The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-04
STILL IN THE COURTS
LaslOVich and Becich Again Air Their
Peculiar Troubles.
A WONDERFULLY MADE NOTE
The Defendants Assertion That
the Plaintiff Took His Wife
Not Allowed to Operate as
a Counter Claim.

The troubles and incidents of the
Laslovich-Becich imbroglio came be-
fore the courts. again yesterday for
the fourth or fifth time, and, as usual,
drew out large audience of their
4 countrymen. Judge Fox's court was
the arena of the latest legal contest.
and others loom up in the future. The
action was a suit brought by Blaz Las
1ovich TO recover s1s7 on a note given
by Valentine Beech for money ad-
vanced- All the witnesses in the case
gave their testimony through inter-
prefers. and it was difficult and tedious
for the American auditors to keep
track of the evidence. However, a jury
of six listened patiently, and at the
close brought in a verdict for the
plaintiff
~ Colonel T. O'Leary appeared for the
plaintiff, assisted by Matt Dudley, and
Attorneys Sawyer and Baker appeared
for the defense.
facts about the giving of the note. and
though the whole story was not
brought out yesterday, 1T is an inter-
esting one. A little more than a year
ago Val Becich and Blaz Laslovich
were very warm friends and compan-
ions; so friendly that when Val want
. ed to get married, Blaz gave him mon
ley to bring the present Mrs Becich
Sfrom her Eastern home to Anaconda,
and funds wherewith to buy furniture,
the loans In all amounting to $187.
When the wedding bells had rung, and
the event duly celebrated, Mr. and Mrs.
Beech began to take boarders. They
were successful in getting about a
dozen to live with them In East Park
street. All was well for some months,
until the latter part of last August,
when Becich became dissatisfied be-
cause, it is said, one of the boarders
was too intimate with the landlady.
He gave out his intention of leaving
town at once. and of letting the board
ers.. and the landlady do as they
pleased. When Blaz heard of this he
went after Valentine and persuaded
him to give his note for the money due.
IF you don't, cut your head off your
neck" is the way his persuasive talk
was translated. Valentine was willing
to sign the note, but, as he did so, he
said to Blaz: II sign your paper and
give you my note, but If, while / am
away, you sell my furniture or take
my wife, I won't pay you one cent of
thfsrmoney." The note was as follows:
uls- Anaconda, Mont, Sept /, 1894
Statement of 1877 dollars American
money which /, Valentine Becich from
Beca, have received from Blaz Laslo-
vich,' from Laslavic, in cash have re-
ceived and become to-day his right deb
tor. Whenever able / wish to pay him.
With some of this money that 1 bor-
rowed 1 bought household goods and
E these things / leave to Blaz Laslovich
what's left from the other creditors. 1t
becomes his and Gods. and the amount
that he gets from these things let him
tell me and what shall be short wish
to pay when able and in time and /
affirm with my own signature.
"VALENT BECIC,
"Rightful Debtor.
.sJOSn RITNr-rXaC
eb-sc "MET PAVLOKOVICH.
by the scribe:
.-,,- : Jos. CANJAR."
After his departure business was
poor at the boarding house. all of the
boarders found other quarters except
Blaz and it was lonesome Soon q
friendship more than platonic sprung
up between the star boardcr and the
landladg, and they lived on at the
boarding house with bu. one boarder
and he paid all the bills besides some
of those incurred By his predecessor
and friend Becich, after fighting TIE
creditors through the justice courts.
1t was the day that one OF those
cases was decided against him that
Lasiovich got mad and attacked Be
cich, who had in the meantime re-
turned to Anaconda, with chair. Be
cich pulled revolver and shot at his
assailant. The ball grazed Walls
stomach, but did him no harm and Be
, cich was acquitted in police court.
Then Laslovich brought the suit
which was tried yesterday and he won
it in spite of the peculiar defense set
up. The defendant admitted the debt,
but claimed as a counter claim that
the plaintiff had taken his wife and his
furniture. which should cancel the
claims. Mrs. Becich appeared and tes-
tilted against her husbands side, of
the case. She said she herself owned
the furniture and had sold part of IL
to support herself. She said she was
now doing washing. The defense were
not allowed to prove the relationship
and that knocked out the counter
claim, so that the plaintiff won his
suit, and the way IL looks now Val Be-
cich is out the $1S7, for which judg-
ment is entered. has lost his wife and
all his furniture. and Laslovich is still
on the warpath-