Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-16

le TONED ii she had held any cOnver6atiO
20 with deceased relative to her going to Butt
witness said no, but on second thought r
membered her saying that Bryson wante
10 her to start in business in Butte. Witnss
D. also recollected that Annie Lindstrom wa
81 looking for work in Helena. and had gon
o to the Rodney Hotel, where she worke
O. one or two days. Did not know if sh
a looked elsewhere. Witness was positiv
that she
RECOGNIZED h BRYsONs.
from the reflection Of light on her transom
when they we're quarreling in the hallway
, and that he took his satchsls and left tn
: house, returning again on the folowin
: Monday, while deceased was away. Wit
ness described Annie Lindstrom as rather
slim, muscular and bony; tall, brown hair
light complexion, bald-headed and wearin,
switch OF artificial hair. Witness herr
slightly contradicted Mrs. Bennett, who
testified that deceased was 'thickly'' built
II TIE TRUNKS
were then opened and everything taken out.
Witness identified most OF the dresses as
belonging to Annie Lindstrom. She stated
that she had the opportunity Of seeing her
cloak on a Sunday afternoon. Deceased
had taken it out OF the trunk to show it to
her. Some undergarments wer~eintroduced
bearing the initial f." alec q lot OF gents
handksrchiefs marked ~variously, some with
initials as: P. L., J. B., L. e., K. O., G.. B.
and K. Witness also recognized pillow
shams taken from the trunks, az having
been on her bed.
THE PRosPEoToR's DISCOVERY.
The next witness called was Duncan
Dixon, the prospectol, who found the body
in a prospect hole near Helena. After
making a diagram OF the place, showing the
drift, shaft and incline OF the hole, he pro-
ceeded to tell the story: I heard that a
reward was offered for q missing woman,
and started out to look for the body. I
lived about one-half mile from this pros.
| pect hole and started first to look through
a patch OF timber located higher up on the
hill. On returning I passed the hole, and
noticed a mans footprints in the soil.
Closer to the hole I noticed woman's foot
prints leading towards it, and then re- /
solved to investigate. There were some /
had been brushed, and / noticed that |
something had slid down the hole and |
cleaned of the edges. I went to dinner
and returned with q rope and candles and |
slid down the shaft. The
FIRST THING
was a woman's hat on top Of a pile OF
rocks. These rocks looked as if some one
had placed them there and commenced to
remove them. 1 soon discovered a woman's
arm, and then the breast and head. Climb
ing up, I started for town and went to the
Court House and returned with Sheriff
Hathaway and Marshal Hard. There was
quite a company out there. Four went
down the shaft with a rope, and those on
top hoisted the body while we steadied it, |
the shaft. We found an umbrella which
was broken, and q fan, near the body. }
There wal q long
CHAIN AaoUN THE NECK.
The clasp looked broken. A rawhide strap
was tasted around one waist, while the
other showed marks as if both had been
tied together. [Rawhide strap intro.
duced. Recognized by the witness.] Officer
Bashaw first called attention TO the strap.
Woman's body was clothed in a white
dress. [Also identifed.] The face was
badly mashed, the jaw broken, and the
eyes were bullying out. We took the body
to the court house.
ON CROSS.EXAMINATION
stated he had never seen the
woman before the day he found the body.
Had never prospected in that locality, and
did not know OF the existence OF that par
prospect hole. When asked il he
had not seen tracks of a carriage near the
hill, he stated it was impossible for a ve-
hicle to drive up there, without upsetting.
hornd l afpr thot ho hoH auon
tracks higher up On the hill. about three
hundred yards distant, but did not know
company had seen such tracks when
came after the body.
PROFESSIONAL TESTIMONY.
DR.. Morris was the next witness called.
He stated in what condition the body had
been found. The right jaw had been broken
and behind the rig hit ear was q mark on
the scalp. These wounds could have been !
produced with q club, a rock or by q fall
down the shaft. The strap was wound !
three times around the left wrist. The
wrist showed marks as if it had
been fastened around there. 1t must have
been fastened before death. or else there
not have been any marks O. tine
Witness stated that he drove to the
81 ce in a carriage with some reporters.
NY "AohAA W janus "a ~ WV
out could have approached it by a ridge
much closer. When asked concerning
STAINS ON GARMENTS
ind the stains found on a handkerchief
the leg OF the deceased, witness
stated the stains could have been produced
~ various causes. The handkerchief found {
IN the body was tied around a wound and
vas marked N. G. Gibson; witness identified
t; witness admitted that the body was not
pressed out of shape by the rocks, which
we're all OF large size. The skull OF the
corpse was not broken, and the wounds on
he body, in his opinion, were not sufficient {
10 cause death. g,
Several more witnesses were examined ,
,ut nothing new developed. Z
TESTIMONY AS TO he TRUNKS. .
Mrs. Harding, on the stand this evening, :
to having discovered papers relat.
ng to q breach of promise between the de-
sndant and deceased. This document was !
,ewed up into the lining OF a hat. It could y
lot be produced to-day, and the court or. .
Tered that it be looked Tor in Helena. Wit :
hess stated that they were looking for
;hecks and papers in the clothes, as in :
by the grand jury. Had never t,
heard deceased mention other men or I
overs. IL
Peppels, man ger of The Lenoir House, :
to Bryson's arrival and departure l
here; that he had trunks with him, left :
next morning and took the trunks. =.
lKaratowsky, known as Uncle Sam, tes- /
;ified to Bryson having pawned a lot of 4
FOODS and a watch at his pawn Office, =
which he identified; he received eleven dol j
ars for all of it. This was on August %. n
Defendant gave the name OF j.. d. Lind =
,trom. At the time the goods were taken .
the Lenior House to the Office, :
The clerk went with him to get them. ~
Agent Simpson OF the Wells-Fargo Ex- -
press Company, testified to the shipment =
If the trunks; had refused to ship them +
collect; defendant stated that the party r
10 whom they were going was in Butte,
would receive them all right. They
vere not called for, and were ordered back
him at the instigation OF the sheriff.
A just Opinion Of the American Girl. -
Among the criticisms on American girls .
n English papers all should be satisfied :.