The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-11

tho answer. alleged to have been writ
court few days ago.
Mr.. Haldron wanted Mrs. Blume 70
point out the reasons why she could
not have written the letter. but the
court ruled IL out as Incompetent. Mr..
Haldron, by his usual methods. how
ever. got everything before the jury
he desired. BY ingeniously formed
questions. all of which were ruled out,
he told the jury that there were words
in the letter written and spelled In
Mr.. Blume's particular style and not
at all like those of Mrs. Blume: that
certain letters were characteristic OF
Mr.. Blumes writing and that the gen
eral formation of the words and APP
pearance OF the whole letter were un-
Ike the writing OF Mrs. Blume.
Mrs. Blume said the first time she
had ever seen or met Fred Bowen was
a week ago in Mr.. Haldron's office. She
never was In the Vadnais house until
week ago yesterday. and never knew
that there lived such a woman as Mrs
Berry until day before yesterday. when
she testified in the case. More tears
and violent sobbing) Mrs. Blume said
that on Feb. IL, one of the very days
she was alleged to have visited Bow
en-. she visited Helena in company with
her husband. They returned about IL
o'clock at night and she slept at home
don't know why ne ever brought these
charges against me-" sobbed the wit
ness.
Mrs. Blume said she often passed
through the alley back of the Vadnais
house on her way to Mrs. Van Dusen's.
nut she never went into the Vadnais
house..
Mrs. Blume again stepped aside to
permit Mrs. Bell to finish her testi-
mony. She denied on cross-examina-
t<o he hoA n
Blumes i'll conduct. The cross-exam-
ination' was unimportant.
Mrs. Blume once again resumed her
tetimony, and said that at one time in
1854 she and her husband passed Van
orion on the street. Orton raised his
hat to her and Blume said he did want
her to talk to that - - - again
in his presence. Like a good wife she
obeyed him and did not speak to Or
ton again until last year. when she
was in his store and he waited on her.
Mrs Blume said that on February 9,
| one night while Mrs. Bell was at her
| house, she passed that night with Mrs.
| Van Dusen. She had been out late at
| night, singing at a social, and she did
| not want to disturb the family. so she
went to Van Dusen,s house. She never
was out late at night without her hus-
bands knowledge. More than dozen
times ne locked her out when she re-
| turned. a
| A man named Stairway was the
| next witness. He testified that on New
| Years eve he was with Van Orton at
| reception in Anaconda. They left
| Butte at 10 o'clock in the morning.
New Years eve was supposed TO be
the time orion was in tailor shop In
Butte and boosted of his intimacy with
Mrs. Blume.
| M l.. Holland was called as a wit
ness to testify in regard to the reputa-
ton of certain houses in the neighbor-
hood where he lived on Copper street
in 1884. The court very promptly ruled
out the remarkable testimony. Mr.. Hal
dorm then asked the witness IL he had
ever seen Mrs Blume and Van orion
together in any room or on the street.
The court stopped further questions on
that line. and said that there was no
doubt that the defense could call 10O.-
900 witnesses who would TESTIFY that
they never saw the parties together.
j. p. Jackson testified that oliver
Humphrey was in his employ and had a
conversation with him regarding the
Rlume case, but the court would not
permit him to tell the nature of the
conversation, because the attention of
the witness, Humphrey, had not been
called to IL.
l. G. F. Marsh was called and contra
dicted the testimony of Tebo to the eff
feet that he could see the Blume resi-
dence from the skating rink in 1884,
|
the defense rested.
William Wise, a tailor, was called In
rebuttal, and testified that on January
1, 1895, about o'clock, Van Orton was
in his place of business and spoke about
| Mrs Blume, saying she was a good
woman, and then boosted of his init.
macy with Mrs. Blume. and employed
vulgar term in expressing IL. Wise
said this was on New Years day in.
stead of New Years eve, and Ortor
told him he was going to play for Q
tall in Butte that night. He came In
! to the shop to have some repairs made
on his coat.
M. l.. King, a tea merchant; w. M
Holden, an insurance agent, and Nose
Lipschutz a collector and solicitor In
: the employ of Tailor Wise, were pres
: ent when Van orion made the boasi
: and testified to the same facts as re
} lated by Wise. While the parties were
. telling the vulgar story Mrs. Blum'
held her ears shut, but two lady friends
. who were present during the whole
7 course, of the trial listened to the ties
! timony without batting an eye.
! Alderman Heilig testified that abou
the first of February he had a CONVEX
sation with Van Orton about his con
/ nection with the Blume case. Mr.. Iiei
| lig was asked as to what admission
Van Orion made, but the court ruleS
: the testimony out.
Another deposition was read fror
| | Mrs. Berry. who had testified To see
!. ing Mrs Blume IN Fred Bowen's he'd
: She related incidents to establish tn'
identity of the woman as being Mrs.
, Biume She said Bowen had told he
not to say anything, as Mrs. Blum
was soon going to California with an
} other man. Mrs. Berry said she ais
/ got two letters from Bowen asking ne
. not to testify in the case. He offere'
her money to leave town. At anothe
{ time she met him on Main street II
l | front of Newbro's drug store, and h
told her that IL she testified in the cas-
he would go on the witness stand an
t swear that he never knew Mrs. Blume
r Mrs. Berry also said that two me
: called on her recently and tried to ge
| her to leave town and offered her som
Z | money. One of the men she though