The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-05
ANOTHER SIDE OF IT
Mrs. MndOli Says Andy Is No Saint
Himself.
SHE SAYS HE ABUSED HER
a Legal Document Which Takes
Into Account the Domestic In
felicdties OF q Family Well
M Known In Anaconda.

Mrs. Mary Mandoli. by her attor-
neys, c. u. Sawyer and John T. Baker,
filed her answer in the district court
yesterday to the complaint of her hus-
band. Andy Mandoli, who is seeking
divorce. With the answer is filed a no
tice to. the plaintiff and his attorney
that the defendant will at once petit
ton the court for $500 alimony for her
support until the trial Of the case, and
also for an additional allowance for
attorneys fees. The plaintiff in his
complaint has charged the defendant
with habitual drunkenness, and with
frequenting saloons and cabins In
company with men other than her
husband. also that by reason OF her
habits she has become unfit to per-
form the duties OF q wife.
These allegations are all denied by
the defendant in her answer. She ac-
mits that on one occasion she was In a
cabin with other men. but AYERS that
she was lurcd there at the instigation
of the plaintiff and in furthernnce Of a
conspiracy between her husband and
the OCCUPANTS of the cabin. in order to
enable the plaintiff to damage her
character and procure a divorce.
The defendant alleges, on informa-
ton and belief, that she was drugged
while in the cabin to insensibility at
the instigation of her husband, and of
whatever occurred therein she has no
recollection, but she denies, on fnfor-
nation and belief, that she was in
nude condition when taken by the po-
lice. l
Il, A cross-bill is filed alleging that
soon after their marriage the plaintiff
did maltreat and abuse this defendant
in a cruel. brutal and inhuman man
MAJ IN IN a
the marriage, on or about July 10,
1898, at their home on Park avenue.
the plaintiff slapped the defendant in
the face and knocked her down and
otherwise beat and bruised her.
That afterwards, in the month of
September, the plaintiff struck the de-
PENDANT with his fists, and drew a pis-
toll on her and threatened to shoot her,
causing her to run to her parents for
protection. On Dec. %, 1898, the plaint-
IN, 1t is charged, violently and cruelty
beat the defendant. and at the same
time called her vile and opprobious
epithets. And since Dec. %, 1898, that
there has not been a week in which the
plaintiff did not insult, abuse and mall
treat this defendant. Such abuse has
been so continuous and frequent that
1T has been utterly impossible for her
to remember the day and date of such
occurrences.
The bill further states that the
plaintiffs business is keeping a grocery
store and saloon combined, and that II
Is his usual custom to come home
about IL or 1 o'clock at night, and al
most invariably he came home under
the influence of intoxicating hquor. and
often grossly intoxicated, and would
always abuse her. Mrs. Mandoli fur
Their alleges that she had always con-
Quoted herself as a prudent, econom-
zeal and industrious wife, has always
done the cooking. washing and ironing
for the family. and also made her own
clothes and kept her house in neat,
tidy and housewifely manner, in all
things being a true and faithful wife.
This brings the unhappy marriage
down to a recent date, when the an
swer goes on to state that on April 2S,
1895, the plaintiff, without cause, struck
the defendant with his fists and choked
her; then drew a pistol on her and
drove her from his house and home, at
the same time telling the defendant
not to return. and he would not per-
NIT her to take her clothing with her.
but drove her into the street with no
clothing except what she had on her
person, and destitute of money OF
means to purchase the necessaries OF
life.
The wherefore Of all this is to the
effect that the plaintiffs complaint
should be dismissed for want of equity
and the defendant be given a decree,
with a share Of plaintiffs property,
and alimony.