The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-14
MRS. HOGARTH'S GUN
She BIazed Away at Her Husband,
But Missed the Mark.
SOMESENsATIONAL CHARGES
A Lady's Name Is Used In the Pro-
ceedings. II Is Said. UnJustly
and WrongfulIy-I he Lieuten-
ants Livorce suit.

Lieutenant Hogarth, whose name
was connected with that of Mrs. j..
X. Smith, in sensational charges made
by Mrs. Hogarth in her answer to her
husbands suit for divorce, called at
the Standard office yesterday to make
a statement in exoneration of Mrs.
Smith, whose name, he says, was I'M
justly dragged into his family troubles
by his wife. Mrs. Smith, he says, is a
woman Of irreproachable character and
has always had the respect of the best
people in Butte and Bozeman, in which
cities she has lived for a number of
years. Hogarth says he does not care
what his wife may say of him, but he
does not want the reputation of an in
nocent woman to suffer. He also de-
MES that he was forced to resign from
the national guard. but claims he vol
unfairly rendered his resignation.
In speaking of his trouble with his
wife he said she was a divorced wo-
man named Mrs. Ross, when he mar
ried her. and has a boy 16 years old.
although she denies that the boy is
hers. The trouble with his wife, he
says, is her insane Jealousy. While they
lived in Helena she used TO walk up
and down in front Of the store, where
he was employed, for a half a day at a
time to see If he talked to other wo-
men. DHe u
shoot him and did once strike him with
q redhot poker. He was afraid of her
because she was an expert shot with a
six-shooter, and he had taught her to
shoot until she became so expert that
she could bring down a squirrel from
the highest tree with her little gun.
He knew what she could do and he
was therefore afraid of her. Her jeal-
ousy and threats finally made life so
4 - &l.,e - - III IL
in the national guard and went to
Bozeman on the 18th Of last Septem-
Der and went to work on a ranch.
He knew Mrs. Smith, who was living
In Bozeman at the time. His wife also
knew her. Mrs. Hogarth came to
Bozeman and hunted up Mrs. Smith
and asked her II she knew where Hoo
garth was. Mrs. Smith said she heard
he had gone to work on a ranch and
at Mrs. Hogarth's request she loaned
her horse and buggy to bring him to
town. Mrs. Hogarth met him when he
arrived In town and asked him IL he
intended to return home. He said he
would not, as he had had enough of
her. She then demanded that he sup
port her, which he also refused to do.
Her actions, he said. were suspicious.
and he feared she might attempt some
violence, so he jumped into the buggy
bosom and blazed away at him. The
bullet passed over his shoulder and be-
fore she could shoot again he was out
of range. She was not arrested and
that was the last encounter he had
with his wife He has been in Butte
since the 5th of last January.
The Mrs. Smith mentioned In the case
is a handsome young woman and is
also said to be divorced. Her husband
was a man well known in Butte and
Bozeman as the promoter of a big ad-
dition to the city of Bozeman during
the first capital campaign, and sue
ceeded in unloading a lot of Gallatin
county land on Butte people as Boze-
man town lots. He is supposed to be
at present at Cripple Creek.
Mrs. Smith also called at the Stand
ard office last evening and said her
character had been unjustly assailed
by Mrs. Hogarth and gave many prom
inent references as to her good name
and standing among those who knew
her. Mrs. Smith was formerly n Miss
Abbott. and her father in his lifetime
was a prominent member of the Idaho
legislature. She is a granddaughter of
Ex-Governor Shelby of Kentucky and
a niece of General Joe Shelby, and is
related to many other prominent fam
lilies. She believes that the trial of the
Hogarth troubles will vindicate her