The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-26
THEY HAVE A GOOD CASE
Young Stslbsfs Said TO HAVE Hads Z
Pull Confession 10 the OalcerS.
Larry asnisshgep ARRESTED aad Held foP
Observation-Disclosures b. 1ss1l Alive
anh May Rec0vsr-Yesesrhay's
Devel0psnsnts.
apecial to tine

4. believed Tn have had something to do
with the attempted murder of Oscar Stem
Ios 1 ~ -. ~. ~. IL, Tvn.n.-
aay. ne nan go y ~ S ~. sn"I s".n
told tn nab him. Officer Ed Carroll start
ed down Main street, entering several
places and found his man in the Comb,n-
alton. He wa. with his foot on
In. h;n, a.. ,-,i;ce ~,cr. nf,.r him aud M,
had better skip out. Smi,rlser caught a
glimpse q ofiicar tarroiIs blue uniform
and started for the hack door, but the Of
n, r was quickly at his side aud said, II
~nrt Won. have :. warrant for yo,r arr
rc.tv
.yyb., f,r. y.
wei. ". think you know 9 thing o.
swo about I'm. oiov. up on HtenusrH-'
man with"
eyes. and tl,.. man tina, did the job
gave ,ne OH man "a pr''S h"ro '"sS'ng'
"s.' IN oi'NSI.
,. s%'. ON: ef s 1ss,d sa nJsl %nsr n %%9S -. an to w sns
county Jail. He is n man about - years
old. weighing about $50 pounds, short.
Sish red face and Lan, Mo.'..ache;
-. a,'.1 III 60 h,vr.
"oSm, anu sa'' % n'n. -.
against you, Mr.: Smjtzhgcr; what have
you To say about it?"
i. a, ali. +: The H. firs, ) I " heard "" "b%,as il a" %"s
when I read the Inter Mountain last night.
All Of ys.sterslay l was busy selling f,irni-
was going out Of town. hut I merely went
down towards the depot selling f%Irniturc
n%,ass am" and " snSd a "Sf bottle 10 the here ro''' Th..
night before I can prove I was in bed
from 10 o'clock in the evening until 4
o'clock the next morning. room with
Market. Our room IN in Court street.
No. I don't know as I could account for
INV whgfpntO1ltS all ths. evening. WAS
as the Metropolitan some of the time and
~ Jerry Mccarthy some ct the time.
polish. I don't know tina, l could prove
an alibi by Owi where i was all the
time. went down to the Parrot snicltcr
that afternoon"
and Mrs. Stenberg:"
merely Of q friendly character; just
what might he ctwcen amy friends. From
the papers one would think StenbLrg was
zig sp r.v Wmn .t is T NAVE. i been v The c naa! KNOW
"What trouble did You have viii Stem
berg"
home drunk one night and he accused me
of having stolen money from him. a
is ain the trouble. i%e we We had. never threat.
ened him,-ncver shot at him. have
been away the past five months and came
berg's for several days,-not. l think.
since last week Friday"
beru 1--WE Wcty yea Iak9 ei s5S!s'r VIII" Mrs. stem
mo. I took supper that night at the
Cable Restaurant. l have only eaten sup
per at Mrs. StenbcrE's once since I
came back on October That was some
night last week. i paid her for the sup
per. I have lived i'm Butte Ave years. I
don't care To say where l came from orig
inally or where my folks live. 1t il sur
prising to me that the police didn't catch
me before, AS l have made no effort tn
get away"
StenberR Is resting well to-day. He told
"a STANDARD reporter this afternoon that
he saw Smitzilgcr eating with Mrs. Stem
tn rig either Wednesday or Tuesday night.
HAS Smitziigcr ever threatened your
life?"
"Oh, he's very sly and cautious. But
haven't any DOUBT he did it."
"Did your wife ever threaten your life ,"
~ don't want To say anything against
my wife,"
The sherifr's office has discovered some
important evidence i'm he case, i'm fact,
SO important as to he most damaging
against Smitzhger. 1t is not considered
policy to disclose the full extent of this
testimony and il is sufficient to say tina,
the boy August has turned states evil
dence and told some things which arr
very damaging to the man arrested to-day
The hoy says that SmitzhHer told him a
few days ago that he was going to kill his
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