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

part OF July. She saw him coming
and went out to meet him but he
barely noticed her and would not
speak to her. At night they occupied
separate but adjoining rooms. He
went into her room, placed a lighted
lamp on table, threw open the win
dows and blinds and all the doors and
said he wanted them open. She got
up and nut out the light and then he
took three lighted lamps and put them
on the floor against the door between
their rooms and told her that II she
opened the door Il would upset the
lamps and burn the house down. Some
time during the night he put out the
lamps and took the door on the hinges
and threw II out Of the house. He re-
fused to eat what she cooked for him
and sometimes she would make mush
for him as often as three times for
one breakfast in trying to please him
and then he would make II himself.
When he didn't like a thing he threw
1t on the floor. After the big dyna-
mite explosion last January he told
her that about a dozen of her pimps
had been killed and he was glad of 1t.
She often asked him why he treated
her so. and why he accused her of be-
ing untrue to him. He replied that he
did II because he wanted to get rid of
her and wanted her to get a divorce.
One time he bought a meal ticket at
a restaurant and took their little girl
with him TO eat at the restaurant One
day Mrs. Helms accompanied the little
girl and he told her that he did not
buy the ticket for her to eat on and
moved everything to the other end OF
the table. After that he ate two and
three meals day and got rid of the
ticket as fast as he could. While he
was at the hospital she visited him
once and twice a day and he always
asked her what she wanted and told
her to go away. One day she made
an appointment with his sister, Meta
Richter to visit him together. After
that Mrs. Richter always went ahead
of Mrs. Helms and was constantly
with him. Prior to that time Mrs.
Richter had not been on friendly terms
with her brother and had not visited
him for two years and he also refused
to visit her. During his last illness
Mrs. Richter brought his meals to him
from her home at unusual hours in
order to get ahead of Mrs. Helms.
When the sick man would ask his wife
to prepare him certain things for his
dinner Mrs. Richter would rush home
and prepare the same things and
bring 1t to him before the time he
wanted 1T. and do everything she
could to forestall Mrs. Helms in his
favor. Before his last illness Mrs.
Helms would frequently wake up at
night and find him standing In the
| doorway looking furiously at her and
clenching his fists. When the doctor
| informed her that an operation would
have to be performed on her her hus-
band said 1t should be done because
| in that way he might be able to get rid
| of her without the necessity of a d.
vorce. He said he could stand by and
see the doctors cut her to pieces. Mrs.
Helms denied that she had ever been
| climate with other men or that she
ever gave her husband the slightest
cause for jealousy and suspicion. She
asked him whom he suspected and he
| said he suspected no one any more
than others. Mrs. Helms testified that
while her husband was running a
brickyard she assisted him and did O.
mans work on the yard and cooked
for the employees besides.
-Four years ago. was there not some
change in your status as a wife?" ask
ed Mr.. Wines on cross-examination.
The question was objected to and
the objection was sustained by the
court. Mr.. Wines said he wanted to
show the cause of Mr.. Helms jealousy.
but the court would not permit the
question to be answered. Mrs. Helms
testified that her husband threw wa
ter on the back porch so that ice froze
on II anu WOulu uOl pcTIlll IL 10 De
removed. Mr.. Wines wanted to know
II Helms did not form the ice on the
porch 50 that In case any men came to
visit her they would slip and fall and
that Helms might be able to catch
them that way, but Mrs. Helms re-
piled that she did not know his rea-
son for throwing the water on the
porch.
In regard to Mrs. Richter carrying
food to her brother Mr.. Wines asked
Mrs Helms II she did not know that
there was a popularity in the cooking
done by old German women that was
different from the cooking of any other
nationality. and that Mr.. Helms might
have preferred tt. but Mrs. Helms did
not know anything of the kind.
Mr.. Karenke was called as a witness
% testify as to Helms treatment OF his
wife prior to the period OF his alleged
insanity Tor the purpose of showing
dence in his wife and often spoke in
love and gratitude toward her. The
court ruled out the testimony on the
ground that II related to Helms In
sanity and was therefore excluded I'M
der the rule OF the court.
Col. ]. ID. jerks was called as a wit
ness and testified as to the value of
Helms homestead. He said the build
ings. IL new, were worth s1.013.02, bat
now they were worth SO per cent less.
The Got was not worth TO exceed 5000.
ID. ]. Newstrom, a police officer testi-
fed that he had been requested by
Helms TO watch his wife, and he did so,
but never saw anything wrong in her
conduct.
Pearl Helms. the 13-year-old daugh-
ter, testified that she slept with her
mother. except when Ihe latter was
sick. and accompanied her when she
went out.
m F,,r-ax, . ,..4e,o-. a.. $1,000
testified that he had Helms at the hos
pital for some time and operated on
him for some abdominal trouble. He
had a cancerous growth and the doctor
Informed him ne could not live a year.
He seemed 10 submit 10 his condition