The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-25
ASKS FOR ALIMONY
Divorced Husband of Mrs. Holman
Alleged to Be Wealthy.
SHE HAS THREE CHILDREN
He Writes Letters to the Little Girl
r Eliza Barry Wins Her Suit
Mrs. Louise Spier's Case
To Be Heard To-Day.

= Butte, May 24-In Judge Speer's
court o-day the suit of Bessie Holman
against her divorced husband, William
II. Holman, for alimony and to compel
ham TO support their children, was called
for trial this afternoon. The defendant,
who is at present living in Iowa, failed TO
appear either in person OF by counsel, and
the case was tried in the court without n
jury. The plaintiff. with her three child
rem, aged Is. IA and l3 years respectively,
were present, and she testified that she
was married to the defendant Oct. :, 1873,
and on July. Is, 1891, was divorced IN Du-
luth. The decree gave her tho custody
of the children, and since then she has
supported them by her own labors. Lett
tiers from the defendant TO his children
state that his father and mother have
lately died and he will soon come into
possession of considerable properly. She
also testified that the defendant had
three houses in Wardner which brought
s.So per month rent. she also claims that
no was worth several thousand dollars.
Lillian Holman, aged IA, testified that
her father told her ne would soon have
plenty of money and that he had bought
her some clothes when he was here last
November. The defendant passed through
here last November on his way TO Mime
sofa and was served with a summons in
this case while he was in town.
The court said he was not satisfied with
the proofs as to the amount of property
owned by the defendant, and he would
continue the case two weeks to give couu-
sci time to procure evidence on that
point.
The Jury in tho case of Eliza Barry
against the Western Insurance company,
after being out an hour. returned n YER
dict for the plaintiff for S799.il and upon
49, n e..
the verdict and three against II.
Mrs. Louise Spier, eXecutriN of the es-
tate of Ernest SpIer, deceased, filed in
Judge McHatton's court to-day petition
for writ of prohibition and mandate di-
rected against Police Magistrate Turner.
Mrs. Spier recites that in last September
she secured judgment in Judge Naughten's
court against Fred Feike for the posses
sion of certain property and for 500 dam
ages. Last Wednesday the defendant
filed a motion before Judge Turner to set
aside the judgment and the motion was
set for hearing May % and Mrs. Spier
asks Judge Mediation that Judge Tur-
ner be cited into court why he should not
be RESTRAINED from interfering in the
case. The writ was ordered issued.
Fred Nc Donald to-day commenced suit
againstJ. j. Haggerty for 500 alleged to
be due as rent on the Hauser block on
East Quartz street.
The following matters are set for hear
ing tomorrow morning in Judge Speer' $
court:
State va. c. l.. Campbell, plea; state VS..
William and Arthur Moulder. plea; state
vs. John Stafford, sentence; state VS..
John Sheehan, demurrer; &. A. Johnso
to appear; First National bank VS.. A. A,
Lisker ct. al, demurrer of Lisker; ID. B.
Jacobs VS.. Peter Cravers ct. al, demurrer
Carpenter VS.. Carpenter, hearing; WI
liam II, Orr VS.. Butte Hardware company.
motion TO strike; Kenyon-Conneil com
pany VS.. J. j. York, demurrer.
number of matters in the explosion
cases are set for hearing before Judge
Mediation in the afternoon.