The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-10
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BUTTE. Dec. 9.-The preliminary exam
ct his wife 10 days ago was held before
Judge Newkirk this afternoon. Mcbride
= Haldron were attorneys for the defend
ant. Of1cer James Told about Barrierc's
had been shot. He said they had been In
= racket and she thrust the gun in his
face; that he caught IL and the gun vent
on. The witness found NO gun ON Bar.
riere. and latter told him to take his keys
and he could find his gun in his room ut
South Butte. The witness went to the
Aouse-6O East Galena strickland In the
hack room Mrs. Barriere was lying with
her head against the he'd and her feet at
the door. Two little girls were huRRinv
their mothers body, and Barriere put his
hand on his wife and said: "She
- dead" The witness asked Bar.
siere where the gun was, and
Barriere said Il was probably under her.
He took Barriere to the county Jail. The
woman was dead when the officer reached
house. Barriere told the witness tina.
given her the gum. There were no more
marks of violence ON the woman except
been called there several times the past
six months when they were quarreling:
Something's she wanted her husband
sometimes he wanted his wife searched
70 see II she had e gun; HUT the officers
threats against the other.
DIR. c. b. Cooper testified to making the
autopsy: ana To the nature OF the wounds,
and TO finding the ball at the base of the
brain.
Coroner Beal testified to the position Of
scribed the wound. He identifed the
bullet as the one found In the base of the
brain of the deceased. When he arrived
Nm an anna sr AZ. a1n
had fallen. She was in her night-clothes.
Eugene Shortsheves said he was at the
Wyoming streets when he heard a shot
nred. Going i'm the direction of the sound
he saw arriere and 0fticer James enter
Witness and JAMES examined the room
and the clothes OF the dead woman to find
n weapon, hut could find none. A colored
MAJ came to the window and said a boy
door stem. sR%rssheSes went OUT ".% ana sSs
- calibcr. He remarked at the time that
i was much like q revoivcr he sold to La
.cse = much s e.Sissa. The "st PISTOL WAS sa fa"aS
just outside the steps about 10 feet from the
hack of the house where the woman was
any threats against his wife. He had
known both parties four years. He knew
S beard snd'% sh asa ssc wamS ssrE had G'' shrea,a me pi 10
kill her usband She had once told the
witness that she carried q revolver for
Joe.
On redirect examination Shortsleeves
denied he had said that the woman
s s"aa she h.m hs sd' . ~n1 f nim .ie I" would ssd i ir ' hoe,
There was a sensational development
called. Lizzie Hall, q cOlored woman,
was called to the stand and manifested
evident reluctance i'm testifying: Al last
Prosecuting Attorney ldw said: "Why
don't you tell what you know:
20! an afraid TO" said the witness.
"What arr. yon afraid Off" TO-.
"Who said they would horsewhip you ~
The witness refused to answer. Further
questioning elected the fact that while in
Jail with other witnesses the woman had
been threatened by one of the witnesses
for the defense n Frenchman. 81 had
been bee ,d ted SIN. would M b. hpGEI s,s ps a,i !,
could recognize the Witness who threat
ened her. All the Witnesses were brought
before Judge Newkirk and the woman wa,
asked to point out the man. She said he
was not present and seemed too frightened
20 point him out II lie had been there.
Evidence has come to the ears OF the
prosecuting attorney of IA regular system
of threatening OH the part of Galena stree
people for the purpose of clearing B:rri
ere, whether he IL guilty or not. Anothci
female witness complained to City Attor
ney Corbet this morning hat her life has
been threatened IL she testified agains
Officer Cody says that last night Mis-,
Hall complained to him that she had beet
Taller Dwyer says that he saw some alter
| cation between Miss Hall and one of tn
y witnesses and commanded her to keel
: quiet. He did not catch the drift OF tn
talk. Influence seems also to Lave beeI
used on Mrs. Hugo, sister of the dea
woman. TO she is nov unwilling to hav
the little girl, tile sole witness of tn
crime, put on the stand. The case wa
adjourned until 10 O'Clock i'm the morning
II Ts sSa p ane T IL sdd % y . ~se al p sitfa W ~a
he sent to the pe.nitentiary IL possible.