The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-15
A LITTLE FAMILY JAG
Karkiaien Brought Home a Gal
Ion of Rum.
AND THEY ALL HIT 1T
At the Solemn Hour of Midnight the
Old Man Went for His Wife With
Knife and the Star Boarder
Hit Him in the Eye.

A star boarder. a gallon Of rum. a
| bottle Of whiskey and knife have
broken up family in Burlington and
! created great interest among the Swed
| ish population of this section. who seem
| divided in their support of the husband
| and the wife. Henry Karkiaien was
arrested a few days ago on a charge Of
| assaulting his Wife with knife. the
| charge being assault III the third de-
| gree. The defense was that the hus-
| band was jealous of a boarder who has
| lived mt the karkiaen house the past
| two months. The case was tried in
Justice Laurandeau's court yesterday
afternoon before jury composed OF
Thomas A. Burke, e. w. Parnell, Evan
Herbert. b. w Cordell, Richard Reimel
and Ed Mahoney. The prosecuting
witness, Mrs. Karkiaien, is a rather pre-
possessing Swedish woman. Her nus
band appears to be hard working
man and he had black eye as he sat
in court yesterday. which was model
in it's line. The boarder in the case is
young F'inlander apparently about y
years Of age. Emmett Callahan assisted
Mr.. Connolly of the county attorneys
office, in the prosecution OF the case,
and John Bloor appeared for the de-
PENDANT.
Mrs. Annie Karkiaien, the prosecut-
ing witness, said she is the wife OF the
defendant. She said that her husband
came from town TO their home in Bur-
lington on Feb. 9, very much fntoXl-
Gated and wanted her 10 make some
punch for him. She refused because he
was already drunk. Then the defend
ant came for her with a knife. She
told Peter Cary to come over and help
her because her husband was after her
with a knife. Cary had boarded at the
house about two months. Cary had
come to the house for board and her
husband had found work for him. The
witness said that her husband struck
her with the knife, but it was with the
back part of the knife and didn't cut
her flesh, but made a cut in the dress
on the left arm. He also stabbed at her
left hip and the witness showed cut
in the dress. He threatened that ne
was going TO kill her Mr.. Cary seized
him and when he released him he start
ed for her again and ordered her out
of the house.
ON cross-examination Mrs. Karkiaen
said she had been married to the de-
PENDANT j years. on the day in ques-
ton her husband and herself came
from town about O'Clock in the after
noon. Her husband brought a gallon
of liquor from town with him against
her protest. Cary came home from
work about 8 o'clock. Cary took one
drink at Karkiaien's invitation In an
swer 10 Il question the witness said that
her husband received the black eye he
wears from Cary during the fraeas, be-
cause he had called Cary a name. The
assault took place a little before mid
night. She had asked Cary to stay
until morning as she was afraid of her
husband. Her husband had often
whipped her before. She had never had
him arrested before. Since the assault
she had stayed at Mary Dolan's. Cary
is not staying there. She left the house
al II 80 the morning after the assault.
Cary left at on the morning after the
assault.
Peter Cary was the next witness for
the prosecution. He said he is living in
Butte at present. He was present at
The assault on Feb. 3. He did not know
how the trouble began but he saw Mr..
Karkiaien start for his wife with
knife He took the knife away from
the defendant and closed 1t. He had
known the defendant and his wife for
two years, and they had been friends.
Since the fracas he had not stopped at
Mary Dolan's. but had called there. On
ross-examination he said he went TO
the house about o'clock on the day OF
the fracas and at that time there was
no trouble. The row began about $50
or o'clock and lasted until morning.
1t was about midnight when the as
saalt took place. lie had started TO
leave the house because he didn't want
to get into the row. He had not heard
the defendant tell his wife to put him
out of the house lie drank nothing
but took a drink to his lips to please
| the defendant and then threw 1t out
on the floor. After the assault on the
| defendants wife, the defendant called
! the witness names and abused him and
| he struck the defendant in the eye.
Lille karkiaien, daughter of the
| couple s years old. was next put on
the stand. She had been sitting beside
| her father and when She took the stand
Mr.. Connolly asked her II her father
| had just neen talking to her about 60
| ing on the stand, and she said he had
Mr. Connolly asked her what he had
/ said to her, but she wouldn't say any
thing.
Attorney Bloor objected to the insin-
uation of the prosecution and said he
had overheard the fathers conversation
with the daughter and he had merely
told her. Don't cry. The girl then
burst out crying.
To Mr.. connollys questions the little
girl when her tears We're dried, said
she would know where sac would go 10
if she told lie. She said she saw
Peter throw her father over to the
| stove.
Did your father tell YOU to say
| this3"
Yes"
when"
| The little one however insisted that it
| was the truth and said her father did
| not touch either her mother or Cary,
and did not have any knife in his hand.
Then did your mother lie when she
/ SAID that your father assaulted your
/ mother with a knite2
The girl didn't answer.
i (Which do YOU love best your father