Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-24
SWEET IS A PEACH
He is Accused of Having Lots
of Wives.
TWO OF THE DELUDED ONES
Call on the County Attorney and
Tell Narrowing Sto-
rieS.
OF THE DELUDED ONES

Charles Sweet, who is said to have mad
no particular residence during the last
few weeks, was arrested today on a
charge of assault in the third degree on
a woman who until a month or two back
thought she vas his wife. The assault
is alleged to have been committed some
time ago, but Sweet was not apprehended
until today.
Mrs. Sweet and a Swedish wonan call
ed on the county attorney this afternoon
and asked to have Sweet punished for a
more serious offense than that of the one
on which he was taken into custody. The
former said she had become the wife of
the prisoner several years ago and had
lived with him on the supposition that
she was his lawful wife. About two
months ago it was developed that he had
another wife in the east from whom he
had not secured a decree of divorce or
who had not been divorced from him.
She wanted him sent to the penitentiary
for his perfidy.
The Swedish woman had a similar story
to relate. She Informed the public prose-
cutor that in January of his year Sweet
had married her under the name of
Courtney and after getting hold of $50
she had saved from her earnings he had
ioit ~ >o."' pAA>s No'B AS'oNN
Sweet over the road and expressed a will
ingness to assist in the work of securing
a conviction.
Deputy Roy Alley of the county attor-
ney'S office went up to WalkerVille this
morning to represent the state in the trial
of Owen Hurley, Jerry Shea and William
Magill in Justice Lewis court. The de-
PENDANTS were charged with assault in the
third degree ON each other and We're all
acquitted. A jury decided the fate of
Magill, and on motion of the prosecution
the other two We're turned loose by the
court.
On the morning of the goth the defend
ants turned out in the hill city to do
battle with a fire that had broken out in
a dwelling house. They fought nobly and
We're just becoming interested when the
blaze subsidized. Then the three men
Quarreled among themselves and it re-
suited in a rough and tumble combat. 1t
is alleged that Magill was the aggressOr.
When he appeared in court today he
showed unmistakable signs of having
gone against something.
Marriage licenses were issued today to
Earl r. Johnson, aged % years, and Rose
McAuley, 1S; John N. Olson, 81, and
Mabel Madeline McAuley, %. The two
ladies are sisters and the daughters of
Jefferson McAuley of Madison county.
The argument in the injunction matter
of Clara Larkin and Burdett O'Connor
against the Butte & Boston company in
connection with the working of the Tram
way and Michael Dewitt by the defendant
was esumed in Judge Clancy's court at
10 o'clock this morning and finished an
hour later. The judge took the case I'M
der Amusement. John +. Forbis present.
ed the defendants side and F. e. Corbett
the other side. AT the beginning of his
remarks Mr.. Forbis said: There are
three matters to be submitted to the
court in this matter. One is as to the
plea, another the demurrer and the other
the right to this injunction. There is a
question as to the ownership of the apex
of the vein in controversy. The opposi-
ton comes into this court and asks for
an injunction for something to which it
acknowledged in Judge Knowles court
it did not know it was entitled"
The claim was made hat the same mat
ter had ben heard by Judge Knowles and
he had refused to grant the injunction.