The Helena independent., 1894-07-19
TnE EISRELsTElS CASE
~ Occupied Department No. = Yesterday
and Attracted Oalta n crowd.


and Attracted Oalta crowd.
The case Of Rinksls,oin va. FinkeIatsin
occupied tho a,tin,iop Of Jadge Bucks
oour. all day yesterday, and attracted Al
both tho poulng aud afternoon sessions
qnlts OVID. The esosl-eIamination Of
Mrs. Eva Flnkslatein was concluded BY
Judge Mcdonnell. and n did no, shake In
tho direct examination. The oeisbrsted
''ghsp or Jewish divorce which haa
caused 40 much discussion, and which the
defendant haa alleged freed him fiom tbs
hfat Airs. Finkelatein, turned out 10 BE- an
AindaVit by two witnesses 10 tho shoct tbAt
finkelsteia had been granted n Qhet. Mrs.
finklsstein testified that n vaa tho only
paper relating 10 ths subject that sho had
received, the defense epdssY0fing 10 oitab'
llah the fact that tho ghst itsolf vas an
othof paper which she bad not produced.
After the rosding OF number Of ON.
davits Miss Esther Finkelsteln wac put on
the stand. She ~ daughter OF the do
fendant and bia Atst wife. Mrs. Flnkel-
ntein No. occupies n seat In the court
room beside tho defendant aud Ia referred
20 la tho osso no SARAH" No. / being 10
fefred TO as ''EVa." Miss Hlnkslstein tes-
,i6sd that she was % years of aRe, and told.
a. far 40 she could recall, OF The MARRIED
life Of her father and mother. up 10 the
time Flnkelateln Ia alleged 20 have de-
serted hls wife In ~. Louis ten years ago.
shs told OF his coming 70 theif house
In that city after M abeeneO OF about two
aud half ysars and telling her mother
that he had another wife, By whom he bad
two children. ana OF bis asking her mothsf
10 consent 70 divorce, which she said her
mother refused 10 do. Then she told OF
his arrest there, OF her search atthe wish OF
her mother for her father. loGying on tho
quest In the spring Of 1880.
She went b 81 to san franesa-
co. and from there TO seattle. There sho
learned her father was In Helena, and she
teleRraphsd him that she wac without
money. lie wired her In return q ticket
Helene, arriving hOre June 7, 1880. She
testified that her father met her Al Elliston.
What did be do when be met Jonr'
asked Attorney BtTsnaban.
"lie did not know me-" replied the wit
ne,s. but did him."
well. what happened after ho had
spoken TO your qnsried She attorney In a
matter Of fact wAy.
"lie kissed me-" said the witness. AZ
this point she broke down and began 10
CRY. Tue defendant also covered his faco
with his handkerchief and gave way 10
tears. As did MIRA finkslstein No. ], and
all the ladies In the front row cried out
OF sympathy. The court allowed
the tears 10 flow unintsrruptedly y
for several minutes and thsn the
witnssa was requested 10 fnish the story Of
the meeting on the train. Shs boon rsoov-
cred and did 10. Then shs told Of meeting
Mrs. Finklsstein No. 9 At the train and bo-
ing introduced 10 her as Sarah. She rs-
maiaed In Helena with her father for two
months, and then went 10 Butte. her
neither telling her to leave. She told OF
several spats she had with Sarah,
and OF how during one Of these sarah told
her shs loved her father and would never
allow her mother 10 take him from her.
Before Judge NeConnsll had finished the
cross examination court adjourned.