The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-28
MRS. AlLIS FILES AMENDED ANSWER
SUIT FOR SEPARATE maintenance
Declares Gilbert Was Some Spender Himself and Passed
Much Of His Time in Pursuit of Wanton Women
Charges Of Cruelty Are Amplified

charges she took ut great expense TO
him, Mrs. Allis makes reply that they
were made at his instance. and she
particularly mentions three trips TO
New York when the three children. one
of whom died later wer about bo
born. lie also took her to California.
she says, and while there he left her
alone, while ne became Il member Of
an cxtravagant golf club ana passed
his entire time golfing and playing
brige with the other members.
Mrs. Allis closes her affidavit with
an EXTENDED review of the expenditures
which the husband listed in his an
swer to her suit. and declares that
while she does not know the precise
amounts, she denies that he ever spent
he sums alleged in his affidavit for
he living expenses OF herself and the
,thcrs in the family. And when he left
her. he declares. he gave her just $500,
md then drew checks amounting to $50
against this sum, which was in a Ste
vensvlle bank.
The Milwaukee Trip.
She relates how she sold his auto
mobile, at his permission, for $500 and
.ook the money to go to Milwaukee to
zee Louis Allis, her brother-in law, at
MS request. She denies that she said
Ms offer of $125 month which Lotus
made in his alleged attempt to unite
Gilbert and his family, was an insult
n that she refused to accept il. What
the declared was an insult was LONG
'ffer to pay her sl25 a month as long
is he should see fit, provided she
would sign a deed to the ranch"
She said she refused to accept this
'ffer because she had been abandoned
" her husband and the ranch was the
'nly property within the jurisdiction
# the court and she felt she needed
guarantee the future for herself and
the children and so issued an execu-
ton upon It.
Questions His Intelligence.
If Allis were IAN intelligent and in
dustrious man." she alleges, he could
make n good living for himself and
his family on the ranch, and that sh.
would be glad to live there and dc
her share of the work. She says that
she has worked there before now. max
Ing the butter, curing the meat, at
tending to the milk and to her house
hold duties while he was roaming
about, or playing cards to amuse him
self
His motives, she declares she be-
lieves are based on n conspiracy be.
tween her husband and his brothers
Louis and Charles, "to break up tn,
family and leave her without support
and without "A home" She gives rea,
sons in n paragraph of the affidavit az
| follows;..e t-.4.. .. ,u.u,4..
Charges a Conspiracy.
"About four years ago there wa.
trouble between this affiant and tn,
defendant: that the affiant at that tim.
had her lawyers go to the defendant II
an effort to adjust the difficulties be.
tween them: that shortly thereafter
said difficulties were apparently ad.
justed, but affiant alleges now that i,
is her firm belief that from the date
the defendant herein has been plan.
ming so to cover all his property tina,
the same could not be found, with tn.
intent on his part of deserving this
plaintiff and leaving her penniless; tina,
, this nffiant further believes there is
a conspiracy between the defendant
Gilbert Allis, and his brother. Louis