Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-16
TWO WOMEN
ON WAR PATH
MAKE THINGS LIVELY BY FIGHT
ING IN THE DISTRICT
COURT ROOM.
ONE KNOCKED SENSELESS
BY BLOW on THE JAW.
Mrs. Newberry Attacked Her Husband
sand Her Sister-in-Law-Mrs.
Stevens Assisted.

Az a rule the hearing of cases in the
district court furnish little real sensa-
tional excitement, but the morning ses-
sion in Judge L~indsay's court today was
an exception. Three women and one
man engaged in fistic battle was a spec
tace witnessed there, but the man did
not do much fighting.
The parties to the affair were Libbie
NeWberry and her sister, Mrs. Mary
Stevens, on n side, and Frank New
berry. husband of Libbie. and Mrs. Sadie
Murphy, his sister, on the other. They
made things warm for a few minutes
and when the smoke of the conflict had
cleared way it was found that Mrs.
Stevens had received a knockout blow
at the gloved hand of Mrs. Murphy and
laid cold on the stone floor Of the COR
ridor.
The fight grew out Of an action in
| which Libbie Newberry is plaintiff and
X. j. MacRae. of the firm of Solveson
& MacRae, is defendant. Some time ago
a piano oundi it's way into the household
of the NeWberrys, and Mrs. Newberry
laid claim to it. She went to California
later on, and during her. absence her hus-
band mortgaged it to Solveson & Mac
Rae. When the mortgage became due
the firm took legal steps to foreclose the
document, but Mrs. Newberry, who in
the meantime had returned from the
! coast, demurred to the proceeding, al
leging hat the piano was her property.
She asked the court to enjoin the firm
from taking the instrument, and last
night the hearing was commenced be-
fore Judge Lindsay. 1t was not finished,
however, M was resumed this morning.
While on the witness stand Mrs. New
berry became hysterical, and, noticing
her husband sitting at the rear of the
room, darted towards him with a whoop.
In one hand she held the small end of an
umbrella, and by the time she reached
Newberry 1T was high above her head.
Then the heavy end of 1t dropped with
a crash on Newberry's head and the
handle and the body separated. Before
she was sent out of the room. Her sis
ter Mrs. Stevens, accompanied her.
Mrs. Murphy occupied a seat alone al
the west side of the corridor, n the
two women attacked her without delay
Mrs. Newberry smashed her with hel
fist and Mrs. Stevens smashed at her
but fell short a few inches. BY this
time Mrs. Murphy was on her feet an6
with a right swing caught Mrs
Stevens :, square on the Jaw, The
blow. - knocked Mrs. Stevens cold
and for fully five minutes she remained
her senses she and Mrs. Newberry wers
taken in charge by the bailff. Later the,
were sent home, as neither was in condi
ton to take any further part in the hear
ing. When the fight broke out the judg,
excused the jury and adjourned court
few minutes, and, on r~econvening, an
nounced that further hearing in the mat
ter would be continued until 10 o'clocl
Monday.
About an hour after the fracas Mrs
Murphy complained to the county attor
ney about the action of Mrs. Newberr,
and her sister and an affidavit in sup
port of an undertaking to keep the peac,
was mad out against the two sisters
This was FOLLOWED by the issuance OF
warrant from Justice Nichols court 70
the arerst of the pair.