The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-14
.AL|MONY GRANTED
MRS. WHITLEY ENTITLED TO
SUPPORT FROM HUSBAND.
TROUBLES REVIEWED IN COURT
Mrs. Whitley Declared She Was Afraid
of Her Husband-He Testified
She Would Not Let Him
in the House.

In the suit recently brought by Carrie
| M. Whitley against w. s. Whitley to
| secure a divorce, Judge Harvey this
1 morning issued an order requiring the
| defendant to pay the plaintiff monthly
| alimony of $50 month till the suit had
been decided, and an attorneys fee of $50.
Before the order was made an order to
| show cause why this should not be done
was heard, and Whitley and Mrs.
\, hiteley both testified before the court
as to what was their financial condition.
Mrs. Whitley was put on the stand
first, and she said she had no means ex-
| cept her ability to do housework. She
said that the defendant earns SO day.
working at the Butte Reductions works.
Has he worked lately?" her attorney
asked.
We'll, 1 heard him say yesterday that
| he had worked q days this month";" Mrs.
Whitley said.
She then testified that she was living in
a house belonging to her and her hus-
| ba nd: that $3.50 had been paid for 1t,
which is in South Butte.
| She Has Three Sons.
She was oss-questioned by Whiteley's
lawyer, who asked her if she did not have
a son by another husband.
i've got three sons by a former hus-
band" she replied.
I'll ask you if you haven't got money
on deposit in the State Savings bank?
she was asked.
| haven't a cent. My boy sends me his
Iearnings. But don't think it right he
should support me while l have hus-
band" she replied.
| Where does your husband live now:
Il don't know. I'm afraid of him.
A Ia %n,r.oohoro6 n cnf the heart ont
of me, l got afraid of him. He hasn't
/ been home SINCE"
Have you thrown his things out in
the street,"
II never throwed thing in the street
| in my life"
"I'l ask you it, during your married
/ life, he has not always turned over his
j check to you every month";" the lawyer
said.
Mrs. Whitley replied:
mo, sir; he has not. He's got drunk
several times and blowed in his check.
I've got saloon bills I've paid"
Some Family History.
Then the court asked Mrs. Whitley
/ how much it would require monthly to
| support her and her youngest son, who
dives with her.
We'll, 1 guess about $25 or $50 a
month"; she said.
i Have you any children by White
| ley?" Mrs. Whitley was asked.
mo; never had none by him. thank
Cod" she replied with emphasis.
WHITLEY testified that he had $50 OF
$S5 coming to him in the form of wages
for the past month, and that he had
| worked few days this month. He said
! he had a son of his own 16 years old
! whom he had to provide for, and that
he is now staying, at the home of an
other son.
why aren't you home with your
| wife?" the lawyer asked him.
MY wife wouldn't let me in," he re-
| piled.
HAS your wife denied you admit
| tance?" he was asked.
L "She has-two or three times. She
wouldn't allow me clothes to put on my
l back" he returned.
! The court made an order that White
| ley pay $50 on Monday and $40 on De-
cember 20, and $50 every month hereafter
till the divorce case is determined, on
the 18TH of each month; also $50 attor-
neys fee on January Is.