The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-09
THREE DIVORCE SUITS
The Complainants Want to Be
Single Again.
MARRIAGE WAS A FAILURE
Various Grounds Upon Which Legal
Separation Is Asked For-It Is
Possible That Wesley Poland
May Not Be Prosecuted.

Great Falls, Sept. S.-Three divorce
suits were filed to-day. The first case
was that of Charlotte Mittunen VS..
Lars Herman Mittunen, the complaint
in which states that the parties were
married at Simo Oulun Ian, Finland,
about May, 1894. About April Is, 1897,
plaintiff alleges, at Belt defendant de-
serted and abandoned plaintiff and still
| continues to desert and abandon her and
fail to supply her with the necessaries
of life, and compels her to live upon
the charity of friends. There are no
children, and plaintiff merely asks for
divorce and for general relief.
The second case is that of Della Hart
| VS.. Daniel Hart, which alleges that
plaintiff and defendant intermarried at
Fort Benton in June, 1896. Plaintiff
| further alleges that on or about Sep
| TENDER 26, 1891, defendant was convict
| ed in the district court of Choteau
! county of the crime of assault with in
| tent to commit rape, and was SEN
| fenced to the penitentiary for nine
| years. There are three children, aged
| II. 9 and 7 years respectively. Plain
| tiff asks for divorce and custody of
| the children.
The third case is that of Annie Dor
sey VS.. Solomon #. Dorsey, the COM
| plant stating that the parties were
married at Miles City in November,
| 1898. Plaintiff alleges cruel and inhu-
| man treatment on the part of the de-
PENDANT, specifically as follows: On or
| about December %. 1898, defendant
| wished plaintiff a merry Christmas by
striking her in the eye and causing her
| to lose the sight of said eye, and beat
and wounded the plaintiff. and that the
defendant has deserted and neglected
| plaintiff. There are no children.
Another case commenced this morn
ing was that of Ernest Wiegand VS..
Mrs. H. Wiegand, in which plaintiff
claims $1,171.50 for work and labor per-
| formed and ice furnished to defendant
at her special instance and request.
| 1t may be that Wesley Poland, or
| Charles West as he prefers to call
himself, will not be prosecuted in this
county after all, for forging the name
| of C. E. LaChappelle to certain checks
| which he passed on the New England
| Clothing company, but Will be sent to
| Helena to be tried. County Attorney
| Gormley is rather inclined to turn the
prisoner over to the Lewis and Clarke
| county authorities. in view of the fact
that the checks were forged in that
county and only passed here, and the
| case will be much stronger in the
former county. Since Poland has been
in Jail another forged check of $SS has
turned up at Augusta.
Aside from other considerations the
Lewis and Clarke authorities would
like to get hold Of Poland for the rea-
son that he put them to great deal
of trouble in a case in which he was
| a witness last March. Poland claimed
! that Charles Roberts, colored man,
| had thrown pepper in his eyes and
stolen from him fur coat. At the
time Poland has herding sheep near
| Augusta. Roberts was caught here by
| Chief Guerrin and turned over to the
Lewis and Clarke people, but when the
time for trial arrived Poland went into
court in an intoxicated condition. He
was fined for contempt of court and
committed for a short time, but when
put on the. stand would not swear to
what he had stated to be facts before
the county attorney, and Roberts was
! acquitted