The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-09
NASTY And TEDIOUS
The Blume Divorce Case Drags Its
Dirty Length Along.
MRs.BERRY sAwAGREATDEAL
Virginia Must Have Had q Gay
Time of It While His Nibs"
Was Absent II These
- Stories Are True.

further cross-examination OF Mr.. Blume
by Mr. Haldron, but nothing particular
was brought out. The attorney asked
him II he had ever made any public
charges against his wife before she
began her suit for separate mainte-
nance in October of last year. Judge
Stapleton objected to the question and
the court said it would not permit them
to go into that case further than to
establish the single fact that there was
such a case. Mr.. Blume replied that
he made the first public charge in his
answer to her complaint.
During Mr.. Blume's direct examine
ton he made no reference to his
charges against Fred Bowen. the third
correspondent, and Mr.. Haldron must
have thought he recognized in that fact
| a weakening of the PLAINTIFFS case.
| How is IL you said nothing in your
| testimony yesterday about Fred Bowen
and the charges you made against him
| in your complaint"
wen get to that after awhile" was
the answer.
"Oh, then you know nothing about
it of your own knowledge"
No"
| M L. Wines, who represents DIR.
| Hall, a correspondent, then secured
| permission to take hand In the cross
| examination and questioned Mr.. Blume
about his knowledge of Mrs. Blume's
visits to DIR. Halls office. In trying to
| get the witness to fix the dates OF the
visits Mr.. Wines repeated the same
4 questions many times, and the court
/ again had to interrupt the proceedings
| by telling the attorney that the exam
nation was getting very tedious. In
subsequent questions regarding the Wis
! it's Mr.. Wines prefaced. them with
statement of the. allegations that DR.:
| 1<xrt x.rIxy inf
| Mrs. Blume squeezed her hand, gave
her a funny feeling, ETC., and the court
again stopped the method OF question:
ing. He said IL was very Objectionable
and not necessary to ring In the
charges" with every question.
How often did your wife tell you
that DIR. Hall was a loo loo?' tf
1.-TWO or three times.
In questioning Mr.. Blume about the
very damaging letters written by Mrs.
Biume. in which she spoke OF her con-
quests and mashes. Mr.. Wines asked:
"Is IL not a fact that you have fire.
ouently told your wife that you could
easily ride on scalpers' tickets because
you could so well initiate the different
signatures?"
II often rode on scalpers' tickets but
never made such remark TO my wire.
I am not a good imitator of writing.
The question indicated that the de-
tense will deny that Mrs. Blume wrote
the letters, and will intimate that Mr..
Blume forged 1t. In answer TO other
questions, Mr.. Blume again related
| many incidents of his unhappy mar
rage. and how his wife became dissat-
isfied with her lot, and wrote to friends
and Spiritualist mediums for advice
about leaving her husband. He SAID
he had many suspicious that his wife
had been doing wrong, but she always
denied IL, and he believed her until hs
got hold of the letter to Miss Hanson
in which Mrs. Blume boosted OF hel
"mashes."
AT the conclusion of Mr.. Blume's ties
) timony the plaintiffs counsel offered II
evidence a deposition made by Govern
: or Richards in regard to the letters
alleged to have been written by Val
) Orion to Mrs. Blume. Mr.. Haldorn Cd
jected, but the court overruled IL, ant
Brother Richards deposition was reaf
to the Jury. The governor said he has
) | known Mr. and Mrs. Blume and L
E Van Orton for IL years. In May. 1884
) | he saw certain letters addressed u
Miss Rhoda Clyde and signet
ssVan." He saw the letters twice. ans
. read them. He was shown mem o:
. | Mr.. Blume. They were addressed M
dear Wife" and among other thing
they said: when is his 'nibs goini
| away again so we can have anotne
z picnic?" The language OF the letter
5 was very endearing, and full OF sucl
l
8 one" didn't we have good time,
etc On cross-examination the govern
or said he was familiar with the hand
| writing of Mr.. Blume, and he knew
4 that the letters were not written o.
I him. In 1884. Mr.. Richards said, d
: knew but one man by the name o
Van. and that was Van orion. MI
Plume told the governor that he ha'
snoken TO his wife about the letters
! and she admitted that they had bee
written to her by Van Orion, but tina
there was nothing more to them ina
an innocent Irritation. and he wa
), ready to take her word for IL. He al
II not want to believe her guilty OF an
: wrong because she was his wire an
the mother of his boy.
John Wrath, the next witness. sal
he had seen the Van letters, an
o that Mr.. Biume had read them to hin
/. but he could remember nothing
their contents.
: The plaintiffs counsel announced {
Il the court that one of the importan
i witnesses. Mrs. Berry, was too SICK I
: be brought into court, and permissio
was granted to take her deposition
and court adjourned until $3.50 O'Clock
: When court reconvened, 3
I Churchill was called to the witnes
stand and testified that he was fami
lar with Mrs. Blume's handwritint
r and had often seen her write in tn
books of the store, and saw numbt
of letters written by her to her SO
j, George. The tell-tale letters write
= 10 Miss Hanson were shown to the WI
!. ness, and he unhesitatingly pronounce
IL 10 be written by Mrs. Blume. n
also recognized her signature TO the lie
}. ter.
!. il. Hammer. the next witness, te'
tined that he had seen lot OF Mr.
Il Blumes handwriting. but he could nc
& say that he had ever seen her writ
and he was excused
Mrs. Alice Black testified that ST
had seen Mrs. Blume write and had n
v ceived letters from her some yeal
ago. She was not willing to swef
= that the Hanson letter was in n
, handwriting of Mrs Blume. but
r. looked like it," and Mrs. Black "woul
l. say that Mrs. Blume wrote IL. TT
" witness said the signature "Jenn
r2I,,rnes was the signature OF Mr