The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-06
HAD MARITAL TROUBLES
Five Women Who Found Mar
riage a Failure.
TWO DEGREES OF DIVORCE
Sarah Boland Charges Her Husband
With Cruelty and Inhuman Con-
duct-Accused Her OF Be-
ing Unfaithful.

FIVE women told their marital troubles
to the court yesterday. Two of them
were granted DEGREES of divorce by
Judge Clancy and three more applied
for divorces. Sarah Pearl was given a
divorce from Rice Pearl on the ground
of desertion and she was also awarded
the custody of three children. The par
ties were married in Atchison, Kan,
Sept &c, 1878.
Charlotte Weissberg told the court
she had not seen her husband, Loren
Weissberg, in four years. Since he left
her she has built up a little mercantile
business in Butte and she was afraid
he might return and demand share
of it, and she wanted divorce in or
der to shut him out. She got it.
Sarah Boland, defendant in a suit for
divorce brought few days ago by
Thomas Boland, who accused her of
habitual intemperance, filed an answer
and cross bill in court yesterday. She
says she has been Boland's wife since
May 49, 1897, and that they have no
children; that the plaintiff is an able
bodied man and earns good wages and
is the owner of a house and lot, from
which he derives $21 a month rent. Mrs.
Boland says that ever since their mar
riage the plaintiff has been continuous
ly guilty of cruel and inhuman conduct
toward the defendant. She says he Is a
man Of violent temper and has frequent
fits of rage. during which he beats her
with his fists. calls her vile and filthy
names and constantly accuses her of
being an unfaithful wife, which Is abso-
lutely false, all of which he does in
the presence of his children by for
mer wife. One day last March he bru-
tally attacked her with his fists and
knocked her down, kicked her and
called her vile and. vulgar names and
falsely accused her of being untrue TO
him. She was obliged to call for police
protection and she was so badly III
jured that she had to summon ,hJ-
stefan. The plaintiff frequently threat
ened to kill her and two weeks later
he gave her another beating and cen
stantiy resorts to every method known
to him to make her life miserable and
to outrage her feelings and humiliate
her in the presence of her children.
While he was drunk on several ocla-
sions he drove her from the house ard
left her to the charity of neghbors
and strangers for shelter. he rnce
kept her from home for six weeks and
then begged her to return, only to abuse
her again in his customary manner.
"A
from home again and since then they
have lived separate and apart. Mrs,
Boland says she has been L faithful
wife, but is sickly and weak. and she
asks SIS a month as alimony, $1G0 as
attorneys fee and divorce on her own
account.
Emma l.. Matteson yesterday COM
menced an action for divorce against
Duane C. Matteson on the ground of
non-support. She says in her complaint
that they We're married in Butte on
May 90 1895, and that since Marcn,
1896, the defendant has contributed
nothing to her support. although we'll
able to do so, for which reason she
asks to be restored to her rights, the
same as if the marriage had not been
consummated."
An action for divorce on the grounds
of desertion and neglect was brought
by Charlotte May Heating against
Michael Heating. They were married
in Butte on May 81. 1896, and lived to-
gether until Oct. 8 of the same year,
when the defendant deserted the plant
if and has contributed nothing to her
support since. She asks permission to
resume her maiden name, which was
Charlotte May Goggin.