The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-02
DISTRICT COURT.
Change of Venue Granted in the Mem
trum- Briggs Case.

trum Briggs Case.
Missoula, Sept 1.-To-day's session
was largely taken up with the Chap,
man divorce case, very little other bus
mess being transacted. The motion for
change of venue in the case of Men,
trum- Briggs Co. VS.. Mammoth Mercan-
tile Co., which was argued the first
part of the week before the court, and
which was taken under advisement by
the judge, was sustained.
John Hurley, who was found guilty
of breaking into and stealing a quantity
or cutlery, was brought into court. and
was sentenced to the state peniten-
t1ary for one year.
The water right case of Thomas A.
Ray VS.. Olaf Oman and Victor johnson
that occupied the greater part of Thurs
day was given to the jury this morn
ing. After being out short time they
returned with verdict in plaintiffs
favor.
In the injunction case of Thomas A.
Ray VS.. Olaf Oman the case was ar
gued before the court without a jury.
The matter has been taken under adj
visement by the court.
The divorce case Of Mary A. Chap
man VS.. James l.. Chapman was on
trial before a jury and occupied the
greater part of the day, number of
witnesses being examined on both
sides. Wallace P. Smith appeared as
attorney for plaintiff and S. G. Murray
for defendant. The plaintiff charges
defendant with treating her in cruel
and in human manner. That he is
person of violent, brutal and ungov-
ernable temper, and that for the past
eight years has made her life misera-
BILE. At one time, while living in the
state of Wisconsin, he enticed plaintiff
into a boat and took her out in the
lake and would have taken her life if
he had not been prevented. At another
time he placed poison in her drink. She
also accuses him of having committed
adultery with a woman whose name is
unknown to plaintiff at divers times
and places. She also claims that he
has failed to furnish her with the ne
cessaries of life and sufficient amount
of clothing to keep warm in winter
with. In her complaint, plaintiff asks
for a house and lots in Park addition,
and such other allowances as may be
just. She also asks that she be allowed
to use her maiden name, Mary Buron,
and asks for alimony.
The defendant. in answering the
plaintiff, denies any and all of the
above accusations, and counter charges
the plaintiff with being a person ad-
dicted to drink and having carried the
matter so far as to have been unable
to take care of her household affairs,
and that many times he was compelled
to eat his meals in the city.
After argument by the counsel to the
jury, they were instructed by the court
and retired. After being out short
time they brought in findings of fact in
favor of Mrs. Chapman. Judge Woody
will render a decision in the case to-
morrow.
The jury brought in it's answer to
several questions that had been pro-
pounded to it at the conclusion of the
testimony, and found the husband is
guilty of a violation of his marriage
vows, and that the wife is not as al
legged, an habitual drupnkard. This
means that Mrs. Chapman is entitled
to the separation that she asks for and
that. in the minds of the jurors, the
husband is the only one who has erred.