Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-26
IN HIS oLo AGE
Fred Scheuer Says He Has
Been Turned Out
OF HIS HOUSE AND HOME
And Compelled to Seek Susteuance
Among His Friends..Sues

Fred Scheuer brought an action in the
district court today against his wife,
Isabella, to recover possession of $2O,0oO
worth of property which he says she is
holding in trust for him and refuses to
surrender. In his complaint he alleges
that in May Of 1896 he became financially
embarrassed n w. A.. Clark 4 Bro.
attached his business for an amount not
exceeding $4,000: that in order to save his
property he, or the 26th of that month,
executed a mortgage for $4,000 on it and
offered it to the State Savings bank, but
the bank refused to accept it unless his
wife joined him in it: that she refused
to become a party to the deal n in
order to get her to sign the document
with him he decided her the property. A
deed was then made by both in favor of
Edward r, Gay, he alleges, for 81, Gee99, and
Gay, on the sam day, transferred the
property back to her; hat since then he
mas satisfied the claim held by the bank
against him, but his wife has refused to
reconvey him the property; that the
property is the result of the savings of
his llfetime; that he has been turned out
OF his house and home and in his old age
Is compelled to seek shelter elsewhere
depend upon his friends for the
~NS~A u Ill., lit pldllllIIS
attorney is Judge W.. Y. Pemberton.
Mr.. Pemberton is also attorney in a
divorce suit in which Clinton H.. Kerr is
plaintiff and Josephine Kerr is defend
ant. Kerr says in his complaint that
Josephine and himself We're united in
marriage in this city November %. 1891.
and that one child, a girl now S years old,
IS the result; that on the 18th of Decem-
per, 1897, Josephine deserted him and
continues to separate herself from him.
IN view of the fact that the child is a
girl, he consents to the mother keeping
1t, but he asks the court to give him a
decree of divorce.
Ralph A. Louis filed an action in the
district court today against Frank H.
COoney as administrator of the estate of
Charles Carleton, deceased, 10 recover
Judgment for 5000 and interest at 2 per
cent a month from May 90, 1896. lie al
leges IN his complaint that on August ID.
1884, Sol Levy and Carleton, then doing
business under the firm name of Levy &
carleton, executed their note for $3.50
ana gave 1t to him; that the note drew 2
per cent a month interest; that on May
20, 1896. they paid him $3.50, but ,$15O was
applied on the interest, which left a ball
ance Of 5000.
Hugh J. Turner has also instituted a
suit against Mr.. Cooney as administrator
but the amount far which he emands
Judgment is greater than that asked by
Mr.. Louis. He states in his complaint
that Mary r. Turner died in this city. on
November 10, 1898, and that Cooney was
appointed administrator of the estate:
that prior to her death she became in
debted to him in the sum of So ITS for
goods sold her and for money pad out by
him in representing the Moody and
Sankey and Iowa Mining claims in which
= she held a fourth interest; that this in
d~ebtedness covered a period extending
, from 1879 to 1896; that the administrato
) paid him $3.50, but rejected the balance OF
the account. E. B.. Howell is plaintiffs
t attorney.
James ]. Watson, who a short time
ago was sent to the county Jail by Justice
Smith to serve go days for having borrow
ed a small mirror when no one was looking
at him, was released today by Judge
Clancy because of a technical error in
the commitment. A petition for a writ
of habeas corpus was sued out yesterday
afternoon and when the court heard it to.
! day he ordered Watson to go hence; and
Watson Obeyed.
:. There are at present some 1875 lawyers
r engaged in the active practice of theil
!, profession at the Butte bar, but of this
number it Is said that only a very small
. percentage are paying the county license
Of 500 per annum. About fifteen or twenty
have complied with the law and paid theii
license. The county treasure and the
, board of count commissioners have TAX
en- the matter up with the view Of com
! polling delinquent attorneys, as we'll as
physicians, to Dear their proportion OF
the expenses Of the county. With this OBJ
ject in view they have had prepared du-
, plicate lists of the delinquent attorneys
and have instructed the county attorney
to Immediately proceed against all per-
sons doing business or practicing a pro-
fession without taking out the requisite
license. The county treasurer and the
a beginning was made today when Grim
inal complaints were filed in Justice
, Bliss court against n. r. Cason. Charles
G. Kohl. and NJ. D. Kelly charging them
with ~misdemeanor.
It is stated that these complaints will
be followed by others. and that the H.
, &c nsc crusade will he vigorously kept ur
until all persons liable to a license have
compiled with the law.