The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-28

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BEi April 27.-The family troubles
Of lice OF the Peace George H. Chap
maid his wife of South Butte were
aivbn airina. in the poiies court to-:
afsjoon in connection with the trln1 o.
a trbAnce Of the peace case. ~ APP
pe3that Chapman and his VIE nave
no$en getting along very well togetner
| LAD and when he left her, little over
a y ago, and took up his residence IN
ARR building trouble followed. Last
Ssby night Mrs. Chapman started IN
sch of her hus bshd and visited the
Iolhg hous Sc ove< Charles Smiths sa-
Iollwhere she believed him to be. She
sajed his, court docket and some other
III and then returned to the lodging
bLo and announced that she wdlnld stay
IL until he put I'm an appearance. She
Utilized with anger and Indignation and
Tied SO vdemcntly about the wrongs to
| xlch she was being subjected by her
Inland that she aroused all of tho
lIrders. xhereupon Smith had her ar
Ned IL disturbance. The case was
It'd beore Judge Naughten this after
ron efore large and interested
M Chapman testified that her hus-
tlrIbad left her three or four days be-
fI-fhe day of arrest and had refused to
grJ her any money during that time.
Stnade several attempts to find him mt
hJoffice, but always found the door
lked, and when the lady with whom she
Is boarding threatened to put her out
Mess her bill was paid she became des'
|erate. She said she did not have q cent
n the world and had nothing to eat and
10 place to sleep, and believing that her
husband was in Smiths lodging house
sunday night she went there In search OF
Inn in order to try to get money to pay
Ter. board bill and furnish her with the
lecessaries of life. She admitted that
he had said that she would stay there
Until her husband was produced and said
hat Smith had threafeded to kick heI
Town stairs il she did not leave. She de-
'lared that she was perfectly sober at the
ime and that she had not created dis
urbance.
Mrs. Chapman's attorney attempted te
,rinp in some previous family troubles In
rider to show the alleged indigpitiei
which she had suffered, but an objection
o this testimony. on the ground that Il
lad nothing to do with the disturbance
vas sustained. rs
Two or three South Butte people tssti.
led to the good character OF the defend
int. Charles Smith testified to the die
and denied that he had told Mrs
Chapman that be. would kick her dowr
stairs, although he said he told her thu
ne would be compelled to use violence I
The did not either go away from the lodg
ing house or keep quiet. Justice Chap
nan testified that he had given his wife
some money during the week preceding
Der arrest and that he was IN Smiths
lodging house Sunday evening when she
went there in search of him.
Mrs. Chapman's attorney promised 70
her that IL she was dismissed she would no
create anv more disturbances, and CIT,
Cotter asked simply that some
thing be done to prevent a repetition o.
The offense. He was not particular,
anxious to see a fine imposed unless |
was suspended during good behavior an,
willingness TO waive his cost
in the case. The court took the matte
under advisement until Monday after