The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-19
STAR CHAMBER INQUEST
C~sldaetine tho Prizs Fight Investigation
viii CLOSED Doors.
Afraid that witnesses Wtn Lsayn Whas
Oehess Have Tesss0eA TEA 1svara
O9eeeA ssr ~0alsaghsr's Arrsse-
Ru1ors of Ats CoaAaei0a.
Special to the Standard.

BUTTE, Dec. ls.-Two more witnesses Of
the prise fight were arrested ny the police
this morning. Jack Thornton was ar
rested by OfIlccr Carroll. Thornson had
been in the city all the time and had made
mo attempt toescape. w. IL. P~ennybecker,
q hickman, who drove a party out there
was arrested ny Officers James and Nc
L~aughlin. Gallagher and Helchan are
still missing. Mr.. Helehan IL n prominent
man Of the city, being a member of b
real estate firm of Nichols, Helehan q
Go. Mr.. Nichols saidtn-lay:
II think my partner has left for good.
He went away Monday night. He had
800 Of his own aud collected $S5 during
the day and l gave him 800 more, taking
securities. He said he WAS going out tai
see the Emma Nevada mine, which we
have stocked, hut I don't expect him hack.
l think Gallagher deserves more synlpa-
NY than ward in this nnfostnnat matter.
offered 10 have the matter adjusted by ar
through our firm. and / know ,Snt Ward
charged more than was agreed upon.
Ward went to GallaRher's house and
Gallagher, using the most Disgusting and
obscene epithets i'm n rough's vocabulary.
don't excuse Gallagher, hut I don't think
Ward ought to he considered n martyr.
In my presence Ward declared that he
would get even with Gallagher il he got
killed by IL. III: statement has come lit
heard Ward threaten Gallaghcr's life.
During the fight ! am told that Gallagher
would not acknowledge himself whipped.
s 'ss ,,;i, ;ni;; i tried my best to settle ~
Varying reports are i'm circulation as tC
G~allagher's condition. A man who claims
to have seen Gallagher within "a hours In
his hiding place. says he is threatened with
blood poisoning and his life il i'm danger
His arm swclled up until il burst. Others
say that Observation-Disclosures badly bruised
that Gallagher is not far from town and Is
hid near his own house or in u cabin neal
the Columbia gardens. GallaRher's father
in-law will arrive ON Friday morning from
Omaha, where he has u foundry.
Wards funeral will take place at
LA Arizona street, the home Of "a friend
Burial will he i'm the city cemetery. War;
was unmarried and is said tai have no rel
ative.s but a brother: He came here q
humble of years Y from Iowa, where N
was n detective in the employ of the
prohibitionists. ferreting, out the men wh'
were selling liquor on the quiet. At the
light Sunday, IL is stated by eye witnesses,
that he refreshed himself at almost every
bottle, stating that that was the stuff I:
make an Irishman fight. Wards bod!
does not appear as Rhastly as might. u"
expected. There are plenty of bruises
and COMMISSIONS. hut the features rctail
almost their ordinary appearance.
The prisoners We're not arraigned fhi.
htAs hittA W. HNot ~ ANIks
the conclusion of the inquest.
IL was 2::D o'clock this afternoon bcfor
the c~OrOrner's jury was ready to- cOntinu
the inquest into the death of Ward. Al
the spectators and newspaper reporter
were excluded from the room and the pre-
is said to have been made at the reques
of those implicated. who don't like to hav
their statements appear in print. One q
two OF the jurynlen have shown 10y tn
drift of their questions that they are pal
tial to- the men arrested, and one OF then
was, until recently, II partner of Ward. ]
is evidently the intention of certai
parties that the truth regarding "a mnrle
committed in this county shall ne
be known by the public. Ina,
employed by the jury, the reporters note
are the only available record of the prs
G feelings of the jury. The only excuse q
fcred for This very singular action il tia
The publication of the proceedings will Ia
each witness know the others hav
testified. But the witnesses are all out q
bail and there is nothing tn prevent the'
communicating with each other and a
ranging any story they please. IL Is IL
opinion of the public of Butte that "a
much light cannot IN. thrown on the mn
der and that the ruling il one in the I
Dr.. D.. Z. Johnston, Jam.
Tickle. ID. w. Oty. proprietor of Il
Crystal Springs resort, and I'D Miller ties,
fled at the inquest this afternoon. Ii
stated that DIR. Johnston gave as Il
cause of death. conclusion of the brain
that Oty gave II straightforward story
what happened and that Miller denied d
presence at the light. There is no count
attorney present to look after the state
interests.
this afternoon offered IA reward of 500 r
the apDreheusion of Gallagher.