The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-28
MRS. HUBER NOT INSANE
A Commission Decides That She
Is Mentally Sound.
THEY DID NOT GET ALONG
Mrs. Huber Declares That She Would
Rather Go to the Penitentiary Than
to Again Live With Her Hus-
band-The Axe Episode

commission on insanity consistin,
OF Judge Brantly and Drs. Wood an,
Ray last evening inquired into tn,
mental condition of Mrs. Mike Huber
and found that she was of sound mind
The troubles of Mr.. and Mrs. Hube
have been aired more or less thorough
~ in the Standard, and the public i:
| generally familiar with them.
The inquiry was held in the distric
| court room at 80 o'clock last night
Several witnesses We're examined, put
nothing was brought out. Mike huber
| the husband, was one OF the witnesses
lie sad he and Mrs. huber hau been
| married eight years; that he came IRON
minnesota ana Sne from Ireland. Iney
came TO Anaconda a year ago last
September, ana ms business was that
Oh tedmSter. Ills wife mad been keep
ing house Tor her brother when Euper
met ner. lie thought they hau got along
ABOUT as We'll as husband ana wlte
generally do, although she was some
times pretty hard to get along WITH
Huber SAID his wife hau been III bad
health Tor the past few years. She
suffered from some trouble peculiar to
women she was very cross at times,
ana When she took her cross spells she
did not treat their cnlluren very We'll.
ABOUT the house, although she appar-
emily loved them when IN her ORDINARY
health.
Huber told about the trouble that he
ana MS wife had last week when she
hdu MN arrested for assaulting her
win an axe. He said he had just
bought a new axe and a handle and
was hitting the handle when his little
.-year-old boy crawled under his arm.
his VIE remarked that he might be
employing his time more advantage
ously than fooling with an axe. HUBER
retorted: If you don't shut up pretty
soon III throw il at you" He had no
intention of throwing the weapon at
ner, nor of injuring her in any way.
Shoftly after this he raised the axe
from the ground, and in doing so it
grazed the little boys forehead He
nau never struck his wife nor whipped
her. he mad always provided we'll for
ms family. Immediately after the axe
episode Mrs. Huber left the house with
the children and he did likewise. He
sent word up to the house that if anv-
tnlng were needed to let him know. and
ne would send up what was necessary.
ne met his wife on the street a few
nays aitefward and she had inrited
MN 10 come down to the house where
she was living and have supper. He
salu that he would, but did not know
Where II was. She told him to wait n
rev moments and she would go along
win him. She then went away. but
ala not return, and, although he made
Two efforts to find the place he was
unable to do so. She had proposed 70
MN that he take two of the children
the Two boys, but he told her he was
not aple 70 do so just at present.
Mrs. Huber was questioned. She
appeared to be perfectly rational and
answered the questions in an intelli-
Shn 4.1I gEr
aoout the axe affair than Huber did
ohe said that she was lying upon the
ped and her husband came home |
irunk and began To abuse her One
Wora LED 10 another and he drew IN |
me axe as If To strike her with il. In |
long SO one edge of ne axe, which |
was double-b itted one, struck the |
little boy, who was standing immedi-
itely behind Huber. She said that
1uper was as good a husband as any-
,ody ever had when he was sober. and
'ne Was very sorry that he drank SO
nuch. He had never struck her, but
lad often threatened to kill her Sba
vowed that she would rather go 70
all or to the penitentiary than TO live
With him any more
In reply to questions relative To her
assertion of her children she said thai
ne mad not intended to leave them
zone, and would not have done so for
~ toit iibuSIt 1naI her hnS- !
'and would go to the cabin and take
are or them, as she had given him ex
,ncil directions concerning it's Ioca-
ION. when arrested she was on her
way to Missoula. where she has a sis
er. She expected to find a home for
er two little girls with this sister. She
Intended to come back at once after
laking the arrangements. She would
ot nave gone away at all if she had
hought her husband was not with the
tile ones. She told the doctors about
er illness, and said it was only on ne
odlc occasions that he was sick.
several other witnesses. including a
oman neighbor of the Hubers. Chief
! Police White and Deputy Sheriff
iallagher testified to finding the chill
rem I'm the cabin and also as to her
rrest and detention. A brother of Mrs.
iuber, of Three Forks, said that his
ster had never shown any signs of
lsanity. and that so far as he knew
ne was perfectly sane. There had
ever been any hereditary insanity in
er family :.
Al the conclusion of the examination
he commission decided that the wom
n was not at all insane and she was
10 her liberty.
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