The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-27
DIVORCES AT BUTTE CITY
A DAYS RECORD IN THE COURTS OF
THAT MONTANA CITY.
Two Deserted Husbands Seek and
Find Legal Separation From
Their Respective Wives,

Judge Lindsay at Butte. Mont, satur-
| day, upon hearing proofs in the matter.
granted a decree annulling the marriage
OF William and Grace Chellew upon the
ground that the woman was insane at the
time of the marriage, says the Miner. The
unfortunate woman is at present and has
been for 10 years an inmate of the New
York state asylum. Mr.. Chellew testified
that he married his wife in Cornwall,
England, in 1871, but did not know at the
time that she was suffering from any
mental trouble. He discovered the fact
however, soon after their marriage. Since
then she has been growing constantly
worse. Eleven or Il years ago he brought
her to this country in the hope of bene-
lifting her, but 1t did no good, and he
started to England with her, but they got
only as far as New York, where she be-
came so violent that the authorities inter-
Tered and detained her. She was exam
med and declared insane. and Mr. Chel-
lew kept her at a private asylum for some
time in the hope that her mind would inn
prove, but in this she was pronounced in
durable and transferred to the state asy-
lum, where she has since been. A deposit
ton of an attendant at the asylum was
to the effect that Mrs. Chellew was in
durable was read before the court. The
couple have several children, but by the
decree entered in the case they are not af-
fected by the annullment of the marriage.
Judge Clancy heard the proofs in several
divorce cases and granted DEGREES of legal
separation to two deserted husbands. The
first case was that of M. e. Hotchkiss
against Addie Hotchkiss. The plaluriff
testified that they were married in Idaho
in 1884 and have lived in Butte for a num-
Der of years. Over a year ago the de-
PENDANT left her husband and refused to
live with him any longer, though she is
still living in the city. A Mrs. Butler tes-
titled that she had a conversation with
Mrs. Hotchkiss and the latter told her
that she would never live with her hus-
band again.
The second case heard by Judge Clancy
was that Of Allen Rowe against Florence
M. Rowe. They were married at Wayne,
Neb., in 1889, and lived together until May
20, 1884, when she got tired of her hus-
band and home and vamoosed the ranch.
She got to running around with women
and other men and I guess she thought
she could have a better time" said Rowe,
in giving the only reason he could think
why his wife left him. He was sure he
had always been a good husband and had
treated his wife well. She is at present
living with her parents at Wakefield,
Neb., where their two children also are,
and Rowe was willing enough to let them
remain there, for he did not ask the court
to award their custody to him.
Kate Dessault brought suit for divorce
against Adelar Dessault on the ground of
desertion and non-suppOrt. They were
married at Pocatello in November, 1883.
Fore more than a year past, 1t is aneged,
the defendant has contributed nothing to
his wife's support and has compelled her
to live on the bounty of friends