Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-19
THE GOLD BRICK CASE.
4 Number Of Witnesses Examined 1or
tho Persecution of Page.

A. = o'clock last night the examination
Of Capt. E. F. Page, charged with wors'ns
the IS gold brick game" WAS resumed before
.Judee McHatton. The courtroom was
crowded as on the previous day, and inc
proceedings we're watched with the l'veilest
interest by the spectators. The prosecution
was conducted by District Attorney Seal
Ion and Judge Knowles, and the defendant
MAS represented by Messrs. Stapleton ana
Sueer. Shaw WAS lot present during 1he
examination.
The first witness called was a Ieweys
| proprietor OF the Southern Hotel, In TINS
| city. Witness testified that the
Shaw boarded at his house from May -
| until June 10; shaw's rent was
| naid by his roommate, a man named
| Decks, until the last day OF shaw's resi-
| dence in the house, when Shaw paid ul
| what he owed and a little in advance; wit
ness knew nothing Of Shaw having a bricR
in his possession; Shaw had two val'ses
| the smallest OF which WAS very heavy
| when Shaw left the hotel, on the tenth, nj
| had only one valise, not the heavy one
however; saw Page frequently visit TN
room occupied by Shaw, and saw him drive
/ out several times with Shaw; on the seve'.tf
or eighth of June saw Page and Shaw driv'
j dWd v Ill n CdtItdkC3 J - PShh' s"'
OF his time in Shaw's company; at 1:3t
O'Clock ON the night OF June 8 Shaw ant
Page drove up i'll ii buggy to the hotei
where Shaw deposited 81 vaiise.
George Robinson had seeh Shaw ant
Page at Carr's livery stable; Shaw hired 1
buggy and left Page behind; or June IL
Shaw again hired a team.
MIR. Leyson, OF Leyson & Turck, jewel
ers, had tested the brick by boring, an
found the brick to be OF brass.
David Meickiejohn had accompanied Col
jerks to Horse Canyon and found a brae
and bit and bottle On spot previously DIES
ienated by jerks; bottle was filled will
water or other harmless liquid.
Chief Of Police Ledford had Shaw uude
surveillance for two weeks previous to hi
arrest.
Police Officer Carlton saw Shaw an
Page. in Il buggy, pass Miners Union Hal
II. c. kessler, County Treasurer, pre-
duccd S42l.25, found in Shaw's possession
when arrested. The money was in Gu
rency and gold, of the denominations c
tie cash alleged by jerks to have bee
paid Shaw as the price OF the brick.
John f. F"rhis was given sotne boring
BY Colonel jerks, with a request to h,v
them tested. Witness had borings teste
at Leyson & Turck's, and found them t
he lilpefNluuS tt the achiOu ~ utIu.
+. NJ. Carr, livrryman, had ut variou
times aned sadd!e-horses and bnggies t
Shaw and Page.
Captain Lytle had seen Shaw and Pag
together very often during the two week
preceding their arrest.
Simon H%auswirth treated "a crowd III IL,
William Tell Saloon, on East Broadway
and Shaw and Page were in the crowd.
Mr.. Walton had also seen Page an
Shaw b~ugsgy-riding.
St+ve Roberts, az employee at Carr's Ii,
cry stable, had frequently seen Shaw An
Page at the stable previous an'' snbs'
quently to their arrest.
Wesley Jones hah seen Shaw Jay IL
drinks in Pa: Malioy' Is saloon ON the ever
ing OF the tenth.
The prosecution then rested, and the III
Tense notified the Court hat it would hay
about Il dozen witnesses called. Court the
adjourned till 1870 o'clock this Afternoon
The plan OF the prosecution is evidentl
to prove that D conspiracy to swind
Jerks was entered into by Shaw and Pig
and that the money obi aimed from him W.
divided between the conspiratoss. 1t
safe to presume that Page will not ~atteInl
to deny that he was ii party to the transft
OF the brick, but will endeav,r 10 es;abliS
his innocence OF intent to leirand. Siia
line OF defense is known only to his cnlills
and himself.