The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-08
CASE WAS DISMISSED
Barker Charged With Beating
and Robbing Nita Lane.
WOMAN HAS LEFT BUTTE
Eliza Sturtridge Sues for Divorce on
the Ground OF Cruelty and Failure
to Provide-C. e. Dutton VS..
William Thompson.


The case of grand larceny against
Fred Barker, the man who beat and
robbed Nita Lane, a woman with whom
/ he lived, was dismissed in Judge Clan
! cy's vourt yesterday. 1t was dismissed
for the reason that the woman, who
was the complaining witness, has de-
| parted from Butte. Barker was
charged with having robbed the woman
of diamond ring, which he took from
one of her fingers while she was insen-
sible under a drug. The drug had been
administered by Barker to the woman
| to relieve her from the pain of injuries
he had inflicted upon her in a beating.
The ring was valued at 5000 and was
| pawned by Barker.
| Eliza Sturtridge wishes to be divorced
from William H. Sturtmdge and has eX-
pressed the fact by beginning suit for
divorce in the district court where she
filed a complaint yesterday. She says
| in the complaint that Sturtridge has
been cruel to her and has failed to pro-
vide her with living and she asks
| Divorce on these grounds The COM
plant alleges that the parties were
married at st Austel, Cornwall. Eng
| iand, IN 1882, and that since the mar
| r1age the defendant has treated the
pialntlH IN cruel and inhuman man
| ner, as follows, to-wit He would come
nome intoxicated twice week on an
| average Tor two years prior to Novem-
per- 1898, since which time the plaintiff
has not seen him. And he would by
Iorce drive the plaintiff from her bed
and house in all kinds of weather, at
the same time striking her hard and
cfuel blows with his hands. using vile
ana approbrlous epithets towards her
| In the presence of their young son. and
on many occasions falsely accusing the
plaintiff Of unchastity. On nearly all
of these occasions the defendant would
also threaten to kill the plaintiff. The
PLAINTIFFS health has been injured by
the defendants cruelty. and she fears
he will take her life if she lives with
him again. She alleges that she has
always been good, true and dutiful
wife and gave the defendant no cause
for her acts. She further says that the
defendant has not provided for her for
a year. She prays that the court will
dissolve the matrimonial bond between
her and Sturtridge and award to her
their one child, son.
A complaint was filed in the district
court yesterday in the suit of c. E.
Dutton against Mr.. Thompson. The
suit was brought to compel the defend
ant to perform his part in a contract
between him and the plaintiff The
complaint alleges that the defendant
entered into an agreement with the
plaintiff to purchase from the latter,
within 80 days of the execution of the
contract, either the whole or a three
quarter interest in the mineral rights
in Rices addition in Butte, also the
surface rights to several lots in the
ca ma ttyr NIa Irfp
to pay $500 for the whole mineral in
terest and the surface rights or $500
for the latter and a three-quarter In
terest The complaint says that the
defendant has failed to carry out the
agreement, and that by reason of the
agreement the plaintiff has beeen pre-
vented from selling the property to 9TH
ers. 1t asks that the court oblige the
defendant to choose which provision of
the contract he will perform, and in
case he refuses to do that, require him
to take the whole mineral interest and
the surface rights in question. and pay
the sum of $500 to the plaintiff, with
interest. .'
In the case of Frank Cooney against
the city of Butte and John Branagan,
the plaintiff has filed his brief on the
facts and on the law in the case This
is a suit brought to quiet title to a por-
ton of the William Penn ~smining
claim.
The following business was transact
ed in Judge Lindsay's department of
the district court yesterday. In the
case of Casey VS.. Anderson, being tried
before Judge Lindsay as to the defend
ant John r. Lewis, the work of getting
jury is still in progress. A Venire of
70 Jurors and another of so We're eX-
hausted yesterday and a third for %
more has been issued, returnable at 10
o'clock this morning.
Inc setting of the following causes
Tor trial was vacated: John Yank VS..
L. j. Bordeaux and e. o. Jackson VS. |
H. c. Gray.
The case of Tony Williams against
the Montana Meat company was con-
tlnued for trial until Dec. II, 1899 |
mOtlon for a continuance in the |
case OF Lee Mantle against Lulu F. |
Largely, Administrative of the estate of |
L. A. Largely, deceased was argued by |
counsel and by the court taken under |
advisement
j. e. Richards. Charles Suitor and w,
w. Ensign were appointed appraisers to
appraise the estate of Julius Watson
Holmes, deceased
In the divorce case of Augusta Ball |
against George Ball, the default of the
defendant was entered and the plain
tiffs proofs set for hearing on Saturday
next.
The bond of Emma Proulx, admins
tratriX of the estate of Ovilla Proulx
deceased, was approved. The bond was
fixed at $1,000
What $40 viii Do.