The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
BUTTE News.
SHE WANTS A DIVORCE
Mrs. Caper Heuser Tells Her
Side of It.
SHE QUIT HER HUSBAND
Bays He Gets Beastly Drunk and Has
Deserted Her - She Explains
Her Relations With
Avery.

Mrs. Caper w. Heuser, whom her
husband had accused of having left
town with John Avery, friend of the
family, during her husbands absence
from Butte, called at the Standard Of
flee yesterday to make statement for
the purpose of clearing Avery's name"
She admitted having left her husband
and added that she left him for good,
too, and intended to get a divorce from
for nine years, and that there were
lots of people in Butte who knew her.
Mrs. Heuser contradicted the story her
husband told the police. She said he
lost his job through drink and that he
made it unpleasant for his family.
He hit me and called ME nasty
names" she said. He did go to Gran
lite, but was away only four days, and
when he left home he was paralyze /
drunk"
John Avery had boarded with her for
six weeks. That's all he did," she said
and he left about seven months ago
and went to another house to board
OF course. he visited our house quite
often after that. but he never came I'M
less my husband was at home. When
my husband went away he said he
would never come back, and that
could make my own living. I said
could do that, and l would rather do
1t than live the life had been living.
He was drunk for three weeks and did
not work When he left / didn't have
much money, and so I sold everything,
which was not much, and decided to
go to my aunt in Colorado, but
changed my mind
why did you change your mind?"
ooh, that makes no difference to you,
does it?"
Mrs. Heuser said she took her three
children and went to Deer Lodge. but
denied that Avery went with her.
HE went with me to the depot and
he took different train. / don't know
where he went"
Last Thursday Mrs. Heuser tee-
phoned from Deer Lodge to some store
in Butte to make inquiries about Avery.
There was no harm in that" she
said. He was always friend of mine.
Somebody played trick on me and my
husband answered the telephone and
gave himself out as John Avery and
told me to come to Butte"
And you came?'
II came.'
why did you come when you
thought Avery wanted you?"
'Oh, just came. l intended to come
anyway the next day"
Mrs. ,Heusers admits that she was
much surprised when her husband i'm
stead of Avery met her at the train.
When her husband saw her he ex-
claimed, soFSshe says, II got you after
all. didn'tI"
But don't put that in the paper" she
added, "for he didn't say it anyway"
He wanted her to live with him
again. but she told him she would have
nothing more to do with him and that
he might as well go away and leave
her alone.> She, however, accompanied
him to the Morgan house, where he had
engaged rooms for the night. becaus
she wanted to talk with him, but she
occupied separate room. She said he
tried to take her watch and money from
her, and twice tried to break into hsr
room during the night.
HE slapped me, too, but 1 gave him
a good one back" she said.
The next morning she made her escape
and her husband has been looking for
her ever since.
II don't want him to find me, because
/ am going to get a divorce, and you
can put that in the paper"