The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-14
MRS. HOGARTH'S HARD LUCK.
Has Been a Victim of Fate Ever Since
She Came to Butte

Mrs. Josephine Hogarth. the victim
of Saturdays vitrol throwing episode,
was resting comfortably yesterday,
though DR.. Hanson, who is attending
her, said she was terribly burned and
would be confined to her bed for long
time. The burns are confined to the
right side Of her face and arm. which
will be badly SCARED. The Bush
woman, who threw the fiery liquid,
seems to have undergone a slight
change in her feelings since Saturday.
Since she has been behind the bars of
the county Jail she has had time to cool
off and think about her fiendish act.
When first locked up she declared she
was glad she threw the vitriol, but sorry
it did not have a more disastrous eff
feet, and said she would get at her vic
tim again If she ever got out of Jail.
Yesterday, when talked to about her
terrible crime, she said she was sorry
she had used vitr:ol.
II am sorry l used that on her and
wish l had done something else to
her." said she.
The woman still talked about the
loss of her money. and insisted that
she had 5000 and that no one could have
taken it but Mrs. Hogarth. She said
the latter went into her room where
the money was and then went down
stairs, where she could have hidden
it.
The money was stolen, and there
was no one in the house but Mrs
Hogarth and myself" said the Bush
woman.
Mrs. Hogarth has had an unfortu-
nate and stirring career since her ar
rival in Butte few years ago. and
seems to be a victim of fate She is
Richard E. Hogarth's second wife, and
few years ago was named as core
spondent in a cross bill filed by the
former Mrs. Hogarth to her husband S
suit for divorce. The charge, however,
would seem to have been brought ma
liciously, for the cross bill was allowed
to go by default and no attempt was
made to substantiate the charge. A
Butte paper in writing up the case.
took it for granted that the charges
made were true, and the result was
suit for libel and damages brought
by the accused woman, who is now Mrs
Hogarth. Before Hogarth was married
to her he was a lieutenant in a Helena
militia company. and resigned his po-
stion and left that city on account of
the jealousy of his former wife, it is
claimed. He went to BoZeman, to which
place his wife followed him. One day
she met him on the street and took
several shots at him, but without eff
feet. He then came to Butte and in
stituted the suit for divorce. The first
Mrs. Hogarth was a divorced woman
when he married her.
During the past year or so, and es-
pecially during the past few months
the present Mrs. Hogarth figured in a
number of ARRAYS, but always as vic
tim. it appears, and a great deal of
sympathy is expressed for her.
Mrs. Hogarth, who was formerly
Mrs. j. X. Smith, had also been divorced
from a former husband. well known in
Butte and BoZeman during the first
capital campaign as promoter of an
addition to the city of Bozeman. Be-
fore her first marriage she was a Miss
Abbott, and her father during his life
time. was a prominent member of the
Idaho legislature. She is the grand
daughter of Ex-Governor Shelby of
Kentucky, a niece of General Joe Shell
by and is related to many other prom
inent families in the South.