Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-10
WOMAN vs., MAN
Alleges He Violated the Terms
Of a Contract.
A DROP INTO A SHAFT
Results in a Suit for Damages-COl-
umbia Assaulted by Edna
DeKrekOS Free.

umbia Assaulted by Edna
DeKrekOs Free.
Marie Rayoune filed in the district court
today a suit against Fred kronnick, Nick
Hughes and +. b. Avery to recover judg-
ment for $214.11. In her complaint she al
| leges that on the 21st of last February
Kronnick and herself entered into a writ
ten agreement by the terms of which
Kronnick was to erect a house for her on
lot s, block 8. of the South SIDE addition.
The structure was to be a fac smile of
the one on lot 8, block l Of the Welcome
Stranger addition. and was to cost $1,000.
kronnick was to furnish all of the mater
il and pay for the labor, and, as a guar
antee that he would do it, gave a bond
with Hughes and Avery as securities. The
work was performed, she alleges, but at
ter she had paid him the 81, 600, bills ag-
gregating the amount sued for were pre-
sented to her by two lumber companies,
and the Anaconda Mining company, and
she had to pay them; that these bills We're
contracted by Kronnick, and the compa-
MES holding them had filed liens on the
property to secure them.
John Kelly has commenced an action
for damages against the Lexington Min
ing company. He states in his complaint,
filed by his attorney, Louis A. Smith, that
at about 10 O'Clock on the night of June
II, he fell into an unfenced shaft Is feet
deep on ground belonging to the company
and sustained injuries that confined him
to his house 40 days; that at the time Of
the fall he had steady employment as a
miner at 81 per day. He asks for judg-
ment for a sum equivalent to 40 days
work and general damages Of $4,000.
In the matter of the estate of Alfred
Boyer, Judge Clancy signed an order to-
day calling upon the heirs of the estate
to drop into court on the 23d of this month
and show cause, if any they have. why
Joseph A. Boyer, the executor, should not
lease to Dennis O'Connell, Pau Ozanne
and Stephen Pe.rse for a period of two
years a portion of lots 5 n 6, of block II,
Of the Leggat & Foster addition for min
ing purposes. The proposed lease calls
for the sinking of the shaft 1855 feet the
first six months.
The De Kreko combination scored a
thlee-base hit in Judge Clancy's court
last evening. Several of them had been
cited to answer a charge of contempt, and
knowing that they would have a much
better deal thar they would have before
the sultan of Turkey. they obeyed with
wonderful alacrity, n showed the court
that they were not guilty. After Billy
Woods had been appointed custodian of
their effects, a trunk containing the per-
sonal articles of H3uk De kreko, disap-
peared and its disappearance was laid at
the hands Of the owner and his brother
Jean. The latter said he had taken it,
but as he had a right to do it he had not
violated the order of the court. A cage of
acrobatic mice and rats had also been
taken. but it, too, was individual proper
ty. After hearing the testimony on both
sides the judge ordered the charge dis
missed.
The Dekrekos. in recounting their tYou-
bles here, say this is the first time they
have ever been arrested. They lived in
Armenia, Where they We're prosecuted by
ne.ghboling Turks, and came to this
country to enjoy more liberty. On land
ing they We're beset by green goods men.
who wanted to sell them 500 worth of
their stock in trade for $50, but as it was
not money they were after no business
with them could be done. In Chicago an
attempt was made to sell them some real
SStat0 ~ II IlduIe u LAKE MlCnlgan.
but It would not work. In other cities
similar feats We're attempted, but they es-
aped, and 1t was not until they struck
Butte that they experienced real trouble.
A complaint accusing Edna Trumbull
with assault in the third degree on CO.
lumbia MERCER of South Arizona street
was issued by Chief Kelly of the county
attorneys office today and filed in Jus
tice Nichols court. The complainant in
formed Mr.. Kelly that last Monday, while
she was lying in bed. sick, Edna, who
lives on Porphyry street, entered the
room and gave her a beating on an allie
cation that she had given utterance to
unbecoming language concerning her,
Edna. The whaling was SO complete, she
said. that it was not until today that she
could come up town.
A complaint on a warrant for the ar
rest of William Coleman on a charge of
having aiken $50 from Martin Doyle was
issued by the county attorney last even
ing. Doyle informed the attorney that
Coleman and himself had INDUCED in a
friendly drinking bout in {, saloon, and
while thus engaged Coleman deliberately
took the money from his pocket. He was
aware of what Coleman was doing, but
supposed the act was only a joke. When
Coleman skipped out with the money,
however, he realized that he had been
robbed.
Robert Hesley, a son of John Hesley,
now awaiting trial on a charge of nav
ing killed James Currie with a club for
beng too funny with his wife, was ar
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