The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-16
COLD WATER DID IT
Antonio Allemandi Took the Friendly
Advice Of an IriShman.
LlZZlE'S HURRIED ESCAPE
MeadervIlIe Divorce Proceedings
That Have Two or More Sides
A Very Interesting Little
misunderstanding.
LlZZIE'S HURRIED ESCAPE

few weeks ago the Standard pub
lished story about the family trou-
bles OF Lizzie Allemandi of Meaderville
and the young wife's return to her par
ents. The sequel is a suit for divorce
commenced In the district court yester-
day by Lizzie, or "Lizzy." as she
writes IL. Lizzie is a German woman
and Antonio, as his name indicates. is
an Italian. The alliance between Italy
and Germany didn't seem to work all
right.
In the complaint Mrs. Allemandi re-
lates that they were married in Butte
on the 10th of last January. Her maiden
name was Lizzie Werle. Ever since
the marriage, she says, her husband
has been an habitual drunkard. She
says he also has a violent and abusive
disposition and has been guilty of ex-
IRENE cruelty, repeatedly called her a
bawd, and, in the presence of others,
falsely accused her of infidelity to her
marriage VOWS, causing her grievous
mental pain, and using vile and abus-
i've language towards her, calculating
TO disgrace her in the eyes OF her
friends. He ended up by violently driv-
Ing her from their home in Meaderville
and refusing to provide her with neces-
sary support, compelling her TO look to
her relatives for assistance, and she is
now living on their charity.
On April 20. says the complaint, while
she was sick in bed, he threw a bucket
of cold water on her with intent to in
ture her and to compel her to leave
home, so he might avoid his obligations
to support her during her sickness. on
account OF the drenching she received,
she was made worse and was sick for
a number of days. Lizzie further al
leges that her husband has repeatedly
threatened her with other bodily harm,
a ND hA nalc hat h.. I,w,
live with him without great injury to
herself. She says that when he is in
toxicated he is a shiftless and worthless
character, carousing, gambling and
consorting with lewd and unchaste wo-
men, wasting his means in riotous liv-
ing and thereby depriving her of prop
er support.
mandPs complaint, but there is more
of it. which she does not relate. Ac-
cording to accounts given by the neigh
bors, Antonio and Lizzie did not get
along well from the very beginning of
their married life. She didn't like mac
aroni and he despised ''sauer kraut und
speck," but as she was the cook. 1t was
the favorite German diet, or nothing
and that was the origin of the trouble.
She also went to dances and stayed out
very late, so he said, and then she
couldn't get up in the morning in time
to get him a breakfast, which was an
other serious cause of complaint In
the absence of police in Meaderville,
Antonio was compelled to unfold his
troubles TO his friends and neighbors.
One Inflated day he took an Irishman
into hts confidence and told him Of his
wife's reluctance about getting out of
bed in the morning. The Irishman sug-
gested the cold water cure. and Antonio
fell into the idea. He tried IL the very
next morning with more than success
full results. 1t is said he called his wife
only once that morning and when she
failed to respond he procured a large
bucket of very cold water and then he
turned the bed clothes down very
gently. Then came the shock-a cruel,
chilly shock and Lizzie got up. Her
rising was so sudden that II surprised
and he ran out of the back
door. When he screwed up sufficient
to return to the house, he
found that Lizzie had flown. He learn
ed that she returned to the home OF her
parents, and when he sought her she
informed him that she would have no
more of him. Allemandi then went to
the newspapers and advertised the fact
that his wife had left his bed-and his
board also-and warned everybody not
to give her credit on his account. and
now she wants a divorce. Wines a.
Wines are her attorneys.