The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-11-22
IT'S A VERY SAD STORY
Tho Hsrshfsld Case ProTins Ssnsl-
tional.
DELLA HAS GOOD NERVE
She Claims She Has Bsen Shame
fully ilitreated By Tho Rich
Relatives OF Her hus-
band
special Dis patch to The Standard.


FARGO, n. D., Nov. 2l.-The reading Of
depositions continued in tho Hershflsld
divorce case to-day. L. II. Hersnfield,
brother Of tho plaintiff, said no had raised
Aaron and educated him into shrswd
business man. Duripg the last year Aaron
had been q nuisance in business matters,
and he would have been dropped from
tho responsible positions he held In tho
banks but for the fact that that would i'm.
pair tho standing Of tho institutions.
Nose Morris also considered Hsrshfieid
insane.
Judging from his conduct In the bank.
John NJ. Cameron was firmly convinced
that the plaintiff was suffering from men.
tai alteration during tho period Of his
courtship and marriage.
Mrs. Emma J. Howard, In q deposition.
swore that Miss Hogan had confessed to
her that sho had Hershfield ''solid" and
could "wind him around her little finger"
md that it was his money sho was after
and not him.
Four icpositions wero presented fro0
George W. Blanchard, Hugo Bauman, L.
L. Bailey and Max Slime respectively.
They arc employed ut the Palmer house
in Chicago. where Hershflcld and Miss
Hogan stopped whom they went to Chi.
caro- to get married IN September Of last
year. Tho first three were Of the opinion
that Miss Hogan had not conducted her.
self as q chastc maid should whilc stop.
ping at the hotel. The deposition from
Slime, counsel Tor tho plaintiff refused to
read and tho court sustained them.
Tho defense claimed this would coun.
tcract tho testimony Of tho other three.
DR.. Wear Of Fargo was the frat witness
put on tho stand. He had treated Hersh-
field for nervous prostration soon after
tho latter appeared In Fargo 10 got di.
vorce. Hershaeld was very absent.
minded.
AARoS's WIFE TALKS.
FARGO, Nov. ?i.-Sevsral days aeo there
appeared In the Chicago Tribune Fargo
dispatch claiming to give tho history Of
tho Hershfleld case, and IN interview with
Mrs. Aaron HershGeld. She said that
coming from Helena to Fargo, Nrs. Z. n.
Hsrshtisld and her friends persisted In
walking past her ard jsssing As hcr aud
the sufferinss Of hsr baby, which was
sick. These statements were answered
In tho Daily Forum last evening. Mrs. L.
II. Hershficld Was eulogised ~ lady OF
refined tastes and good breeding. aud It
was declared prsposterous that she could
b unesnerous to anyone.
The Commonwealth interviewed Nrs.
Aaron Hershileld to-day. She said: FL
do not see how anyone could be % mani.
festly unfair in their statemsnts. ! blame
all this present trouble between US
myself and husband-upon Mrs. I. q.
Hershfleld. II the people only knev
her-but then they probably do, at lsass
they do in Helena. All this talk about
her bsing such fins lady with such ants
ccdents! Why, could tell . good many
things about her antecsdents. ! could tell
oil about how L. II. Hsrshfteld got &C.
quaintsd with her while she was the wife
Of Mr.. Aaron when she kept . cigar
storo In the littls town Of Virginia City,
and also about the $500 Mr.. Aaron ~.
ceivsd for divorcine her.
"why," she exclaimed with spirit, ''shs
10 NO moro nt to bs bankers wife than
the lowest servant The statement b al
true about Mrs. L. II. trying 10 mako .
sceno on the cars.
"Wheuever she passed she would
mako . face OF laugh and try 70
create disturbance, bus would not b
guilty Of noticing OF paying any attsntioa
to her. Sho was not In her statsroom one.
third Of the time during the day. but was
playing cards or boldly making spoet Of
me and my troubles"
Commenting sditorially on the case the
Daily Commonwealth says: Tho Daily
Forum has gone far out Of its way to do .
lady harm who ranks far above her toe.
mentora in avery particular and ftn
house Of Hershheld smells little too
much Of the yoke to crafty the freedom-
loving people OF tho Northwest. II half
tho many things that are said about this
'house Of Hershicld' aro true their case
would parallel the celebrated Brsekinridgs
case with Pollard left OIL"
Mrs. Aaron Hershiield says the asso-
ciated press statement that the Montana
papers were subsidized by her enemies %
wrong and that they havo all treated her
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