The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-04-05
THE HARRIS ROBBERY,
Preliminary Examination of J. C..
Hunt.


found that the date of the first troubl
was November LIST; he knew this becaus
he had sent message to his brother tn,
morning OF November fiEst. !. ..t..,..
The prosecution here rested the case
Ormond was re1 allied by tho defense
He stated that he, didn't remember ex
actly the date Of the first burglary; it va,
probably two weeks after breaking int
Thomson's. He saw James Hunt tn,
night he went into Thomson's; di. MT re-
member how often he saw him, because
he went East about that time
Hunt spoke to me, about going
into Harris store day or two after com
Ing from Thomson's. think l broke
into Harris store after went into Thorn
sons. think I went up to Harris store
and was frightened. away before / wen,
into Thomson's. think it WIS Sunday
! first went to Harris. George Rice
went up with me. 1t was believe either
Saturday or Sunday night. went to
Thomson's store two or three days after
ward, perhaps week. Hunt gave me a
dollar to buy a dark lantern. Two or
three days afterwards broke into Har-
ris' store. 1hroke pane of glass in the
basement, went up stairs and got the
beaver overcoat. One pair of pants were
brown with little checks, and the others
were jeans pants. The vest was like the
.pansss. Iagaye the pants to Jack Carter
and wore the vest mStslf. When I gave
the pants away James Hunt and I'VE Or
six others were in the saloon. Carter
wore them into the saloon and Hunt told
him to take them off,. He got hot at ME
for giving the pants to him. next saw
the pants, believe, on the day Of the
city election; Tom Murphy, the cook at
Park hotel, had them on. am certain
about all the facts have stated about
being aided by James Hunt except as to
dates. l got the pants out of the black
valise. There was yellow valise in the
fore left town.
The prosecution then called for Hunts
book of accounts. There appeared in the
book under the date of November 9Th
a credit Of $1595, which agreed with
Reedy's statement Of the other day. (Tom
Hunt stated that the $3.50 in the ledger
was the original entry, and it didn't ap-
pear in the day book. Reddy swore he
never paid the Hunt boys cash for the
$15.95. "When I quit Joe Herring, l
paid them s. or SO; when l quit the Mil
waukee house 81 or IS, and no more IN
til Tom Hunt and settled at the time Of
the robbery. Ipaid them 81 in March
In the morning the woman in the case
called Hattie Chisholm was examined at
her house. She stated that she had lived
with Hunt since August '88: was at the
saloon on the night Of November 18th;
heard nothing Of the robbery, and knew
nothing about it. Reddy Ormond came
to the house three times. She wasn't
married to Hunt.
The court then took recess until 3
o'clock in the afternoon on account of the
funeral. ....;- a. ..-....
In the afternoon Mr.: James Hunt was
introduced to the defense who swore he.
returned from the States October 25th.
T. A. Hunt testified that the 1885 was
paid in cash. .-. s'.,, :e-::,:- :-.1s
The arguments for the prosecute on, by
Prosecuting Attorney George W: Taylor
and for the defense by Messrs. J. B. Les.
lie and T. E. Brady, occupied the even
ing session, which was prolonge d
from the hour of p. IN. till midnight.
At the end of the speech of the prose-
cutting attorney, who made the closing ar
gument, His Honor announced that he
,uld take the matter Under advise
ment until this evening at Z o'clock, when
he would render his decision on the pre-
liminary examination.
The defendants bonds were renewed,
as by law required, and the court I'D
journed until this evening ct 7 O'Clock.
Owing to their great length and the
limited space at our disposal it is impos-
sible for US to publish a synopsis of the
as we should otherwise
have been pleased to do, and for which
purpose our stenographer was present
and reported the arguments in full.
Extensive Destruction Of Property.