The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-13
BUTTE News.
IN THE DIVORCE MILL
Mrs. Rosa Dickinson Is Granted
q Decree.
THREATENED TO KILL HER
Life Was Anything but q Round of
Pleasure-Tears Were the Only
Weapon She Used Against
Her Brutal Husband.

Judge Lindsay yesterday afternoon
listened to the troubles of Mrs. Rose
Dickinson and granted her a divorce
from her husband. Boyd Dickinson.
She testified that they were married
In Ashland county. Oregon, in 1881,
since which time life has been one
round of anything but pleasure. Dick
inson has been in the habit of beating
and kicking her n in other ways
constantly reminded her tha she was
married and that he was her husband.
On Labor day. in 1897. Mrs. Dickinson
went u to the race track and her
husband kicked about it. They had
some words about the foot race that
was run and he clinched his argument
by smashing her in the face. OF course
that settled II. as she could not answer
him. At another time they had a
WORD or two" as she expressed 1t,
n he struck her and threatened to
kill her. She said such occurrences
were frequent and arose over trivial
and frivolous matters that she could
not recall all Of them.
Honestly" she told the court. IT
can't remember them all. He kept
me so nervou and worked up from
one time to the other. that / really did
not know what / was doing half the
time"
On one occasion he threw a bar OF
soap at her. and one morning at break
fast he complained that the coffee was
not strong enough N threatened to
throw IL into her face He said he
YOU run the house IL he had to use
a club to do II.
ssnf1 80. 800 of..A HI. D..
treat you so?" asked her attorney.
No" she said. II would break down
n cry. That was the only weapon I
had. / have been a good wife to him,
but he didn't seem to know IT."
Other witnesses corroborated her
story. The decree of divorce gives her
permission to resume her maiden name,
Rose Castro.
Judge Clancy yesterday refused TO
grant a divorce to Esther Nelson Lake.
who asked to be legally separated
from John Lake, who she alleged was
insane when she married him in Utah
last January TO please her mother.
Judge Clancy. who had the case I'M
der advisement for some time. said
the evidence was not sufficient to prove
that Lake was insane. According to
the plaintiffs own testimony, she had
been with him a great deal for three
months before she married him. and
should have discovered his insanity. IL
he was so afflicted. As for her mother
taking such q deep interest i'm the
marriage, said the court. that was the
common and natural thin for moth
ers to do and there was nothing wrong
in 1t. The court also said that there
were certain state laws regarding in
sanity which had not been observed
by Mrs. Lake, the inference being that
she should have her husband, who is i'm
Utah. examined by a commission on
insanity. Mr.. Leahey. attorney for
Mrs. Lake. will take the case to the
supreme court.
William W. Jones yesterday COM
menced a suit for divorce against
Christiana NJ. Jones on the ground of
infidelity and desertion. He alleges in
his complaint that they were married
at Wellsville. Utah, in Nov. 1884. and
that in October. 1887. she was criminal
ly intimate with the notorious John
Doe at Wellsville, and has repeated
the wrong Eat divers days and times
before and after that date. Jones re-
lates that he has been a resident of
Montana for 10 years and that the de-
fendant deserted him in 1891 and has
ever since that time lived separate n
apart from him. Dan Yancey is attor-
ney for Jones.
Catherine A. Shireman yesterday
commenced an action for divorce
against Abel F. Shireman on the
ground of desertion. They were mar
ried in Butte on Nov. ., 1891, and on
October %. 1895. he deserted her. She
says she has no idea where he is now,