The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-26

in drinking whisky and dehauching in
the seclusion of neighborhood wood
sheds. q
During the continuance of this drum
ken period one thing seemed to incense
Butler specially; that Mrs. Butler and
the daughter were keeping boaraers.
They had adopted this form of labor
to keep the wolf from the door. AS
the husband hrooded on this .(the la
Dor, not the wolff his senseless anger
grew apace. Friday his fury culmi-
mated in open and violent threats to
clean them boarders out-d--n 'em!"
Suiting his actions to his insane mood,
Butler strobe off to Neighbor Klein
haunse's house. entered unceremonious-
ly, grabbed a rifle that hung on the
wall. and with this weapon in his hands
ran out, shouting back to the alarmed
inmates that he was going hunting.
That was a grim joke, for his own
home was his intended hunting srounds.
Hurrying to his house. he flung open
the front door, and announced to MS
wife that he had come to blow her
brains out. Mrs. Butler screamed. and
her daughter Mary screamed. Butter
advanced toward the two women in
threatening manner, and again they
screamed for help.
Seated at the table in the same room
was Joseph Farrell, who at the time
was one of the Butler boarders He
answered the women's cries for help
by stepping between them and their
assailant and wrenchiGg the rifle from
tn drunken mans grasp Then Butter
rushed past Farrell and assaulted his
own daughter Mary. SEEING her bru-
tally by the throat. he struck her with
his free hand, choked her and flung
the helpless girl to the floor. Again
Farrell interfered, and succeeded in
getting Butler out Of the house
These are the facts testified to at yes
terday's trial by Mrs. and Miss Butler
and the other witnesses.
~ wy
At the conclusion of the taking or
testimony Judge Kennedy arralgneu
the defendant Butler in screening
words, putting him to shame for b: s.
tial ana lnhuman conduct. ou;
years of married life together, and aft
er all this time you have. in period
of drunken fury, behaved toward them
(wife and daughter) in a manner SO
brutal that for the safety Of their own
peace and even of their life, they have
been compelled to suffer the keen hui
initiation, the shame and the public
disgrace of coming into this court and
testifying against you in criminal case
"A case of unprovoked assault and bat
terry" Concluding, the judge said:
N there is manhood left in you--and
l am led to believe there is, both by
the testimony of your wife and daush-
ter ana by the tears, l trust OF peni-
tence, you are shedding now-I will
give you chance to prove it. Instead
or sentencing you to the extreme PEN
atty of the law, IA months in the county
jail. will give you the chance to leave
this city, at once, with the distinct I'M
Outstanding that you are to remain
away until such time as your family
Of their own free will and desire, in
vite you to return and live with them
in peace and kindness, as becomes a
husband. father and man"
Regarding the rife with which But
Ter had threatened his wife. the testi-
mony developed that this weapon was
| used by him only as bluff it be-
ing both broken and unloaded
Inc case OF the city against Henry
Le Joy, assault-someWhat facetiously
tnough quite properly styled the
brolier case was disposed OF IN the
ponce court yesterday afternoon, Judge
Kennedy discharslng the defendant on
me noidlng tnat ne mad not exceeded
| planning witness, William Chapman.
ACCORDING to the testimony adduced,
Chapman, on the night of Nov. "a, had
entered the Broiler restaurant on Com
| mercial avenue and ordered a meal.
| This he disposed of after the usual
| manner, then refused to pay for it. In
lieu of payment, LIE Joy, a waiter, took
prompt possession of Chapman's hat.
There was wordy squabble. the i'm
| polite and quite unreasonable customer
| Joy restored the chapeau. Then Chap
man proceeded to curse the waiter, LIE
| Joy, very Vllely, NOlClng wealth OF