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

then started for the Jail with Barrier nils
ne witness remainedt guard the prt misas
After the officer and prisoner Left. the Ne.
ness locked the back door OF the houss
ana went into the frontrooma and remained
tnere, allowing no one to enter. In aehort
oime On1csr James returned and 4 cnlored.
man appeared at the back window and
caled TO witness that q boy had found q
pissoi "a tne rear yard. Witness went out
and found q pistol protrud,no from nndsr
q doc step Of the house adjoining In Which
tne killing took place. He picked up the
pistol and returned to the house With II and
9 ave 1t to either Officer James or O6Bcsr
Curran, who by this time had also
arrived, but could not remember to which
one. When witness handed the weapon ia
the officer he remarked that it looked Ike
one he had sold to LaCapelle. Here wit
ness was shown the pistol but could not
identify it as the one he had formerly
owned, saying it looked like il, but that he
koew neither the number nor make OF the
weapon he had sold.j
When cross. examined by the defense the
witness In substance repeated his direct
evidence and stated that Barriere end the
woman were quarrelling about ali the time
and that the m had told him twice
she would get away with Barriere; once
over q year ago and once during last
summer, when both she ami B ,rriere were
arrested for fighting and disturbing the
peace. Witness never knew deceased to
have q revolver or weapon OF any kind,
and had never q en- one in her possession.
This concluded the testimoy Of the witness.
Lizzie Hall, q colored Woman, was then
called, and from the moment the firstques
ton was put to her it became evi lent that
she was an unwilling witness and each
question after that made it appear all the
palmer that she did not wish to tell what
she knew. She finally stated that she lived
next door to the woman who was
killed and was acquainted with her
and Barriere. When the shot wal fired
she was lying, partly undressed or q sofa in
the front room of her house. As soon as
she could she dressed herself and ran to the
back door Of the house in which the de-
ceased lived and looked in n saw Officer
James and some other men looking into
the Don Witness saw the body OF Mrs.
Barriere lying on the floor, land described
it's position.
Here she was asked il Barriere and Mrs.
Barriere had been in the habit OF quarrel.
ling and she answered yes and then said:
"Ive told you enough and ] can't say any
more. l don't like to talk because I've
been tire tened With q horse-whipping II
bdlu uOO uuCus SOuuOy nJUOEuoy odiUs
win ask ed the witness to tell all about the
threats, promising her protection. To this
she replied: Eyes, it's ali right to promise
it, but you're up here and I've got to live
down there among 'em and ! don't see
where the protection'd come in"
A lively discussion and citation OF au-
thorities. followed. The attorneys for
Barriere objected to any further questions
on that score because they said that it
would prejudice the case OF their client,
causing an outsider not versed in the
law to opine that some of Bar
riere's friends had undertaken to bulldoze
the witness and friRhten her into silence.
They said it would be unfair and unjust to
attempt TO couple their client with any
such proceedings, as he had been in jail
ever since the murder occurred, and, there.
fore, could certainly not be accused OF in.
timidating witnesses. They farther con-
tended that it might have been some one
interested in the pre- 'cution who had in
Inundated the witness.
The county attorney said that it was
immaterial to him who made the threats;
hat it Was u serious matter and he in.
tended to sift it thoroughly; that
the party making threats was guilty of
contempt OF court il nothing else, and
should be punished. The witness was
tOIu Y ko ~ tCi "oOup ohAOotcs
she said:
1.-THE threat was made this morning at
the foot OF the stairs.after the witnesses had
been sworn. I was told that l would be
horse.whirped il I told too much on the
at and. The man who said this was one OF
them Frenchmen. 1 answered back and
tile jauer told me il l didn't shut he would
mo up. There were two or three
other men present when the threat
was made. / didn't know the
name. The iailer would
know because he was there. l would know
the man who made those threats il l saw
him, but there's no use talkirg. cause I'm
and 1 amt going to say anything
more, for 1 know I would get hunt. you're
up here and I'm down below and ] don't
see how you are going to protect me-"
The court now ordered all the Witnesses
in the case called into the room and the
looked at oil OF them but could
see the bulldozer. Several Witnesses
were found to be absent, and it being 9
O'Clock the court adjourned until 10 O'Clock
this morning, and gave orders to have all
the witnesses in court when an effort will
be made to establish the identity OF the
in%tjmidator.