The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-09
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Indictments Returned BY the Gnid
Jury Of Silver Bow Yesterday.


cold and SO full Of sulphur smoke tint
Judge DE Wolfe locke decidedly unconi-
Portable as he took his seat upon the
bench. The grand jury returned the fol-
lowing true bills of indictment:
John T.. Lyle and - Harris. for bur-
eiary.
II. Frank Ingcrsoll. for arson. four in
dictnlcuts.
Charles McC;ill. petit larceny. :
Martin Lee. obstructing IAN officer i'm the
discharge of luty.
Dan Harrington, assault with intent to
inflict bodily injury.
John Hanley, assault and battery.
spencer Bingham. orgrry.
Charles Duffy, burglary.
Pat Lyons, murder.
Peter Mccullough, burglary.
Thomas Orr, burglary.
Frank NJ. Lewis, murder.
Ali Sick, assault with intent tn commit
murder.
The grand jury returned no bill against
May Burns, charged with grand larceny.
and who has been out on bail. She was
discharged and her bondsnlen released.
II. j. Rowan. the young man who was ar
sssted last Srp.en,bsr upon complaint OF
false registration and perjury, was dis
charged. The grand jury found no bill
charged and his bondsnicn released. The
prisoners against whom true bills had
been found were accordingly a%rraigncd.
Fat Lyons asked "A hours To plead. Pete
Mccullough plead not guilty. Chas. Duly
took "a hours tn plead. >. Bingham plead
not guilty. Charles McGiil took "A
hours to plead. John HanIy, who had
been liberated on bonds did not appear
and no one appeared for him. Court al
lowed the bond tn stand until Tomorrow
when IL Hanley does not appear il will he
forfeited. 1t was the same in the case of
h Dan H a. =wn;c% n Mart Martin an, Lee rh took or "a
and ALI Sick did did the same. Frank NJ.
Lewis was granted until Monday morning
Judge Mcconnell asked that court issue
an order commanding the canvassing
board tn canvass returns from precinct "a
FOR all other officers not counted y,rSter-
day except judge of district court.
Mr.. Campbell for the board Obj,
jcctcd saying counsel for the board
had not had time To- pre- pare argument.
Judge Mcconnell urged that this matter
should not be delayed upon amy iinayin-
AIRY or u~nwarrantable. grounds The
policy of the council for the defendant
board throughout has been to delay. to
ask for time wicn tim. was neither
supreme public Importance. and should
not he delayed "a moment longer than IL
would give counsel time since they asked
for il and would set the case at l o'clock
to-day.
The case of Vrnncday. charged with
einbezzlcment, was then resumed. James
McNulty was the first witness. His Office
was i'm the same building as that occupied
by Vcnneday when the latter was agent
of the express at Anaconda.
Nr. McNulty was formerly agent of the
III bh ~ Us ~ h"sss
been his custom to settle once a quarter in
full with the company. A quarterly re.
consequently il was often delayed several
days. The court ruled that McNulty could
not tell how the business of the Office had
days agency. McNul,y knew that there
had been many instances where large
time, and he also knew that many causes
often led To delay of the agents reports
owing To a press of business in the office.
This evidence was objected To 10y the pros
ccution and objection sustained. Mr..
Venncday had conducted the business oi
the Office i'm "a very careless manner. Ht
Office and very often N had bccr
given for things to geo astray i'm the office
He saw nothing in Mr. Nenne'
e. NJ. Parr sworc that he was agent of
the express company in lsssat Anaconda,
He was asked 10y counsel for the defense
what was the rule in the office during
his term of agency as tn sending. none!
rcmittances to the head Office of the com
pany. as to the amount of money h
allowed tn ~ccumnlat in the Office "a
once and as TO the delays i'm sending re-
ports, etc. All this evidence was objcctet
to and objection sustained. Rcsutniiig
the witness said he had observed that Mr.
Vcuneday had conducted the business il
"a very careless name in all matters O
detail. He thought by the system pursue,
during M. a~"nn.d"y,s agency That ,
money received in tn" Office. The re
ports were not properly checked by MI
tennttitH.
Chas. Vogier. who acted as driver fo
Mr.. Venueday during the lattcr's agerc.
at Anaconda, testified that he had seeI
negligence but nothing criminal in TN
management of the q fiice. The affairs a
the Office were conducted i'm n loose AM
carcless manner. The rules of the Ollie
were the same as under MIR. Parr'
management as under Mr.. Venneday'
Often there would necessarily he delay ii
remitting tn the head office owing to pres
of business. Mr.. Venneday and Mr.. Par
both delayed sending reInittanccs some
tunes for want of time. He had ncve
heard il said that il was of very great in
portancc that money be sent to the hea
Office each day or so.
Mr.. Sam Lowe swore that he lives |
South Butte. He knew Mr.. Venneda
while he was agent at Anaconda. He la.
ha business every morning with Nj
Venneday during the latter's agency q
Anaconda. He thought the business {
the office was conducted i'm n very carelc,
manner. He had seen money lying arouri
= the Office while Mr.. Venncday was abscI
from the place. He had seen "a box I
money lying around exposed in the otiiC
where il could easily have been taken a
no one was watching II. Mr.. Nenneda
had been absent from the Office when I
should have been attending tn business.
T.. d.. Mallory. of Anaconda, ~testifie
that for four years he had been. expires
driver i'm Anaconda. He knew the maj
NOR I'm which the business of the EXPIRE