The Helena independent., 1889-03-15
The Dab ON the nm.

Alex Mcconnell. who lives ON the corner
OF Beattie and Bridge streets, Helena. said
be lived about 1000 yards from the pros
pect hole where the body Of Annie Lund-
strom was found. lie heard about her dis
appearance some time before. The first
connected account he read In the INDE-
PENDENT. He saw cab one morning be-
tween 2 and $50 o'clock coming down
from the direction of the prospect hole.
He sa- no one Ia the cab. The lights
were out He jumped out OF bed when he
heard the sound OF the wheels. The cab
was going northwest lie was looking out
Of his east window. The horses were
either sorrel or bay. The driver had ON
an oyercoat and a light soft hat. To the
best OF his recollection IL was Tuesday
morning Of fair week. He was never nc
the prospect hole where the body was
found.
Cross-examined, witness said he thought
he knew where the hole was, as he saw
great many persons around ID the day the
body was found and for many days after
wards. He knew it was fair week, be-
cause he had promised 10 take his wife 10
the tair. The witness traced the direction
OF the cab on the diagram, showing that
when he saw II was not coming down the
gulch.
Mr.. waliAce-Have you ever had any ex-
perience with cabs coming down hills?
Witness-No, nor going up hills; am
90 poor for that
Louis DeLestry testified that he met Mrs.
Lundstrom during her life. She was at q
place he was rooming, and told him she
was In search OF work.
II. q. Collins testified that the first pnbll-
cation OF the disappearance Of Mrs. Lund-
strom was In the INDEPENDENT.
Pull. Schmitz, publisher OF the Helena
A. H.. "A
the account of Annie Lundstrom's disnp-
peafance after II had appeared In the In
DErENDENr.
William Wallace, Jr, testified that he
was present in Judge Sanders room the
day BrysOn was arrested, and his impress
sion was that defendant said that Mrs.
Lundstrom purchased the ticket 10 Butte
and that he was present He could not re-
call the testimony OF witnesses at the pre-
llm.hsry examination, a. he did not charge
hIs memory with II.
A Ilarrity. foreman of the Northern Pa
cltc round house al Heller a, did not know
what Mr.. Bryson's reputation was In Min
neapolis. He knew him In ST. Paul.
His reputation was good. This was In
1884.
A. Scottness, OF Helena, knew defendant
In Minneapolis. His reputation was good
Cross examined, witness said he knew
defendant In 1885. Did not know he was
In prison In saltwater In 1887. lie thought
he WAS still In the employ OF the Tea com
pany In the spring OF 1888.
Eli Kbobb knew the defendant when he
| (kDobb) kept q saloon ON the corner Of
jackson and Broadway. Defendant fire.
| quently came In his place. lie was there
often after Aug. 2l. lie was not sure
whether he saw defendant after Fair
week.
Edward b. Drury stated he was In the
| Broadway Sample room Aug. 23 when n
dispatch was sent 10 Minneapolis signed
| by BrysOn, and one came back directed TO
him. Bryson remained around the saloon
until sept . or 10.
N. Z. Walters was recalled and finished
reading the letters offered In evidence,
which included q passport telling Annie
| LundstrOm's age, nativity, etc. She was
born in Sweden in ls4l. The letters were
principally from Axel Bergstrom and were
sentimentally sickly and during their read
ing Bryson sat with broad smile on his
features. The letters from her children,
now In Stockholm, were pltlful In their
pathos and affection.
| Charles Maglnnis was the first witness
called at the evening session. His evidence
substantiated that OF Rubens