The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-02
CHARGED WITH MURDER
An Information Filed Against
Cora Mcdonald.
is CONFINED TO HER BED
Is Suffering From Hysteria - No
Date Set for the Hearing -Spen-
Ger Charges Hersam
With Fraud.


Cora Mcdonald. alias Lizzie Lang. the
woman who killed her child charging
her with murder. The complaint was
made by Under Sheriff Murphy and
filed i'm Justice Traps court. where
she will be given a preliminary hear
ing. No date has been set for IL. how
ever, as the woman is confined to her
bed at the county Jail. and is reported
to be very sick. County Physician
Sheeran is attending her. and stated
yesterday that she was suffering from
hysteria. but thought she was keeping
to her bed voluntarily and not neces-
sarily from illness. The jailer. how
ever. says the woman needs assistance
to get up and move around.
John H.. Spencer yesterday COM
menced an action in Judge Lindsay's
court to recover possession of a house
and lot i'm the LAWYER addition, which,.
he alleges. were obtained from him
through fraud by NJ. +. Hersam and
his wife, Alta Emma Hersam, and
Hersam's brother-in-law, Grant Mus
ser. Spencer saws in his complaint
that on the 18th of last March he en-
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the property to Hersam, the latter
agreeing to assume a $500 mortgage
and to pay 500 in cash and four prom
issory notes for $505. 80. executed by l..
T.. Dubois to Hersam IN March 8, and
secured by "A certain chattel mortgage.
Spencer made out a.deed to the prem
Uses and, a. Hersam's request, deliv-
cred il to Musser. who was to hold IL
in trust for Hersam. The latter repre-
scented to Spencer that the four notes
were good and collectable and referred
him to several different persons who
would discount them. and Spencer saw
the persons mentioned to him before
accepting the notes. They told him
they were good and that they would
discount them. Spencer then took the
notes in part payment. but when he
offered them to the parties they refused
to accept them, and On further inves-
tip Spencer discovered that they
were worthless and that the chattel
mortgage was no good and the notes
had not been obtained i'm the ordinary
course of business. He alleges the
facts TO be that Hersam owned a mall
quantity of personal property of mere
nominal value, described in the chattel
mortgage. and for the purpose of cheat
ing the plaintiff or other persons with
whom he might deal. he induced Du-
bois to accept a bill of sale of the
property and execute to him the notes
mentioned, so that he could sell them.
1t is alleged that Hersam went to the
various persons to whom he afterward
referred Spencer and asked them to
represent to the plaintiff, if he came to
them, hat the notes were good and
collectable and that they would dis
count them. for the purpose of de-
frauding Spencer. Subsequent to the
execution of the deed by Spencer TO
Musser the latter decided the property
to Mrs. Hersam for an alleged consid-
Grafton of $500, but it Is alleged that no
consideration whatever was paid, and
the deal was a conspiracy for the pur-
pose of defrauding the plaintiff out of
his rights. Spencer offers to return the
5000 paid him. together with the four
worthless notes, n asks that the
deed he gave to the property be set
aside and the defendants to be debarred
from claiming or asserting any interest
in the premises.
Judge Clancy held a very brief ses-
sion of court yesterday morning and
disposed of the cases set for trial in the
usual manner by passing them to the
foot of the docket" One case. that of
James A. Murray against F. Aug.
HeinZe, known as the Stella mining
case. was dismissed as settled on the
courts own motion. 1t had been re-
ported some time ago that the case
had been settled. but none of the par
ties to the suit were in court yesterday
morning when the case was called for
trial.
/. One of the cases passed to the foot
of the docket was that of Fred Radue
against Cyril P~auweylyn, executor of
the Tuohy estate. an action to recover
1876. 900 on a note alleged to have been
given by Tuohy during his lifetime TO
his physician. DIR. Weyerhorst. in pay
ment of a debt of gratitude. The case
had been tried once before, n the
Jury decided that the note was a for
gerry. . A new trial was secured by the
plaintiff. to whom the note had been
| transferred, but the attorneys agreed
yesterday to pass the case for the pres
ent.
Judge Lindsay yesterday heard the
case of James II. Lynch against Isaac
Bechtel, and both cases were taken
under Amusement. In the second suit
Mr.. Lynch asked for o $1,000 for
damages by reason of he fact that
Bechtel refused to accept the building
in controversy and put in a heating
plant. and for other damages sus-
tanned by reason of the
failure to live up to the lease.
A suit of the Omaha Pressed Brick
against Charles Suffer for
S942, due on an account, was on trial
when court adjourned.
Alex c. Abbott the public admins
traitor. who enlistedSin the volunteer
army. yesterday filed in court his resig-
nation as administrator of the estates
of John p. Byrne. Adolph Schwade,
Michael Cannon. Emil W~einberger and
Mary cannon.
Under Sheriff Murphy yesterday
went to Camp Creek to sell 1900 head
of horses under an execution in the
case of p. A. Largely against j. w.
Chapman.
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