The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-01
SATURDAY DIVORCES
The Case of Julia MahOney Against
Her Husband, E. H.
O'BRIEN, THE WELL KNOWN
He Deserted His Wife-The Latest
of the Farradays-Ward VS..
Ward-The Old Blume
Trouble.

Judge Mediation yesterday afternoon
heard proofs and granted DEGREES in
several divorce cases. In the case OF
Julia Mahoney against E. II. Mahoney,
the PLAINTIFFS attorney states that the
summons in the case had been person.
ally served on the defendant and that
the latter had made provision for di-
vision of property and had placed some
money in the hands of an attorney for
the use of Mrs. Mahoney. He confessed
that he had no defense to make to the
charges against him and consented that
if she could sustain her charges with
proofs that she should also be granted
the custody of the minor child. Mrs.
Maloney, a fragile little woman, testi-
fed that she was married TO the de-
PENDANT at Ogden, Sept. is. 1884, and
that they have one child, a girl. The
defendant, she said, had been crimi-
nally intimate with one Amy Howard,
an inmate of the Castle, a house of ill
fame. She saw her husband and the
woman in each others company at the
race track and received letters the
Howard woman wrote to Mr.. Mahoney.
The letters were sent to the house and
Mrs. Mahoney read them. They were
very endearing affairs. Mrs Mahoney
often demonstrated with her husband
and tried to get him to do better but
Ii did no good and she left him about
three months ago. The Howard woman
had the nerve to call on her once and
told her that her husband was not
treating her right and that she ought
to get a divorce. A castle bartender
named Lewis testified as to the indie
cent character of the house and said
he saw Mahoney frequently i'm How
ards room and in a compromising sit
uation.
In the case of Minnie O'Brien against
NJ j. O'Brien the charges were nom
support, cruelty. drunkenness and de-
sertion. The plaintiff testified that she
married the defendant i'm this state July
IL. 1885. In oct. 4, 1894, he deserted her
and for more than a year she has not
heard from him. O'Brien was Butte's
first fire marshal and is well known in
the CITY. lie left his wife several times
and deserted her entirely as stated,
nearly a year and a half ago. He left
home stating that he was going to
luaho, but a few weeks later his wife
received a letter from him at Kansas
City. She said that for five years she
had been compelled to support herself
and child by sewing. He often struck
her and abused her in other ways and
was drunk almost continuously. At
present Mrs. O'Brien lives with her
child at the Women's and Children's
home, and has lived there ever since
her husband deserted her, to which
fact Mrs. White. matron of the home,
testified.
In the latest Farraday divorce case
demurrer to the complaint was over
ruled and Ida was granted 30 days TO
file her answer.
In the case of Augusta Ward against
John Ward. in which the defendant APP
peared as his own attorney and filed
an answer in which the only plea he
made was that the plaintiff was unfit
to have the custody of the children.
Judge Speer yesterday overruled a de-
murrer to the old mans answer. The
Judge said that while the pleading was
not good ii raised a question concern
ing the custody of the children. a mat
ter that was entirely within the discre-
tion of the court. and which would have
to be decided on the evidence, and for
that reason the demurrer would be
overruled.
The old case for separate meainte-
nance of Virginia Blume against Henry
j. Blume. bobbed up in Judge Speer's
court yesterday morning when the
civil calendar was called. The parties
have been divorced about a year and
Mrs. Blume has been married nearly
the same length of time. but her suit
for separate maintenance is still pend
ing, II having been taken TO the SUI
preme court on the defendants appeal
from an order to pay temporary alimo-
ny and the case will remain on the call
endar until the appeal is decided.