The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-03
CRIMINAL CASES SET
MURDER CASES SET IN
JUDGE MccIEENAN's COURT.
COURT WAS RE0PENED TODAY
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Jurors
Summoned to Try Criminal Mat
ters-Decrees Entered in
Suits for Divorce,

Judge McClernan convened his depart
ment of the district court this morning
at 10 o'clock. after an adjournment of
some duration.
The only matte rto come before the
court in the morning was the issuance
of an order for 125 trial jurors. whose
services will be used in trying the GRIM
ina1 cases on the courts docket. The
venire was made returnable on the 10th.
afternoon and set the days of trial in
several of the cases.
In the case Of Charles Candaletti,
charged with assault in the second de-
gree, the day of arraignment was set
for tomorrow at 10 o'clock. At that
time some insanity cases will come up
also.
Cases Set for Trial.
The following cases were set for trial:
L. G. Bassett, charged with obtaining
money on false pretenses, September IT,
Ed Tobin, charged with murder, Sep
TENDER IL. w. w. Brown charged with
murder. September TO- Llewellyn Felker
charged with murder, September 49,
Frank O'Neill, charged with robbery,
September 10. II. J. Smith, charged with
robbery, September II. Tim Muldoon
charged with robbery. September 1S.
Dan Hickey, charged with robbery, Sep
TENDER Is. Ed Williams, charged with
grand larceny, September IS.
DEGREES of Divorce.
After the criminal trials had been set
the court took up the divorce case IF
Mrs. Hattie A. Schwartz against e. r.
Schwartz. The defendant had tlefaulted,
and the default was entered in the rec.
Ords on the motion Of County Attorney
Breen, the PLAINTIFFS counsel Mrs.
Schwartz and Miss Fanny Ferguson then
took the stand to make proof of the al
legations in the complaint.
The ground upon which the divorce
was asked was failure to rsovitie, MRS.
Schwartz testified that Schwartz hai
not provided for her for three years. She
and the latter had been married at Sher-
idan, WyO., several years ago, and the
plaintiff had come to Butte in 1889. The
plaintiff testified that she did not know
where Schwartz now is.
Miss Ferguson was asked what she
knew as to the truth or falsity of the al
legations in the plaintiffs complaint. She
81 day and went away and left his wife
sick, with board and lodging bills to pay,
and that the latter had to go out to
work to support herself.
do you know why he left her?" the
court asked.
II know he was no good and blew his
money and skipped out" Miss Ferguson
replied.
That's all. Decree entered" the court
said.
County Attorney Breen had second
default case in which he offered proof
This case was that of Mrs. Mamie Cuff
who sued William Cuff for a divorce on
the ground of cruelty. The default was
entered, and then the complaint was
read. The complaint contained several
allegations of i'll usage of the plaintiff
by the defendant.
1t said that Cuff beat his wife with
broomstick once, leaving her black
and blue; chased her around the house
with a razor, threatening to cut her
throat another time; stabbed her with a
miners candlestick and threw all the
dishes in the house at her one Christmas
night, and BACKED her eyes on another
occasion.
Mrs. Cuff testified that the allegations
We're all true, and her mother Mrs.
Murphy. ecorroborated her.
When he got down to the last allega-
ton, Mr.. Breen said:
ibid he black your eyes, Mamie?"
Eyes, sir" Mrs. Cuff replied.
Cali of that was inconvenient, I sup
poser"
Eyes, SIR"
"Your maiden name was Murphy"
Eyes. SIR"
"You desire to discard the name OF
Cuff and become Murphy again?"
Eyes. SIR"
THAT'S ALL"
Mrs. Murphy said she was there when
Cuff BACKED his wife's eyes, and the
court granted the divorce.