The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-08
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Mabel LudWig Tells Her Troubles
to Judge Lindsay.
HER HUSBAND WAS CRUEL
ehs Said He Purpoosiy UPSET . Oar
riaGe She Wa In Dreakine IN Arm
and Injuriug Her Hip-Too Init
mate With the Hired Girl.


heard the plaintiffs proofs in the some
what noted divorce case Of Mabel Lud-
wig against Henry Ludwig. which In
various shapes has occupied the atten-
ton Of the court for q year or more.
Mabel, al the last moment, secured
Attorney o. M. Hall to represent her.
She testified hat they were married al
Helena in July. 1880. and hat they
have two children, aged 8 and 4 years.
Did your husband ever call y0 any
names?'" asked Mr.. Hall.
H called me names q few times"
What has been his general treat
ment of you; kind or otherwise?"
quite otherwise"
How long since did you live togeth-
err"
About q year ana q half ago."
Under what circumstance ala he
leave your"
H left me several times. and aid
he would come back no more"
What did he say when he left o
He said ne would never come back,
n j could hustle for myself"
Did you ever give him cause for
leaving you?"
mo. SIR"
What have o to say about his
cruel treatment Of you?"
When we were living up north,
n half breeds, he used to come home
at all hours of the night and break
down the doors and then go away
again."
Did he do that TO brighten your"
Did he ever strike your"
He knocked me down once because
I told him I had heard and had seen
that he was intimate with the hired
girl we then had, and he told me to
shut up. and that she was as good as
any woman he knew"
Mrs. Ludwig also said that about two
months before her last baby was born
her husband took her out driving and
~purposely upset the cart. She was
thrown violently out, and broke her left
arm and several ribs. and injured her
hip. He made her get back into the
cart and drove her back over every
rough thing he could hit with the cart.
At the railroad station she had to be
carried on a stretcher. n he would
allow no one to assist him, but he took
hold of the head end and purposely
let her fall. When they got home he
insisted that a woman of ill-repute with
whom he a been intimate should stay
with her. but she refused to have the
woman in the house. and he n the OBJ
5~ectionable woman went away togeth-
err and left Mrs. Ludwig alone all night.
Where was thie?"
In Cascade"
Mrs. Ludwig said her husband had
also knocked her down once since they
ived In Butte. She found out hat
he had been intimate with another
woman. but she still continued to live
with her husband because she did not
know what to do. Last November he
returned and drove her from the house
which she had occupied and took the
two children away, and she has not
seen them since. She supported her.
self for a while by pawning her jewelry
and other personal effects, but lately
she has been acting as a nurse. .
Did you ever give him any cause for
his i'll treatment OF your"
None that / know of. unless I treat
ed him too well. that i wasn't severe
Mrs. Ludwig said her husband could
support her well. but he was too lazy
to work. although she had heard that
he was now in business somewhere in
idaho.
Mrs. Foersker, a sister Of Mrs. Lud-
treated his wife with any respect. and
never supported his family since they
came to Butte. and never since then
bought his wife a stitch of clothes. He
struck her once. and her face showed
the marks of 1t. II Mrs. Ludwig had
TAKEN neT OWL part mOTS B0c WOuIO
have gotten along better with her hus-
band. but she took everything from
him.
In answer to another question by Mr..
Hall. Mrs. Ludwig said she could sup
port the children If her husband paid
her alimony M stopped hiring people
to Islander her.
Judge Lindsay said he would take the
case under advisement.
Joseph Green. who IL doing time In
the county Jail for wife beating. yester-
day filed his answer in court to the
complaint Of his wife. Ella Green. In
a suit for divorce she instituted after
her husband had been convicted. Green
admits nothing contained in his wife's
complaint Except their marriage. and
denies that during the past four years.
or at any other time. he has entirely or
at all failed to provide for his wife. or
that she had been compelled to support
herself m him also. He also denies
that he treated her cruelty. or that ne
kicked her and injured her. He there
fore asks that her suit be dismissed. and
Green made an afidavit that on ac-
count of being confined In fail he was
unable to raise one with which to
pay the costs of the case, and Judge |
Clancy made IN order permitting him
to file his answer without paying the
fee. |
Sarah Bush was yesterday granted a |
divorce from her husband. Alvin Bush. |
by Judge Clancy. who heard the plain
tif's proofs. Mrs. Bush testified that \
they were married In wyandotte coun-
~. Ohio. on August %. 1879. and that
two years. the defendant a been
drunk. and has contributed
nothing to the support OF his wife and |
three children for more than q year |
About . year ago he deserted his fam |
lily. and Is now living In Ohio. Mrs. |
brother. Isaac Bechtel. and one
of her children corroborated her testi-
mony. She was given the custody OF |
the children.
In the divorce case OF Minnie Gill |
against Joseph II. Gin. q demurrer to |
ruled. and the defendant was granted