The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-25
HOSTESS GOES TO JAIL
Mrs. Rody Punished for Enter
tanning Growler. Club.
SHE GETS THREE MONTHS
Mrs. Boyle Discharged, as There Was
No Evidence Against Her-Filipino
War Responsible for Peacs Be-
ing Fractured.

Wars in South Africa and the Phil
ippines have been responsible for many
things, but it has remained for Ana
conda people to plead them in extenu-
alton in defending a charge Of disturb
ing the peace.
1t was no fight at all that was going
on Sunday night when the East End
Grower club was in session at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Rody, said the defendants
and the witnesses for the defense in
the police court yesterday, but little
discussion as to the relative merits of
the Beers and Filipinos.
\ A hard hearted jury thought other
wise concerning the case. 1t convicted
Mrs. Henry Rody of disturbing the
peace and she was sentenced to three
months in the county Jail, with a
scorching lecture from Judge Kennedy
thrown in. Mrs: Peter Boyle, the other
woman arrested at the club meeting,
was discharged, there being no evil
dence that she had been drunk or dis
turbing the peace. Henry Rody, ar
rested with his divorced wife and Mrs.
Boyle, was not accused, he having been
released soon after the arrest He APP
peared yesterday only as a witness.
There was a vast amount of trouble
in getting the case to trial. 1t has
been set several times this week, but
each time postponed. Police Judge
Kennedy transferred the case some
days ago to Justice Of the Peace De-
vine. This resulted in a misunder-
standing. for when the case was called
yesterday the prisoners appeared at
O'Clock with Prosecuting Attorney Duff
fy, the officers and witnesses for the
state in Justice Devine's room, while
Attorney c. M. Sawyer for the defense,
with. his witnesses. appeared in Judge
Kennedy's court room.
Constable Val Shebat acted as the
bearer of messages between the two
sides Attorney Sawyer insisted that
the case had been begun in j. M. Ken
nedy's court and insisted that it be
tried there. Finally his demand pre-
vailed.
Then it developed that Judge Ken
nedy had a private engagement at 3
o'clock, SO all that was done before
that hour was to select part Of a jury.
On reassembling at 4:30 o'clock the
court took up the case again. The jury
was secured quickly.
For the state, Constable Shebat,
Night Chief of Police O'Brien, Officer
Powers and a Standard reporter testi-
fed. Their evidence went to show that
Sunday night between 8 and 10 o'clock,
complaints having been made by the
neighbors, the officers testifying had
descended upon the Rody residence.
session. Loud talking and bad Ian
guage had been heard from within, to-
gether with sounds indicating that the
Inhabitants Of the house could not walk
steadily. Then the arrests had been
made. Mrs. Rody was the drunkest of
the crowd. Mr. Rody stood next Mrs
Rody had seated herself on the side
walk and declared she would not bulge
until the officers had allowed her to
go back to secure her best clothes
Mr.. Rody was the first witness called.
He admitted that he was divorced
from Mrs. Rody and explained his pres
ence al the cabin by saying he had gone
there only to take some provisions to
the house, it having been reported to
him that Mrs. Rody was destitute
Were you having any disturbance
with Mrs. Rody?" Mr.. Duffy asked
NO" said he Mrs. Rody is loud
talker and people who don't know her
would think she was about to fight.
She was talking to me about a woman
l board with on Park avenue. You
see, she was little jealous"
Was that all?"
well, most of the time we were
talking about the Boer war and the
Philippine war. There was a colored
gentleman in the house and he and I
had a long conversation about the
Beers and the Filipinos.''
Mr.. Rody denied that he had seen
any liquor in the house, denied that
there had been any GROWER rushing
and denied that bad language had been
used. He declared the hour had not
mony of other witnesses disproved this