Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-14

knew that she had appli.d
that he would not let her leave him
for another man. She told him that she
did n it love him any more and that ne
should leave her. He told me that he
would not 60 until he got that money q
his revenge. ! was present when be said ne
would 60 II she would give him $500. She
said she did not have The money but would
try and get it for him. He then said he
would wait q few days. At one time they
lived at South Butte and che left there and
moved onto Galsna street to get rid oil
him. This was about three or four weeks
before she was killed. He lived IN South
Butte but came to see hsr every day.
! was notified OF Mrs. Barriere's death bya
little girl and vent ever to her house. l
didn't 60 in because Shortsleeves stood in
the door and wouldn't LET anybody pass
In.
On cross-examination the witness testi.
fed: No, Barriere and / are not bad
friends, because he speaks to me whenever
we meet. I was in the saloon one night
ard he and Angeliqus were qnarreiling. He
had her by the throat aud was choking
her. took her part. He did not put me
out, but said something to me. For
this didn't care, IS l would
not be insulted nor offended at
what people living on Galena
day he and ] met and he told me that he
would kill her, his wife. Fort last month
he wa in and out Of Mrs. Barriere's place
every night for I saw him. Tuesday and
Friday nights before she was killed he was
watching her, and he said to me "Il watch
her." Yes, others besides myself heard
him demand the money OF her. Here the
witness ave the names OF three or four
persons who had heard him make the de.
mandy. The last time he demanded the
money vas in the cigar store which his
wife kept. He generally made his demand
every evening and often said if she gave
him the mon y be would 60, but he never
went. They often qnarreled and she called
friends. still she often quarrelled with me.
She was very quick tempered. The women
who heard him thr aten to kill her are now
out OF town. They are at Helena. They
left three days after she was killed. / never
heard deceased make any threats against
Barrfere. Never saw her have q revolver.
They lived together because he wouldn't
leave her. When they lived at South Butte
she often came up town to collect her rents.
Sometimes she stayed up town and some
times she would 60 back. Once Bar
riere came to my room when she
was up town and asked for her. The night
before the killing l va Barriere hang
around her place. / saw him 60 in about
IL o'clock. He used to make threats
against her and made them often and to q
great many persons. I have spoken to
Charley, who keeps a saloon next door to
the house 10 where the killing took place,
about the killing. He tol | me the morning
OF the XII ling that he heard Barriers and
Mrs. Barriere quarrel all night and kept
him from sleeping. I never saw Barriere
have q pistol. ] never heard Mrs. Barriere
make any threats to kill Barriere. never
heard him say what ne would blow her
brains out with. He said it so often that
I paid no attention to it. She owns five
little buildings on Galena street for which
she used to come from South Butte to col
lect the rent. Friday afternoon Barriere
was in her store and helped her to hang
some curtains. On Thanksgiving day I
saw him sitting in the kitchen. | was in
tine kitchen talking to Mrs. Barriere. That
time they were not quarrelipg. He used TO
quarrel and then make up every ten
minutes.
Prosecutor Baldwin now sent for the
little daughter OF deceased. The child, a
sweet little {, ddler with rosy cheeks
and bright. sparkling dark eyes, MAS
brought into the room by her aunt, a sis
ter of deceaeed, who was arrayed in the
deepest mourning. Miss Desiardins iden-
tilted the child az the one which she saw
asleep in Mrs. Barriere's room athe night
before the murder. Mr.. Baldwin attempted
to ask the little girl some questions, but
vas interrupted by attorneys for the de.
Tense, who objected on account OF the child's
tender age. The prosecuting attorney
that he merely intended to ask the
little one some general questions, in order
to ascertain W at degree OF Intelligence and
understanding she possessed. The defense
characterized it as an outrage n said
such proceedings were simply outrageous;
that the child was too young to give tes-
in a case so important as the one
trial; that it was wrong to take the
statement of a child OF ly four years old in
from the old Roman law which required
witnesses in all kinds OF cases to be not
less than twenty years OF age. From the
musty times OF Roman legal lore the at
came down to the laws OF more
times. The court at last
announced that it would hear
upon the a~dvisability
of the little girls testimony at some subse
quent time, before the hearing closed, and
asked that other Witnesses | g called.
The prosecution then called for Henry
LeIande, but the witness could not be
found, and the state Their announced that
IL would rest and asked that the defense
call thu ir first witness. The defense oh.
jected to 20 any further in tho case until
che court had ruled upon the admisability
of the little girls evidence. After more dis
cussion the court announced that argu.
ments on the matter would he heard at
1890 O'Clock this morning. After this
court adjourned until this morning at the
hour mentioned.