Bnndmanr opened at Nib,o's gar
cen on May IL. 1888, in DIR. Jekyll and MI.
Hyde. They next appeared at the Academy
Of Music and travelled through the country
until the end of June. The senson closed
ut Denver. Bandmann going to the Missoula
ranch md she to New York. She then went
10 London in the interest of herself and
Bandmann to present Jekyll and Hyde.
Louise says that the tragedian some time
in the latter part of 1886. or the beginning
of 1856. became infatuated with the BUSH
ness OF cattle raising and invested their
joint moneys to n large extent, and con-
tinued to do 30 until 1887, whom he claimed
TO have invested over 5 5000. In tho fall OF
1887 she snys Bandmann acquired other
joint moneys md in their joint interest
bought 1G0 acres near the Missoula ranch
from Jacob Rehder. but that tina deed from
Render was withhold from reco'd and after
wards recorded at the instance of her sister.
Louise believes that the deeds to other
lands forming n large part OF the Band
mann ranch are either not recorded Mt all,
or are in the names of other pei cons. She
next charges he, partner with having taken
81, 600 OF her undivided profits and invest
ing IL in the Swan and Land Investment
company. which failed. but when 1t was
represented that il WAC her money, some of
the lntge Stockholders made ii good in
h,raa, oo,t,. nr1 c0uh IN RnudVNnup ~ho