The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1878-02-09

sleep under two or three pairs of
heavy blankets all the time, so it is
too cold for corn to grow.
Presuming that you, as well as
other friends in West Virginia, have
heard Of the trouble into which my
brother, DR.. B. C. Brooke, got last
summer, when he shot and killed
man, / will give you the matter in de-
tail as brief as possible, as follows
Waving an examination he was held
in the sum Of 100000, which was
promptly given. When the grand
jury of the First Judicial District of
Montana was in session few wit
nesses were examined, my brother
taking no interest in it. A certain
Billiard, who puts M. ID. to the tail
end of his name, used every means in
his power to procure an Indictment
for murder. Failing in this he OBJ
tanned one for manslaughter and pre-
vailed on the friends of the deceased
man to employ Walter Chadwick and
Judge VIM. Chumacero, two able law
yers to assist In the prosecution. On
the 23d of December the case came
up in court in Helena, the capital of
the Territory. Several important
witnesses for my brother were absent
from the Territory, but enough were
present to warrant him to go to trial.
The prosecution cha lenged three of
the jurymen, my brother waving his
right to challenge. After the evil
dence had been closed the prescott
ing attorney opened the case, review
ing the the evidence and expounding
the law applicable to the case. Clos
ing. his argument at 81 NJ, the evil
dence in the case proving SO clear
case of self defense, my brother re-
quested his counsel to submit the
case to the jury without argument.
The jury retired and returned in ten
minutes with verdict of not guilty.
The name Of the man he killed was
Clue, Prussian by birth. His wife
had been an invalid for several years.
My brother had been attending her
and on the morning of the difficulty
demonstrated in strong terms against
the bad treatment the sick wife was
receiving at the hands of her hus-
band. The Doctor advised him, as
he had often done before, to move his
sick wife from q damp room, made so
by large ditch above the house.
Clue got mad at this and emptied the
contents of q bottle of medicine,
which his wife had been taking. My
brother started off to see other pa
tients. Clue also having left the
house, the sick woman sent one of
her children to my brother to have
the bottle reilled. Clue, on return
ing home and finding the bottle re-
filled, became greatly enraged, threw
out the bottle and broke it. The I'M
natural HUSBAND. then threw his sick
wife ont of the house, thrG"ing her
bed out also, then, locking the door,
went in search of the Doctor and find
ing him commenced q TRADE of abuse.
The Doctor paid. no attention to him,
thinking he would soon get over his
rage, but as Clue kept following him
up, the Doctor struck him with his
cane. Clue then started for his home
remarking in the hearing of several
persons that he would arm himself
and kill the Doctor on sight The
Doctor requested friend of Clues
to follow him and prevent him from
procuring arms. The man soon re-
turned informing my brother that he
could do nothing with Clue and warn
ing him to be on the lookout, that
Clue threatened to cut his heart out,
and would kill him some way on
sight. AS it was known that the
Doctor never carried arms, a friend
handed him a pistol and told him not
to let Clue get the drop on him. The
Doctor, through the aid of friends,
managed to keep out of Clues sight
until about dark. When on his way
home he was stopped on the street by
gentleman who wanted him to 90 to
see some of his family who were sick.
The man had scarcely finished talk
ing when Clue came up from the OPP
posite direction carrying in his arms
a lot of table legs. He was carpen-
ter by trade. AS soon as he recog-
nized the Doctor he threw down the
table legs and made towards him.
Mg brother requested the man to
catch Clue and hold him until he
could get out of the way. Clue prov
pd too stronU for tho mon and oot