The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-25
AN ANACONDA ARREST.
Ju.tie4 Of the Peace Weir speaks Out
In Open Court Against
Hi. Traduefr>.
And show. the Nzliei0u.ne>. Of the
"Inter NDuptain',S Attack
Upon Hi. Actions.
ASAcoxDA. April -, Isl.


To To. EisEE
Please give me q chance 10 anaweE
su article published in the Ddey
Infer Mluntuin Of Butte Of the date
Of The 18th Of ADriI. l1oj, feaded:
"A Fool Official"
A. far a.. ! AIN personally concerned
/ think that / have a chance TO have
that payer prove b. fore a court VIVA,
il ha. said, therefore ! will cnnnne
my>elf t, MY official act pertaining
I, his cA.A.
I will pDint On: IT, you and the pub
lie the liz. in the statement If the
/a,er U,0ntuin, and then stafe the
fAc;- Of the ca-e q. they came before
ne.
Lie fret Without a semblarce Of
justification, where did the IntEr
Hr1nt1tn receive the evidence from:
LIE ..tDnd-Ihi- intention 10 XIII
ua--,l. Postmaster va. aIptreltiy
sincere. II takes proof 10 e-tab!ish
sUfA cIh'HV WIEN ~
within five feet Of the culprit.
Lie tnird-Wa. bound over IN the
DAIRY cum # SJty-Said John y.
PetreilZ va. bound nveIt - :he of1IceI
To- appear before the Grand jury IN
the -um # g 90 aid the eureilIes
cannot be lueriIDLei
Lie fourth He to1ld not find any
beuf.men-He all found boncsnen
f,r appearance TOT preliminary KAN
nation. I-oGDre and Theodore T.
vert, who appeared ia open court
and said they would sign the bonds
al any time when tIs SAM were
drawn UP fIr the appearance ol }.
V. Petre!tZ.
Lie fifth-The bond. were signed,
and a Justice Of the Peac has no
right 10 ask or impo.e ~exorbltant
bond and the bonds exactsd OF J. V.
PetreitZ have proven 10 he sufficient
and tie reason that ] ordered larger
bond for the ]appearanc. Of J. Y.
PetreilZ before the GIOud Jury VA.
moi on account Of new evidence
ay,inst him, but cne Of his bondsmen
Peter Walton and Lepold Schmidt.
asked me Il put the Lnnd sufficiently
high TO stop the mouth Df the Inlrr
'NDuntnin.
The fact. Of this a.e are. a. far AZ
! know officially: GA the Nth day OF
April, while I was at the supper
table, &. II, Moore, postmaster,
came ia and slated that he had been
shot at in his office, and he stated
the name VI the man. ] did not
know the man ny his name, but ny
explt n .t'On ! knew who the person
was. Mr.. Moore Ief. before ] got
through with my supper. had no
sworn-tr complaint, which the stat
utes Of Montana require, o had l
II until the following Monday, but
neve rtheiesg on the slreet, from my
boarding house to my office,
! met Frank Hatton, constable,
who asked me what to do in the
premises. told him ihat | merely
authorized him ~ All officer t. firth
with arrest said J V. PetrjetZ with
out a warrant. as 1 had no complaint
on file against him, but the c!rcunI-
stances would Justify the case. Mr..
HaltDn did arrest the sad J. V.
+ t i. III and brought him before me
the same night, and | was at the
The same time engaged IN official
business. Of a criminal nature and
had no complaint legally against j..
V, PetrietZ, yet ] Wa. satisfied III HIv
own mind that there Wa a probablli-
Nv that he had violated the laws of
Montana.
Therefore, ! told him that ! was
engaged in Il criminal suit, but that ]
-. liz. <r/r. <p.Hfflt, -,
him giving good and sufficient bond
in the sun OF 500 for his appearance
b.fjre me for preliminary exaInina-
ton, knowing that ] had no com
plaint against him at the time. He,
John V. PetrietZ, brought IN for his
bond. Isadore and Theodore Enret,
who ack nowiedged to me in open
court, and at the time Of the llth day
Of April, that they would sign the
bonds for said defendant as sOOn as
they could be drawn up and that
they would he responsible for said
amount to the people Of the Territory
Of Montana for the appearance OF
said J. V. Petrie.Z, and as | stalled !
had no complaint IN this court and
was engaged in criminal business in
another case until late on Saturday,
did not get the bonds signed until
Monday, but | got the bonds signed
nearly the same time That Mr..
Moore signed the complaint. II there
il All a-s i'm this case it il the Intcr
MDuntuin and its pet official, who, ny
the way does not need u resign. |
give til, Information without charge
and for the benefit Of the official 20
that they, the said officials may save
themselves the trouble OF rtsigning.
WILLIAM WEIR