Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-17
THE ANACONDA MURDER.
The Prosecution Introduces All Its Tes-
timony-The Defence Begin Its Evil
dence TO-Day

The Prosecution Introduces All Its les
ony-T Defence Begin Its Evil
dence To-Day.
At the reopening OF the District Court
Tuesday the ease of Territory vs.. Martin
was resumed and the panel OF jurors COM
pleted. The following gentlemen were
selected: r. B. Wampler, W c. Atherton,
J. A. McConyills, Henry Nicols, r. w.
Klein, C. w. Matthews, Francis M. Gerow,
James r. Young, James Tiekell, Sheldon Z.
Thompson, Alex. Anderson, Howell
Thomas. To judge from appearances the
jury are above the average in intelligence:
The following witnesses for the prosecution
were examined yesterdai: James Sheehan,
DR.. Snyder, c. E. Gray, Coroner Lesser,
Samuel Evans, James ! outhy, Joseph Hol-
land, Mr.. and Mrs. Bernier, and Rose
Champion.
THE TESTIMONY
given by the witnesses who were on the
street when the crime was committed con-
frmed the first reports received that Martin
called Reardon outside OF the saloon on
Front street Anaconda, and when they
went outside high words passed between
them: that after walking up and dow in
front of the saloon for some time they went
up the street towards the depot and when
between the Valley House and the Chicago
House Martin pulled a pistol from his
hip pocket, knocked Reardon down with 1t
and standing over Reardon fired a shot
that passed through his head and produced
death in q few minutes. That he lifted his
victim by the collar after he had shot him
and let him down on theground apparently
satisfied with what he had done. DR..
Lesser, the Coroner, testified to the pistol
wound having been the cause of death and
only trifiing v%ariances in the testimony were
brought out on cross-examination.
The defense had two large pistols, one
with a nickel plated barrel, the other a dark
blue steel barrel, and an effort was made to
PRODUCE CONFLICTING TESTIMONY
bv the witnesses to the striking OF ReardoE
| by Martin, as to whether it was a bright
or a dark. barreled pistol with which Rear
| don was knocked down. OF course there
was confusion of opinion On this point; no
two men looking at an affair OF that kind
| would agree in opiiiou oE such q subject
| an hour after witnessing it. But each man
was just as positive n though he had ex-
| pected to be called as a witGess and had
taken particular note OF UEe 1acG. Inc
| witnesses who had been detained as evil
| dence for the prosecution at Deer Lodge
were also positive they had never con-
| versed together about the case, though
| they had been thrown in constant contact
| with each other, and must have been men
| of fertile resource and superior discretion
| to ordinary morta!s to have avoided 1t.
Martins wife and child sat beside him at
intervals during the day. Martin was
KEENLY ATTENTIVE
to the evidence OF the witnesses, but gave
no outward sign of being affected by the re-
cital OF the crime.
The prosecution rested it's case last even
ing and the evidence Tor the defence will be
begun to-day. From a question put by
counsel for the defense to one OF the wit
nesses, asking if he had heard Martin
abusing Reardon for having assaulted Mrs.
| Martin, it is inferred that the defence will
introduce testimony to thise effect as in a
measure accounting for The subject OF dis
pute between Martin and Reardon. From
another question asked it is inferred that
proof will be introduced by the defence to
show that the pistol was discharged in a
struggle between the two men.
The case will in all likelihood go to the
Jury to-day.