The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-08
She WAS VERY GAY
Jennie Blume's Letters Tell an Inter
esting Story.
AS READ TO THE COURT
She Said She Was Sweet on Lot
Of Gentlemen. and Her Hubby
Swiped the Letter That
Told II All.


composed of Patrick Doyle. Patrick
O'Farrell, Hiram Graehl. Seth b.
Smith, ]. r. Robinson. Morris Pow
ers, william Michigan. N. Genereaux.
Richard Payne. A. ]. Daum. N. p. Dry |
den and Daniel Zimm. Both sides are |
we'll represented by counsel. Judge l
Stapleton. ]. c. Robinson. w. z. Car
roll, f. T. Mcbride and M. d. Leehey |
appearing for Mr.. Blume. and Wines |
& Wines George Haldorn and L. J. |
Hamilton for Mrs. Blume.
The plaintiff started out with the
l'promise to prove every allegation OF
adultery made against Mrs. Blume
and the correspondents. DIR. W. IL
Hall, L. Van Orton and Fred Bowen.
| the offenses covering a period OF IA
years. from 1884 to February 1882
Mrs. Harriet Ward. at present .resid-
| ing in Kalispel. testified that In 1883
| she lived in a house adjoining that o1
| Mrs Blume and one morning while
| Mr.. Blume was in the Occur dAiene
country, she saw a mans tracks In the
| fresh fallen snow on Mrs. Blumes rront
i porch Mrs Ward leased her about II
and she admitted that the tracks were
made by Van orion. who. she saio.
spent the night with her. She said she
loved Mr. orion and would have mar
ried him In preference to Mr.. Biume
II her mother had not objected.
oliver Humphreys, aged p, testined
that in 1884 when he was but IL years
of age, he overheard number OF con-
versations between his father ana Mrs
Blume, during which he remonstrs.ea
with her and accused her OF frequent
terminal intimacy with Van orion ana
that she replied II was nobody's Dust
| ness and that she loved Mr.. Orton.s
little finger better than Mr.. Blume's
whole body. The witness mad otten
seen Van orion visit Mrs. Biume AT
night and saw them enter the bedroom
together on one occasion. Young
Humphreys said Dave MeikeiJonn
tried to prevent him from testifying IN
the case and offered to send him out OF
the county. He had also peen tnreae-
ened by one Van Orion. -.
City Marshal Tebo testified this
| morning that he knew Mrs. Blume ana
Van orion in 1884, at which time ne
was director of the Orion BAND ana
rooned with Van orion. On one occa-
sion Van orion failed to show up at
hand practice and the witness went In
search of him and found him with MIS-.
Blrme at her house. Mrs. Blume came
to the door and said Van Orion was In
} side.
that during Mr.. Blume's absence In the
Occur a. Alene he saw Van orion enter
the Blume residence three or iour
times. each time at night. on one oc-
CASTOR he followed them from the skat-
!. ING rink and saw them enter the Blumt
residence and pull down the blinds az
ter they got in. He often heard MRS
Il Rlume tell her mother that she iovee
: orion and that sometime she wouie
. live with him. .oao
3 Humphreys said that in March, 1889
:, he moved into a house adjoining TN
Blume residence. The two houses Wer'
l. almost built together, but the nous'
- of the witness was about 50 rect iohse
than the Blume house. so that TN
Kitchen window of the former gave
view of the bed room and Kitchen o
o. the latter. On one occasion in 1888, II
Ill the evening, he saw Van orion ehte
er the house through the Kitchen uooi
4. The blinds were up and ne saw ortol
and Mrs. Rlume go from the kitchen Z
the he'd room and then the blinds wer
C. | nulled down. Soon thereafter IN
Id light was transferred to the parlor u
ct 1884 the witness overheard one OF tn
at frequent spats between his fatner an
n. | Mrs plume. He charged her with sus
tain,np criminal relations with Va
orion and she boastingly admitted
~ and accused old man Humphreys OF OK
a ing jealous. A., .Ya,ao-
he ancnloved his usual tactics In trying
confuse the witness and the cou,
called him to order several times.
al Is not necessary to take up the time
on the court and jury in worrying %
IN witness" said the judge. When I
I" answers a question once let that I
When the witness answered que
ay tion Mr.. Haldron wanted to know wns
". reason he had for knowing cer,a'
he ether reason but common sense. en-
ne M 1Ialdron wanted 10 know why no
Iudpe Stapleton objected to Mr. Ha
dron "badgering' the witness and ~
MI Haldron objected TO the use o. ~
m word "badgering." The judge said
sh would Law down a little law, and TN
an the examination of future witness
he would have no more OF the WorrI
to ing process. and that useless rho u
ny. necessary questions would n,t I've Is
noitted He had enough of IT.
NJ Harry Nichols, county detective. te
JiIl titled that in the spring OF 1884 ne nv
tai near the Blume residence ana ~
ig- quently saw Van Orton there,
Mr.. Blume was next called TO Z
witness stand and testified that
1884 he found certain letters under Z
seat of an clubhouse. He had previou
" seen a letter containing the saI
address. Miss Rhoda Clyde, in I
house. He picked II up, but AZ
ne would not let him see IL. She said
the was her letter. "Rhoda Clyde" was
name on which Mrs. Blume had aiwa
been very much struck The incide
ter of the letter made him suspicious, a
he instituted search for other i
ters and found two In the Clubhouse
Will read the letters and then confront
aw his wife with them. He asked her
10 an exclamation, and she said Van
ave ton wrote them to her. but said thu
rm was nothing between them but an
brit, nocent Irritation When he told I
rye that people were talking about her
Zee pretended to be very indignant,
admitted that she had been foolf
The two letters were by Mr.. Blu
Ical shown to Governor Richards, Attorf
and MCBRIDE and John Wrath, and w
lists read by them. He kept the letters II
box at the First Netional pank I"
n lot of other papers During his
Co. sence from town Mrs. Blume had
ion. KEYS 10 the box and access TO It's G.
tents. When he returned home the
Spe- ters We're missing. He accused
,ury wife of having taken tnem, anu