The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-07-25

that he vonld be GnanoiAiiy ruined nm
leaa be Eot n, aud that the othsf
Items we're gotten upon the false protense
that thor we're needed for legitimate bus
iuaau pnri Ot0a, wh0feal nha believes thoy
weIO ufod iu gambling, drunkenness, aud
la the paynrnt Of debts contracted
through those = 4. She ohAgea tnAt her
husband took l-,D given their cbildten by
their grandfather. saying he would inYeet
n, but that ho converted "A 10 bis own uaT'
Ma Conrad further ebergoa that on the
das before her husband began his anlt foi
divofos hs trisd Va srloft from her 92OOO
for his own use. bot she refused 10 ave n
10 him. She alao claims that Tor inanF
years ahe bna paid all their hooashold eE-
penseL Once during 1883, be proposed 70
pay thom, and she consented; bat hs ths
bills remained practically uupeid, large
debtu accumulated, many Of which she has
anee paid. He tried 10 srtott moGey from
her she says by threatening 10 begin
divorce proceedings unleaa she would settle
all tho bills, aud that he told her william
Wallace. Jr., had papers Ia hla possession
Tor The purpose OF commencing thie aetion'
aud that the papeiu would be served on her
un asa shs agreed 10 pay those bills. she
felused, believing lao was able 70 pay them
himself.
One aot OF cruelty charged against her
huab1nd By Mrs. Conrad 10 that pt her
fAther's house in Rhode Island. while andsr
The influence OF liquor. he abused her and
threw her against the bsdstead, knocking
her down. Jnst uri0f 10 that he had uled
10 bouow large alm OF money from net
father aud was refusedi snd then by tbteAis
tTiod to induce heT to get 500 for him from
her falhef. She also ehAiees tha. be used
such language TO ber In hotel In chicago
in tho presence OF her girl cousin, that she
bad TO leave him and spend the uiaht with
hs, cousin; that 40 their home In billings,
| ia tho summer OF 1889 hO used such talk
toward bet that a LADY who vas her guest
packed her trunk with ths intention Of
| leaving, un1 that he abused both her ana
her gnest. She Gays hts treatment has beel
40 cruel that she asked the inteicesslon oi
hia relatives. Abuse of her glrl cousin al
tho Helena homs 10 also charged, one item
being takirg The girls dla y aud tearing
/ the leaves out.
Early in July. 1888 Mrs. Conrad charges
her husband. in the presence OF her ooaein'
refer ed 10 a Iumor that she Intended 70
obtain divorce. He said n she over tfieo
1t he would throw 80 much mud ht hef
that sbo would never hold her head ~
again: that he could get plenty OF witnesses
10 swear TO anything for q little money
that be had hired plenty OF witnesses once
10 give pcfluto ttbtiuohJ eua N"usN ~
30 again. che claims that In Decembef
last, after the divorce proceedings vefe
begun, he d himself into her presenei
al her home and took seat at the dining
table. whers be ussd vile and abusvs
language to her in the presence oil
the children and servants; that he
avaiied himself OF the opportunity 10 see
his children only TO abuse her aud poison
the cnilaren's minds against he', and thal
hs th eaienod 10 publish falae mnttsl
against her In the leading pApe's and de-
siroy her reputation. 10 further laeerst'
her feelings she charges that during th'
past year he published aud cirousatse
false, malicious aud atroclous libsls 10 ruit
her good reputation.
Mrs. Conrad asks that her husbands bill
be dismissed with costs; that she be given |
divorce on the ground OF adultery. hab
itual drunkenness and extreme cruelty
and be given custody OF the ehildicni an'
for saob other relief as the court may aeen
just and proper.
The oonnssl for Mrs. Conrad are Toole a
Wallace and EI-Gov. Carpenter.