The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-01
ACCUSES HIS WIFE
Thomas jefferson Applies for Ahso-
Lutte and Everlasting Divorce.
HE NAMES A DARK Dominic
The Plaintiff Alleges That Rev. Mr..
CushIngberry Is the Cause or
His Recent Troubles With
His wife. Adds.

shocking scandal in high life, the
highest life in Anaconda colored society
and church circles, became noised
abroad yesterday. The case comes
from the filing of an action for divorce
by Attorney ]. III. Duffy in behalf OF
Thomas jefferson against his wire Al
die Jefferson. The grounds alleged are
adultery, in which Rev. Charles u.
Cushingberry is named as core
spondent.
Thomas Jefferson is employed as
waiter at the Montana hotel. lie mas
been in this city for more than year.
and in that time has been Ward NC
Allister for the local colony OF coiored
folks. He managed the cake walk last
winter, took care of the arrangements
for the dances, and in fashions he Is
their leader He swings the biggest
cane. wears the highest hat the longest
tailed coat and the lightest colored
trousers of any man that lives on lower
Oak street or in the neiShborhood OF
Park avenue and Elm street. He is the
Berry Wall, the Beau Brummell OF
them all.
Mrs. Jefferson is strikingly handsome
and one of the prettiest of her hace and
sex in the city, and in the cake walk
was barred from the competition.
Rev. Mr. Cushingberry is one of the
best known colored preachers i'm the
Northwest. He was pastor of the Butte
A. NJ Il. church at the time of the
building of that edifice. He resigned
that passionate to go to Colorado, ana
before his departure was rendered
rousing benefit at Maguire's opera
house. On his return to Montana, he
located in Anaconda, and organized
congregation OF the a. NJ. y. church,
which still exists. and meets every
Sunday in Matte block hall, and Is
now under the charge of Rev. Mr.. Haw-
kins. Elder Cushingberry was Janitor
at the library for a time, but more re-
Gently has been employed at the upper
works. Mrs. Cushingberry died In Butte
some years since and left a family of
four children, among them two grown
daughters, who keep house for their
father in a house behind the Presbyte-
rian church in the alley.
Another correspondent is named as
one Smith, which is said to represent a
very we'll known colored man employed
in big saloon.
The complaint alleges that on Sept.
3. 1891, at Portland, Oregon, the de-
PENDANT and plaintiff intermarried: that
plaintiff has been a resident of Ana
conda for two years: that on or about
January %. at house No. 116 Elm street
in Anaconda, the above defendant COM
mitted adultery with Elder Cushing
berry, an adult male person.
Plaintiff on his information and be-
lief, AYERS that during the months of
August and September. 1895. the de-
PENDANT committed adultery with divers
adult male persons whose names are to
the plaintiff unknown.
That on or about the day OF
September in a room in the rear of
the Centennial saloon in Anaconda
said defendant committed adultery
with one Smith, whose true name is
unknown.
Thomas Jefferson, when given
chance to state his case declined to
do so and said he did not want to talk
about his troubles, which would be-
come known soon enough in other
channels.
Elder Cushingbery was found at his
home and he talked very freely about
the matter. He was very sorry that
his name had become coupled with
this family trouble, which had been go
ing on for some time.
iii tell you how ii was, Mrs JEFF
ferson you see has her failings as
most of US have. and hers is drinking.
She has been almost an outcast among
our folks because of IL. My daughters
have taken an interest in her and they
have been almost the only ones who
were civil to her. She often visited at
our house, and they often were out to-
gether ON the street. They did as
much as they could to help her ia re-
form. Mrs. Jefferson. in her visits at
our house, frequently stayed until a
late hour in the evening, and on pre-
vious occasions l have walked home
with her.
MY daughter told me a few DAVIS
ago that folks were talking about II
and / better not go home again with
Mrs. Jefferson.
she came to my house on her way
home from work last Saturday. She
has to pass the house on her. way
home. My daughters and her, Mrs.
Jefferson, visited all the evening and
about 1880 O'Clock she started home
and asked me to walk home with her.
which / did. We went directly to the
house on Elm street They live up
stairs and I went up with her Mrs.
JEFFERSON lit the lamps in both rooms
ana we stood there talking. / had my
overcoat on and was coming away.
hadn't been in the house ten minutes
when Mrs Jefferson started TO let me
out the door. when her husband came
storming in. He was crazy and would
not listen TO reason or anything / had
20 say. / went away and hoped TO
tell him when he cooled down how
matters stood.
Mrs. Jefferson and / were. and are
friends, and that only. We have never
been more intimate. Her husband and
have been good friends, too. and l
think some folks talking have been
stuffing him about me. / have lived
in Montana long time and my rec
ord in the past is all right, and L know
is all right yet, and l hope my
friends will believe me-"
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