Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-04
A BATTLE ROYAL
PROMISED Between H. H. NC
Cord and His Wife.
HAS HIM ARRESTED
On a Charge of Living With Another
Woman ard Then Sues Him
For Maintenance.

H.. H. McCord. a dealer in real estate,
was arrested Saturday on a charge OF
adultery preferred by his wife, who ar
rived from California a few days ago.
Justice Bliss released him on Il cash bond
pending a hearing.
According to reports, McCord came to
Butte several months ago and brought
with him a woman. whom residents OF
Butte thought was his wife. They are
said to have lived as man and wife. The
story further say that a short time since
McCord and a man in Butte who knew
McCord had left a real wife in California
had a misunderstanding in business mat
tiers and it resulted in the man writing
McCord's wife n telling her of his
career. 1t resulted in the wife coming
to Butte and having a warrant issued for
the arrest of her husband and the woman.
who is named as Laura Enough in the
warrant. The Eibough woman is tall
and rather shapely. and while she would
not take first prize at a beauty show she
is not bad looking. She is a swell dresser.
The constable hat arrested McCord could
not find her and the supposition is She
has left the city. McCord is rather a fine
looking man and has an air Of business
about him..
The second chapter Of the drama made
its appearance in the shape Of a mainten-
ance suit in the district court today. The
door Of the clerks office had not been
| open long before Attorney j. NJ. Hinkle
! entered the room and filed a complaint,
the title Of which was Virginia E. McCord
! against Harry H. McCord. In the docu-
ment Mrs. McCord alleges that the de-
defendant and herself We're united in
marriage in San Francisco on April |. 'SS,
and their permanent residence was in San
Francisco from the time Of the marriage
until Oct. II. 1897. on which late the
defendant deserted and abandoned her
and their adopted child without cauuse
and went to Seattle; that the next in
formation she had Of him was in Novem-
Der. 1898. when she heard he was in Butte.
Further, she alleges that McCord is a
shreWd business man and a money
maker: that during his residence in ute
he has been engaged in the real estate
business and has made $40, O0O; that there
is now due him from o. e. Kenyon of this
city $500, which defendant is now trying
to assign to prevent her from recovering
it for the support of herself n child,
Further, that since March II, 1898. the
defendant has been spending his money
e~xtravagantly in riotous living. has beer
living in open and notorious adultery
with one Laura Enough and has repre-
scented to various persons that they wer;
husband and wife; that he has beer
spending large sums of money for the us,
and support of said Laura E.ibough anr
utterly and absolutely failed and neglect
ed TO furnish any uppOr or maintenance
whatever for plaintiff and child, now min
years old. which was legally adopted il
May of 1896: that plaintiff has been strug
Cling along to support herself and child
but is now in destitute circumstances, no
possessing enough money to bring thi
action.
Mrs. McCord asks the court to restrai
her husband from collecting the $3.50
mentioned as being due him from %. {
Kenyon. order him to pay her $1OO
month %aliinony pending the determine
ton of the suit and such sum as the cou,
may deem necessary for the permanent
support of herself and child and ais
order him to pay her attorney $500 ia
his services.
In an affidavit accompanying the com
plant Mrs. McCold says that during tn
earlier period of their married life sh
supported her husband and gave hir
money.
Mccord has employed Attorney WIN
f. Carroll to defend him in the action an
proposes to do the plaintiff real legal bat
tie. In explaining the case to his attorne
ne old a story hat borders on tn
romantic.
when I was 81 years old" he said. ="
was united IN marriage with the plaintiff
IN Inc action. l was then attendin
schooi IN San Francisco. Prior to the mar
rage she told me she had hean nar,;o