The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-01
THEY CARRIED on
Trial of Mrs. Gray Becoming Inter-
ssting to the Principals.
THE STORY OF THE HUSBAND
Testimony Not All on One Side.
But the Preponderance of IL
Seems to Be Injurious to the
Woman In the Case.


the cousin of the voluptuous plaintiff
in the Gray divorce case and the CO.
respondent in the cross-suit. was the
first witness on the stand at the trial
this morning. He testified that on
last Christmas evening he and Mrs.
Gray went to his room on Kemper av-
enue TO wait for a car" and while
they were there Gray. the husband.
broke in and struck his wife on the
mouth and knocked her back on the
bed. Thomas jumped up and told him
IL he wanted to hit any one to hit him.
Gray called his wife a vile name and
said she had no business in another
mans room.
What were you doing in that
room?" asked Mr.. Cotter on cross-ex-
animation.
Il guess a man had a right to be In
his own room.'
What right had you there with an
other mans wife," II.
Thomas explained that he met Mrs.
Gray going home and missed the car.
and as it was cold he invited her to
his room. When they got into the room
he locked the door because there were
some drunken men in the house and
he did not want any one to see Mrs.
1Tdy III his room. 1HeTe were JULIET
rooms in the house but he did not
think to take her there. Both were
sitting on the bed when Gray broke In.
| Mr.. Cotter asked the witness il he
had not asked Mrs. Berry, keeper of
| the house. not to be too hard on him
| about the Christmas affair. and II he
had not told his brother-in-law, Mr.
| George, that he and Mrs. Gray had
| been carrying on" for more than a
year. The witness denied 1t.
Il never acknowledged any such
thing?" he said.
| During the testimony of Thomas
/ Mrs. Gray kept her head bowed and
her handkerchief up to her face. At
the conclusion of Thomas testimony
Mr.. Wines announced the close Of the
plaintiffs case. n
Thomas z. Gray, the defendant. was
then called to the stand and testified
| that he was supporting his four chill
dren and housekeeper on his wages as
a miner. At the time of his marriage
he had 81 ,655 in cash. now he has not
a dollar He lost $500 on a lease and
the remainder went toward the sup
port of his wife and family.
Gray denied that he ever bought
medicine for his wife for an unlawful
purpose. She complained about hav
ing a pain in her side, and as the com
pany doctor neglected her, Doctor
Holmes was called in and on examina
ton found that she had an abcess
Mr.. Gray said his wife, and he always
got along well prior to the last few
months of 1894, when the cousin, Thorn
| as, became too intimate with Mrs
Gray The witness admitted that h
threw table knife at her in July. 1891
but that grew out of quarrel whicl
| reached it's climax when she called hir
: a vile name. When the men at tn
mine spoke to him about the actions O
his wife and Thomas in visiting win
n | rooms, he went to his wife and pro
tested, and told her she must quit run
ming with him, and she replied tina
she would not shun Thomas to pleas
. any one. On the night Of Dec. IL Ora
returned from Butte, and as he al
preached the house he saw Thomas an
!. | Mrs. Gray come out of the front room
. and when he entered the house Thoma
n hung his head like cur dog, and sh
had as many colors in her face as
rainbow" He accused them of bein
in the front room together. and bot
1 denied it, On Christmas night Mr.
: Gray went to visit Mrs. George o
Kemper avenue, in spite of his remor
STRANGE. and he decided to follow he
): He reached her destination few mil
utes after she did. and found Thoms
hanging around on the outside of I'll
e house. When Mrs Gray left the hou:
Thomas walked away and made a d.
! tour and came back and met Mr.
Gray and Mr.. George. The latter r
turned home. and Thomas and Mr.
Gray went to his room, closely 70
: lowed by the husband. They went I
> stairs and entered Thomas room. ar
Gray took up a position on the outsit
and listened TO the conversation. I
= heard enough to convince him OF n
n wife's infidelity, and related what
Il heard to the jury with particular d
= | tail. Gray admitted that when
/ ~ hi mi
y names and struck at her. but miss
u her. Thomas did not say word. Or;
:, went out and tried to get a gun to X
- his wife and paramount. but could n
e get one. He did not see his wife aga
&c for FIVE or six weeks. and then met h
70 at the home of her parents. The w
=, ness identified the entry, Thomas
. Thomas and wife. Warm Springs" I
the Southern hotel register. under da
of Dec 25, as the handwriting OF I
wife's cousin. He could not identi
the entry on the register Of the
n James hotel, Thomas Williams a.
A. wife" as the handwriting of Thoms
e The latter entry was made on ID
I, &c
y Mr.. Wines subjected, Gray to a rigC
" Gus cross-examination on the matter
As his cruelty toward his wife. Gray a
X mitted many of the acts. but said
~ always had provocation. and tn
e. Thomas was most always at the b.
es tom of Ii. He once told Thomas tn
ir he didn't like the looks of things, a
Al Thomas said that he wouldn't COZ
III around TO the house again, but
n came Just the same. The witness Il
In again all about the way he shadow
n his wife and Thomas on Christm
o. night, and how he had his ear to
door of Thomas room for half
hour, listening to the conversation
Thomas and Mrs. Gray. They spo
nj of things they had purchased for ga
n other. and about having her husba
II Gin a sack" Gray repeated all
"a damaging things he heard them 81
ir and how he burst in the door VIII
nd he thought IT time to make his pr
ence known.
ne Mrs. James Sullivan was the M
z. witness and testified that she had De
a neighbor OF the Grays for 10