The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-19
TRIED TO KILL HIS WIFE
james Hall Of WalksPVille Arrested on
Serious Charge.
His Brutality Finally Enls tn mn Attach ""
His wife with = Pair of shear
No Prsv0raaissm for the
brutal Deed.

sp.ciai Corre.,nndence az tn. standard.
BUTTE. Nov. ls.-James h. Hall at
tempted Ia kill his wife last night AZ their
home I'm walkcrviilc. Mrs. Hall has for
the past 10 lays been nursing Mrs. Rich
of Centcrvillc. i'm order to eke out n sup
port for the family since Mr.. Hall IL not u
steady worker and spends much of his
time i'm drunken sI,rss,s. o'clock yes
tcrsiay morning Miss Llibbie Boyd. sister
Of Mrs. Hall arrived i'm Butte from Salt
Lake City and was met at the train by Mr..
Hall. They reached Walkerville about
o'clock Ia the morning. MIR. Hall.
Miss Boyd says, got ~ de'niJohn
from behind "a door and spent the rs.st'of
the night i'm drinking Mrs. Boyd's health.
He was drunk most of the time yesterday,
Int in the latter part of the afternoon
seemed tn he pretty well soi'ertd mp. He
came in early in the evening and. refer
ing to his wife. with n vile ~epitlIct. sk'd
whether she was home yet. Mrs. ho!d
said her sister was expected soon. as she
had been informed of her sisters arrival
and had promised tn bc MP as soon as pcs
siblc. Mrs. Hall reached tho house about
= o'clock. Hall was lying ON IA couch in
the front room. Mrs. Hall, Mrs. Boyd and
Augustus e.. Greer. were also present in
the room. and also the three children 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall. Hall asked his wife
to come over and sit beside him
on the couch, hut she refused to do SO.
That was all that was said hetwcen them.
Al s:l5 O'Clock Hall went into the adjoin-
ing bedroom. took oil his clothes and got
into bed. Mrs. Hall began showing Mr..
Greer some in IN" front
room sitting on "a piano stool. The little
girl was also in the room. while the two
boys had gone outside Mi, -. 't"yH was
where Hall was. She saw Hall arise. go
Z" his pants pockets and apparently take
door, locked and bolted IL. After that he
went into the front room and approach
ing his wife. exclaimed:
III III 400. $3.50,
He then stabbed her with som. weapon.
Mrs. Hale had arisen from her chair and
over her heart, for which Hall aimed. The
weapon struck her left arm.
Miss Boyd though, Hall was striking his
wife with his fist until her sister, uttcrin2
a piercing scream. cried ont,
MY God. he has killed me-"
Mr.. Greer jumped mp, and knocked Hall
about six inches long, which were covered
with blood. Miss Boyd and MIR. Greer
took the ~.wonndcd woman into the
back room. She was bleeding profusely.
hrs. Glca.on and Trcmblay arrived abou
9o'clo"k. They found the woman faint
from loss of blood. \ small artery in the
muscles of the left arm liad been severed.
there. was another wound in the elbow and
small cuts in the. thumb and right hand.
as though she had grabbed the weapon
Mrs. Halls dress was soaked through with
blood, there WAS blood h.slnci,rcsl ON the
carpet in every room, and IN the kitchen
was am immense pool of the dark fluid.
The woman was put to bed and the wounds
dressed ;s soon as possible.
Meanwhile Hal! remained in the front
room. lying ON the couch. when Judge
Hcrber; arrived about AN hour and u half
after the crime was somnhittcd.. Hall
and took him to the jail at the court house.
where he was kept over night. The com-
planning witness i'm the case is Samson,
The neighl,ors of Mr.. Hall say he is the
nieancst and crtIclcst man and the most
dcspicablc coward in waikeryiile. They
l anx H., 1.ns .ftnp, slrpsaI hfS urtfs. m nal
has repeatedly beaten and struck her. On
june IL of last year Hall came home. drunk
i'm time for the parade. As h". seemed
sleeping soundly. she did not awaken him
until 4 o'clock. which was a. little late for
got u stick of woosl from the woodpilc, re-
turned to the house and struck his wife on
the head. Telling her to the floor. She
was laid up six weeks in bed in coiss-
quencc. This is but one instance of the
many brutal attacks OF Hall ON his wife.
Mrs. HAL Is a.ciar,'a .y al TO dc per,ic :
wife who never. gave her husband amy
~provocation for his abuse. Her maiden
name was Dinah Boyd. Sh: was married
to- Hall IA years ago i'm Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Hall was dcathly pale when a
STANDARD reporter visited her this after
noon. Sh. was unable to talk, and hcI
only anxiety was that her husband migh
bc permitted To- enter the house. She L.
hyatcria. brought on 10y the excitemcn,
and extreme strain. AZ. Greer and Miss
Boyd were interviewed 10y the reporter
aud told the circumstances of the Attain
substantially as they are given above
They say that Hall. during the hour md a
half lac was in the house after his arrival
said uot u word, and appeared uucon
ccrncd.
Hall - IA little man but full of
He is n miner at the Alice. mine. He was
taken tn Waikerville for his preliminary
examination this afternoon. He waivct
the reading of the complaint. and tool
statutory time in which tai plead. judge
| Evan Herbert held him under $1,us
bonds. The examination will take plucs
tomorrow. Hall was taken back to Jail
Hall ~ "A brother of Superintendent Hal
of the Alice mine.