, 1885-06-23
APPARENTLY 4 uoNRPIRACY.
The Prosecution Of an Innocent Man
End In His AcqulttaI.


vs.. Isaac Bettelyoun, which resulted yes
terday in his %acquittal by the jury In tel
minutes from the time the case wa
placed in the hands OF the twelve good
men and true.
Besides the many witnesses who wer'
IN IN the case, a large number
oil citizens appeared In o to hear the
cause tried, its interest being wide spread,
A jury was obtained In very few min
utes' the prosecution exercising but one
peremptory challenge n the defense bul
two. Contrary to the usual custom II
cases where the charge Is the killing OF
cattle cattlemen were retained on the
jury TO the number oil i've. The Jury con
sisted OF William Guiterman, George L.
NOT Percy ,. Hoyt, w. H.. Lowe, Nj.
H. Johnson T. Z. Peabody, Il. A. Mat
thews' l. r. Dolan' H. +. heamy, D. u.
Mott Ii. H. Brunell and 1. Ia. La Pash.
lhe hrst witness was Joseph kelman
lie TESTIFIED that on or about sept 10
I'S4' he saw bettelyoun shoe and Kill a
steer IN his pasture on the Laramie river,
and that the brand on the same was HR,
mat he mad seen the animal repeatedly
n knew The brand Also tina Bettel-
youn had told HIM to maverick the
d mat he afterwards took the hide
to fosey hoan 5 and there lnspee-
tor carroll saw 1t n shaved OIL the HAIR
and saw the brand
Nross examination developed the TACT
that LEHMAN $ name IN the army was
samuel Slee. That he had been twice
convicted OF petty larceny recently, once
before Judge Bartlett at falrbank' and
once before Judge Hart at Fort Laramie.
lie claimed however, that he was un-
Justly convicted. Further cross exami-
nation showed that he has owed Bettel-
youn S15 Tor a long time.
Inc next witness was W. L. Clauser-
lie swore that he saw bettelyoun Kill a
steer at the time stated above and that
ne knew the steer having often seen 1t
mat ne manned the ma Afterwards on
the same a and found 1t was Xix. lie
Identified the hide which was IN court
upon cross examination he said he had
oeen a detective Tor seven years before
coming TO wyoming lie admitted that
he mad some anlmoslty against Bethel
youn'
MIS-, Joseph herman testified that she
saw MI bettelyoun' on the day stated go
out oil his house with a gun and soon
hearu a shot She had seen a red steer
branded H-h running about near bettel
youn 5 house upon that day but never
saw II
lon carroll was called to testify as to
shaving the ma Tor a brand m George
Mitcheil to prove the ownership OF the
brand
upon the part oil the defense Ed hath-
urn TESTIFIED nat he saw the steer which
hettelyoun l'ad killed. and that the meat
was taken TO the ous and eaten lie
ulu not NOTICE the brand wines con
tauicteo n'eimah on severn points. lie
also stated the hlue hau Deen etHsseA
aDout oy the uogs Tor some une after the
kllllng'
On cross-examination the ~ltnr'S al
mitted nat he was Tor 2 long time Snd
Is now IN the inplo Oh b'l'elyoun-
Inc defendant hinseli then went on TIC
STAND I'M sad that on or about the tune
mentioned ut shot a steer belonging ''
nlinseiI ana a. / Arpuckle' ana Dfahaeu
W. lhat ne dresseo inc carcass oelhG
assisted os helman' nun kho" "ha'
oecame VI the niue
rgiu followed pu'
no new points were developed.
Mrs' rig then appeared 10 contra.
uict nlrs' I'einani a V Na"poeh u
eohtraulct Joseph helhah' anu D. VI
ooott ana many otner witnesses from hea'
hort Laramie n some from cheyenne ''
prove Ar' De''eiyoun ; good character
ana TO lmpeach the witnesses helman ant
Clauser.
An amusing incident occurred at thi,
no;nt Tho dafanso had aroat man,
g. -
volunteer WITNESSES present 10 ues'lly u'
Mr.. Bettelyoun character, and Mr.
Mann objected 10 their presence in til,
conr, room rb;le tes,;mony ,vas ho;,,
taken, as all witnesses were to be kept GU
during the trial. Mr., Baird then arosI
and requested all Of the witnesses who ha,