The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-07
WOES Of W0LFORDS
GEORGE AND MINNIE AIR THEIR
GRIEVANCES IN COURT.
WERE THE PIES POISONED?
tanned Rough-on- Rats-George
Says Minnie Told Him She
Once Killed Man.

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Minnie Wolford was tried in Justice
Nelson's court last evening on an under
| taking to keep the peace towards George
4. Wolford, her husband, and at the
; conclusion of the testimony the justice
discharged her at the request of Jerry
J. Lynch. deputy county attorney, who
| conducted the prosecution.
Mrs. Wolford is only fairly handsome.
but is one of the coolest that ever sat
! in a Silver Bow county courtroom.
At no stage of the proceedings did she
manifest the least uneasiness but on
several occasions laughed to scorn asser>
! tons made by the complainant while the
| latter was telling his story.
Proper Material Not Used.
George E. Wolford is stonemason,
but when he laid the foundation for a
period of future happiness from matri-
monial standpoint he evidently did not
use the proper material.
According to his story on the witness
stand the woman and himself We're
united in marriage September Is, 1900.
and have lived together only at intervals
during the Is months of their married
career.
1t will be remembered that in the aftl-
davit made in support of the complaint
against the defendant Wolford alleged
that his wife had loaded a pair of pies
with rough-On-rats in order to reduce
the earthly number Of stonemasons just
one.
Threatened His Life.
He also claimed that she had threat
ened his life in other ways, and on one
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a pair of scissors and laid him up six
weeks.
On account of the fact that the scissors
incident occurred in Anaconda. if it took
place at all, it was not permitted to enter
the proceedings here.
WOlford stated that his wife had gone
to Dillon, and before starting she had
threatened him with butcher knife.
Returned Last Friday.
He said she returned last Friday morn
ing, after he had informed her over the
telephone line he did not care whether
she ever came back, and he had taken
her to his home at $50 Ohio street.
He there told her, he said, that if she
would do what was right and not as
other people told her to do. she could
stay there.
I'VE had few words in regard to her
going away" said be-, land she said if
l did not like her style she could easily
get rid Of me.
she told me she would kill me if it
cost her own life. She told me she had
killed man near some falls-shot him
twice"
Woman Begins Laughing.
At this point in the proceedings the
woman burst into a fit Of laughter
We had some words after her return
from Dillon" continued Wolford, "ani
she went into the Kitchen and got a
butcher knife. When she came into the
room where I was I knocked her down
and took the knife from her.
THAT morning got my own breakfast
and went to work, and when I returned
in the evening I found two pies on the
table.
The woman was not there. The pies
did not look good to me, so I took them
to DR.. Sheeran for analysis and bought
my supper up town."
Wolford Was "Protected."
On cross-examination Wolford was
asked several questions by Attorney
Kehoe relative to the meeting between
himself and wife at the depot when she
returned from Dillon. Among them was
one as to whether he was afraid Of her
there.
mot greatly" was the reply. Il was
protected"
Did you have a gum"
THAT is for me to say
You were armed?'
II was"
Are you afraid she will kill you if
she gets chance?"
Il am, yes"
A Suspicious Move.
At this juncture Wolford thrust his
right hand into his hip pocket and kept
it there while his vision passed swiftly
from one person to another at either side
and before him.
Then he gave rapid tug at the pocket
and an instant later flashed up a brand
new plug of tobacco from which he took
bite and looked pleasant.
You are the husband of Mr. VOL
ford, are you?" asked Mr.. Kehoe.
The answer was a smile as broad as
the bosom Of a prairie.
I'LL mean you are the wife,"
Eyes, sir" was the reply.
Goes Into Details.
She then went into details. Among
other things she said that while in Dill
lon her husband had telephoned her that
if she did not come home, and do Il
quick, he would send an officer after
her.
When she returned he had Informed
her that unless she behaved herself he
| would have her sent over the road as
he had two policemen watching out
side.