The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-08

not accept q Chiuaman'p money" re-
piled the witness.
You don't look like q mar who would
refuse any mans money said Judge
StapIeton.
Perhaps you don't like the looks Of
Witness" put in Mr.. Corbett.
The examination Wa then concluded
and Ike Symons. another brother Of the
defendant. was called and testified about
the purchase OF the lot by himself and
sister with money received from Salt
Lake. He turned the draft over to Mr..
Siegel and h latter used the money
to- pay for b lot. The witness said he
subsequently sold his interest in the lot
to Mrs. 6iegel. and a house was built
on II. her own money. which she had on
deposit In . Butte bank. being put into
II. and more being raised on q mortgage
through . Salt Lake building and loan
association. 1t was understood, said the
witness. that the house belonged to Mrs.
Siegel and Mr.. Siegel always recognised
her ownership Of 1t. The witness said
he had boarded with his sister for seven
or eight years and paid her 81 .
month. He said Mr.. Stegel also paid
board at his wi house. but did not
know how much he paid.
]. e. O~ppenheimer testified that he
boarded with h Siegels for six years
and paid them from $50 to $50 . month.
About June, 1880, he heard some con-
versations about the purchase OF
property across h gulch. The con
versation related to Mrs. Siegel and
her brother. Ike Symons. buying the
property. and the matter was never
questioned by Mr.. Siegel. From the
conversations the witness gathered that
the money for the property was paid
by Mrs Siegel and her brother.
The money was to come from several
sources. He heard Mrs. 6iegel q she
would borrow some money from the
building n loan association. She
used what she had in the Hoge, Brown
lee bank. or First National. and Siegel
said he would furnish the shortage.
From conversations the witness un-
derstood the house q Mrs. Siegel's.
Mr.. Siegel was to buy Symons' part Of
the lot and present IL to Mrs. Siegel.
The witness was an employe Of Gold
smith 4 Co., part of 1S91-2-3. and again
in 1896. for six weeks. Mrs. siegel kept
some money in the safe in a private
drawer belonging to Mr.. Siegel. At
times when short Of money Siegel
would give the witness the key to the
drawer and tell him to use some of
Mrs. Siegel's money. which would be
done and q memorandum left in the
drawer. While he was boarding at
the Siegel house the parties were very
strict as to none affairs between
them. He remembered on several oc-
casions Mrs. Siegel requested Mr.. Sieg-
ell to bring certificates Of deposit home.
as she wanted to see them. Al times
Mr.. Siegel got very indignant. as he
thought h was insinuating that he
did not have them. Since Mrs. Siegel
left in 1896 Siegel had come to him sew
eral times M once told him hat a
woman could not hold real or personal
property unless she was a sole trader.
The witness roomed In the new house
from the time 1t was built until Mrs.
Siegel left, and remembered Siegel once
expressing himself as well pleased hat
his wife a a home and was provided
for in case anything happened to him.
At the time of the conversation about
being a sole trader. ETC., Mr.. Siegel said
he would bring suit for the property.
Attorney Charles Mattison aid he
rented the Siegel house and lived in II
for some time. He negotiated for II
with Mr.. Siegel and the latter told him
the property belonged to his wife and
that he did not have a thing to do with
it. The witness got the house. and Mr..
Siegel told him to pay the rem either
to himself or Mrs. Siegel's brother. Be-
fore Mr.. Mattison's testimony was con-
cluded court adjourned for the day.
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