Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-11-20
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District Court,


morning wa- The picket fence that
had sprung mp during the night
around the clerks desk. Some of the
laymen thought it was for the purpose
OF coraliing Mr.. Douglass so that he
could not escape from the ro0m while
court is in session; but the members of
the liar SOON tumbled to the idea that
the fence was to prevent the few who
are privilege to sit within the railing
which separates the sheep from the
goats, the goats being within, from
crowding around the clerks desk and
sprawling over the judges stand, as
has b en- the custom Of some Of the
attorneys to the great annoyance of
those functiOnaries,
The case Of the territory of Montana
v. Joseph Laundrs was resumed, and
after the opening Of the case by Dis
trict Attorney BurleIgh on the part Of
the territory. the associate counsel for
the prosecution began the examine
tion Of witnesses. The first witness
called was James Mulligan on whose
complaint the defendant was arrested.
This witness related bis version of the
matter In q very emphatic manner,
and to certain extent displayed some
vindictiveness. His story IL substan-
TALLY t. the effect that, he owned .
span Of mules something over u year
ago worth $3.50 and had them ut his
ranch In Dawson COUNTY. At the time
referred to he had In his employ or
about the premises sometimes work.
ing for him, an Indian and n half
breed, and having occasion to absent
himself from his ranch for few days
he left these two men to take care Of
his place and property while he was
gone. Upon his return he found
his real estate where he had left
II. but the two men aud span
of mares were gone he knew not
where. He then set out to hunt them
up aud succeeded In tracking them to
Terry. There he identified one Of the
mares by peculiarly In the way she
was sllod, aud learned that L.aundre
had bought the mares from half.
breed and an Indian. This was In the
evening and Laundre was ut "a dance
at Terry, 80 he hunted him up. and
accused him of having his team In his
posses, ion. TO which Laundre replied
that he had such team as he de-
scribed which he had recently pur-
chased and IL 1t should prove to he
long to Mulligan he could have II In
the morning. He then got permis-
sion to sleep ut Laundre's house that
night. Before going to bed I.aundre
told his man to 90 out and get the
mares aud lock them up in the stable
so that they might be on hand In the
morning. The man hunted all
around the place for half an hovr but
could not lind the mares. The next
morning Mulligan asked I.aundre foi
an explanation and he replied tina,
they had either strayed of or had
been stolen during the night, and IN.
simulated that Mulligan was the thief.
About four weeks after this he re-.
ceiye,l n telegram from the sheriff al
Dawson county stating that he had
recovered the mares. He then came to
Miles City and found the criminals in
the possession Of sheriff johnson OF
this county and regained them by
process of law, and then had Laundre
arrested for concealing stolen prop
erty, knowing the same had been
stolen.
Upon cross examination Muiifgah
showed himself amply able to protect
himself from the opposing counseI' who
was en,leavoring Ia lay the foundation
for impeacl,ing his testimony. He was
ut times very boistero''s and loud
n,outhed M his language and answers
to the questions put TO him ly Judge
Conrer, who maintained his eluipoise
better than WINS expected, until by
presidency he succeeded In getting
nom the witness such answers a. lie
desired. The otlier witnesses for the
prosecution we're principally to cor
roboraic MullIgan's testimony.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The defendant himself was put upon
the stand after dinner I'M . witness In
his own behalf and related his version
Of Tue transaction which developed