The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-13
gErrAL OUTAGE.

victim OF the brutal affair is Charles
EeStt, who has only one Lex. He owns an
int srest in the Elm City saloon, on the
M6aderville road, near the Parrot Smelter,
his partner in the business being Mart.
Rconey, q pugilist Of some prominence in
Butte. Last Saturday night a dance was
held in q boarding house adjacent to the
saloon, and about o'clock Sunday morn
ing four men-Sam Martin, William NELL,
Hugh { Mcmillan and James McGeding-
entered the Elm City and called for drinks.
Ebert was behind the bar and waited upon
the visitors. They took several drinks and
had q quarrel. Ebert attempted to
prevent them from fighting in his
place of business, when he was assaulted
by Martin, and badly beaten. After being
placed upon his bed by his partner, he was
again dragged out by the men un0er arrest
and beaten with bottles, glasses, etc, until
he was senseless and almost killed. A ply
sician was summoned and he was removed
tc the Sisters Hospital where he still re-
mains.
Accompanied by Notary Public McHatton
asMNER representative last evening visited
the Sisters Hospital, to receive Ebert's
ahte-mortem statement. The poor fellow
was in a semi-delirious condition, and,
after considerable difficulty, the following
w
by the visitors:
a'At o'clock last Sunday morning was
tending bar at the Elm City Saloon, when
seven or eight men entered the place.
Snew some of them, and served them with
drinks. Two of them-Sam Martin, or
Farr, and Jimmy Gaults-began fighting,
and Jimmy O'Neill and Hugh Mcmillan
also began to pound each other. l ran
frOm behind the bar and endeavored to
duell the disturbance, telling the men that
I didn't want any fighting in my
house, and that l wanted them
TO leave the saloon, as 1
vas going to shut up. Just
then Martin walked..around the stove and
lit me on the head with some instrument
be held in his right hand. 1 don't know
rendered me senseless, and when l regained
bed, and was beaten until l again lost my
senses. When again awoke was here in
the hospital
Ebert's statement was sworn to and
duly witnessed, and the visitors left him to
the care of the kind Sisters:
MART ROONEY TALKS.
A MINER representative found Mart.
Rooney, Ebert's business partner, at the
III" SAOy odlOOus AlOOucy was COuSlucT-
..Lly affected when informed OF Ebert's
critical condition. and voluntarily contrib.
uted the following information:
II was in bed, in the rear room of the sa-
loon, when the trouble between Ebert and
his assaiants began. / was awakened by
q young fellow named John Leslie, who
told me that Ebert was being badly used
up by several men. Hastily putting on
my pantaloons rushed into the saloon,
where found Ebert in the hands of Sam
Martin, who was holding him by the neck
and attempting to strangle him. Hugh
Mcmillan was endeavoring to break Mar
tins grasp, and imploring him to let go.
Quietude was finally restored, but saw
that Martin and his companions were de-
termined to create trouble, and
retired to the bedroom to get the
the remainder OF my clothes. l had just
began to dress when heard the sounds of
a scuffle in the saloon, and, rushing out,
found Ebert on the floor, his head and face
covered with blood. l carried him into
the bedroom, and. returning to the saloon,
coaxed the men to leave. Martin said,
"We'll clean out the saloon before we co.
and then I went out to borrow a pistol.
When returned l found Ebert on the floor
of the saloon in an insensible condition. His
assailants had left the place. found that
they had robbed the money drawer.
then sent for DR.. Carroll, and remained
with Ebert until he was taken to the Sis
ters' Hospital. He was in an unconscious
condition from the time found him upon
the floor until left him at the hospital"
SERIOUS CASE.
Martin, Mcmillan, O'Neill and McGed-
ding, are now in jail. Yesterday their coun-
sci applied for bail, but owing to Ebert's
critical condition the application was re-
fused. If Ebert dies from his injuries-and
the surgeon who is attending him believes
that he will-two, at least. of the prisoners
will be sent to the Penitentiary.
Sam Martin, who seems to have been
the principal in the assault, is smelter
employe, and is also known as Sam Farr.
Which of his surnames is the correct one,
it is impossible to ascertain. His friends
are making strong effort to bribe Ebert
to refrain from prosecuting him, evidently
being in ignorance OF the fact that the case
is a felonious one, which cannot be COM
promised except through the Territorial