The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-03
N THE DISTRICT COURT
Default Entered in the Sensa-
tional Streicher Case.
MURRAY FILED AN ANSWER
A Fight Now to Set Aside the Defaults
A Motion for . New Trial IN the
Insurance Csse-Other
suits on Trial.

A default was entered in the district
court In the two sensational suits of
Ludwig Streicher and % other heirs of
job Streicher. deceased. against James
A. Murray. The default was probably
the result OF a misunderstanding or ne
glect of some orc, as the time Tor an
swering had expired long ago. One of
the suits is for SIS 600 damages and the
other for the recovery of a lot of valu-
able mining property. including inter-
ests in the Narrow Gauge. Humboldt.
Elba, North Pole. Corona and Tiger
mining claims. The plaintiffs are Ger
man heirs OF the Streicher estate and
are represented by Attorneys Forbis
and Haldorn. Their claim alleged that
at the time of John Streicher's death
In Butte he owned the mining interests
mentioned, besides 1896 in cash. and
that through a conspiracy between Mr..
Murray. Silas +. King. q. A. Komberg
and Adolph Rosenthal. imperial Ger
man consul at San Francisco, the en-
tire estate. including the cash and
royalties due on the mines. was sold to
Mr.. King for 5000 and subsequently
transferred to Mr.. Murray. The heirs
claim that Rosenthal. by misrepresen-
tation and fraud. secured a power OF
attorney from them. They allege that
Mr.. Murray has extracted ore from the
nllutS 10 tut Value ol SiJt.tVo. lot Nnltn
amount judgment was asked. less the
$1,000 that had been paid for the prop
erty. The court Is also asked to re-
store to the heirs the mining property
out of which they claim they were de-
frauded. Shortly after the defaults
were entered yesterday Charles O'Don-
nell. attorney for Mr.. Murray. filed an
answer of five ines to one of the suits,
making a general denial of the allega-
tions of the complaint. A fight will of
course be made to have the efaults
set aside.
A motion for a new trial was made
yesterday by the attorneys for the de-
PENDANTS In the case of Samuel Null
willie against the Pacific Mutual Insur-
ance company. on the ground that the
evidence was insufficient to Justify the
verdict and that the damages were ex-
cessive.
Toole and Wallace, attorneys of Hell
ena, yesterday began suit against ii. A.
Root and other Davis heirs for $42. 500
claimed to be u for attorneys fees
In the will contest. IL In alleged that
the Helena lawyers were to receive $780,
900 for their services and $500 for ex-
penses. only 10000 has been paid on
the account and judgment is asked for
the balance. The court is also asked to
make the claim of the attorneys "A lien
the attached property prior to that
of other creditors.
In Judge Lindsay's court yesterday
the trial of the suit of Dennis Driscoll
against Dan Shields. involving a con
struction Of the statute OF limitations, |
was concluded. The court overruled a
motion for "A non-suit. and a verdict
was returned for the plaintiff.
A suit of j. +. Fox against /. Ruben
stein, an action for the possession of
property. was tried and resulted
in a verdict for the defendant.
The suits of the Schatzlein Paint
company. against j. III. Steele and John
Kozar against Frank Bayuk were dis
missed as settled.
In Judge Clsncy's court the jury in
the case of Oscar Aiken against w. G.. |
Harding and others returned a verdict
for the plaintiff for S144. In the case
of Mayo against Rand a judgment was
given the plaintiff. In the case of An
ma Il. Harris against Annie Lamphier. |
a judgment for s2,625 "a by consent
for the plaintiff.
The proofs were heard in the divorce
case of Hannah Good against Mark
Good. and a decree entered for the
plaintiff. The ground OF the divorce
vas desertion.