The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-11

| lac does. tnal All men were dIteT MIN
talking about him on account Of his
wife. He would go cut of my ONCE
come back again in a few minutes
and go over his whole story again. He
| told me he could never catch the Eel
lows that were after his wife. His
wife suffered from an ovarion tumor.
and told him repeatedly the nature
Of her disease and he would appar-
emily believe me. but he would come
back again with the same complaint
next time"
DR.. Holmes was asked what his opin-
lon was as to Helms sanity and he re-
piled:
ITS my opinion that Helms was a
monomaniac on the subject Of his
w1e's chastity. i formed that opinion
during the time he used to come to
nv Office"
On cnoes-examination Mr. Wines
asked DR.. Holmes II 1t was not possible
TOR a doctor to be mistaken sometimes
In the diagnosis OF a case.
Yes: they make a mistake some
times. but not as often as some law
yers." was the reply.
David Atchison testified that he had
known Helms about three years prior
to his death and heard his chronic
complaint against his wife innumer-
able times. Helms would stop the
witness on the street and talk about
his troubles for half or three-quarters
OF an hour at a time. He told him
that one night he went home and saw
three or four men run out of a lum-
Der yard near his home and heard
them say: Here he comes" He said
he found his wife there also. A few
daye later he told Atchison that his
wife was sick as the result of her as
sociations with other men. He said
he could never catch the men and had
no evidence against her. nevertheless
he knew that she was untrue to him.
He would start one story against her
and for two or three days after that
he would repeat the same story. tell
ing IL each time as a new discovery.
Once he told the witness that he had
gone to the front door in answer to a
ring on the door bell and met a man
who inquired. docs May live here?"
Helms said he told the man that she
did not live there. and seemed to think
that he had outwitted the man. Atchi-
son said he had done some plumbing
work for Helms. He would order Ii
done one way and after II was nearly
done he would order 1t done some
other way. Once he had the witness
figure on job of work. and about two |
months later he sent him down to |
hgure on the same job again, having |
forgotten that he had odne so before. |
Atchison said 1T was his opinion that |
Helms was insane on the subject Of
his wife.
A man named Maggie testified that he
had done some work for Helms and
had lived with him for some time. He
rad very bad memory. He would
order q thing done and ten minutes
alter deny that he had given any such
order. A year ago last summer. when
Maggie was returning home from work
me evening, he saw a man lodging
around a vacant lot near the house.
He investigated and found II was
Helms. He asked the old man what
he was doing and ne replied that he
vas watching his wife who was In
he habit of having some men around
here. Helms said he could not catch
Ter in the act. On another occasion,
while Nagle and Helms were at White
ram the old man asked him to draw up
| will for thim and Maggie promised to
DO so and told him to let him know
when he was ready. Some time during
ne night Helms awakened Maggie and
old him to write the will and for
bout an hour he dictated, and when
he will was completed Maggie retired. |
Ibout an hour later he was again
weakened by Helms who wanted an
ther will drawn and he dictated for
of an hour more and
bout every 20 words he would say:
hild when / am dead" and then he ,
rould abuse his wife and call her all
orts of vile names and accuse here Of
cling unfaithful to him. Maggie did
OF know what became of the two Wills
e drew up for Helms. He saw the |
Id man frequently and every time {
e met him he repeated the stories
bout his wife. Helms never men,
oned any names. but he said there 4
ere several men.
Mr.. Harvey asked the witness what /
Is opinion was as to Helms mental
,ndition during the last few years of
Is life. He was as cry as a bed
ug." was the answer. On cross-ex- ,
mfnation Maggie said that about the !
'aziest thing he had known Helms ,
do was his action about the will | !
nsiness at whitehall.
Charles Colbert, who has lived in
ute since 1866, testified that he be- :
Lme acquainted with Helms in 1888 \
year ago last June Helms went to
alt Lake on an excursion and on his | q.
turn he told the witness that he had | 7
rec detectives employed to watch his
life, but she always got the best of
m because she slept with the de- n
ctives. He often told Colbert that a
8 wife was not true to him and SEEM 2
to be ''off his base" on the sub .
ct. The witness, in his opinion, q
ought that Helms was "a little in
me-" He did not see Helms after
Ily. 1894 He was all right except on v
at one subject.
Before the conclusion OF the trial
urt adjourned for the day. I
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