The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-29
ON TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE.
Judge Mediation Getting the Evidence
the barrier Murder Case.

Judge Mediation Getting the Evidence In
the Barrier Murder Case.
Special CORRESPONDENCE Of the Standard.
BUTTE, April 2s.-The murder trial of
Joseph Barriere, charged with killing his
wife, was begun in the district court this
morning Immediately after the decision
in the Davis case had been rendered.
County Attorney Baldwin was assisted In
the prosecution by Attorney Charles
O'Donnell, representing Mrs. Victor
Hugo. sister of the dead woman. Attor-
neys Haldorn and tooth appeared for the
defendant. A regular army Of witnesses
was brought into the court room and
sworn, there being Ii for the prosecution
and 10 for the defendant, besides an in
terpreter, rendered necessary by the
fact that the majority OF the witnesses
will occupy the whole Of the present
week.
Attorney O'Donnell made n brief OPEN
ing statement Of the case. Officer Ed
ward James was first put on the stand for
the prosecution. He told what he Knew
the preliminary hearing. Barriere
had given himself up To him
and said to him that ..the
gun had gone of and his wife was shot"
The witness ven with Barriere To the
house in Galena street where his wife was
iIks tottfto tit - bNbi INV a. VI
wound, he thought, in the right check.
He saw no powder burns on the cheek.
Mrs. Victor Hugo, sister of the dead wo-
man, told of the funeral and said the
bullet wound was in the left check. She
had come from Chicago on hearing of the
tragedy and knew nothing of the circum
stances of the shooting. DIR. TIC. Cooper
testified concerning the autopsy which
was held by him. The wound was in the
left cheek. There were about two inches
of powder burn surrounding the wound.
The pistol must nav been held not
further than two or three feet. The pis-
tol must have been held nj an angle of
abou forty-five degrees pointing up
wards to produce the oblique character of
the wound.
Coroner Beal was put on stand this
afternoon and gave an account OF the in
quest and the post mortem examination.
He said that according TO the course ofthe
bullet u place where IL was found,
paralysis must have ensued almost in
simultaneously. II would nave been i'm
possible for the m to walk or talk
and scarcely to move after the wound
was received. There was n circle Of
powder burn about ~ inches in diameter
about the wound, and the barrel must
have been held close.
Lizzie. the next witness, a colored
woman had some evidence which she did
not give in the lower court. She was in
the water closet back Of the house, next
TO that of the Barrieres, when In heard
a shot. She remained 10 minutes there,
then went into the house n laid ON the
lounge. She laid there about n half hour.
Then the little child came running 10 her
| and old her hat her mother was shot. She
went to the house and saw the woman ON
the fioor. The witness said that she heard
the dying woman say "Oh, Lord! Alice!
Alicc"' This was new testimony, and
was considered pretty doubtful. as Officer
| James and one or two others were In the
room at the same time, heard nothing and
had declared the woman stone dead.
The witness was sure the shot was in the
right cheek. She remembered seeing the
powder marks. The woman on cross cx-
animation was questioned as To her evil
dence before Judge Newkirk. She said
she was frightened in the preliminary ex-
animation, having been threatened with a
horsewhipping. She said her testimony
given at that time was influenced by fear.
saw a pistol sticking from Barrierc's
searched by Officer Leland, as related by
that officer OF preliminary examination.
Under Sheriff Shortsleeves told OF what
he found on arriving at the scene OF the
shooting, but nothing new was developed
by his testimony. He talked of the find
ing of the pistol outside the door OF the
house adjoining that Of theB arrieres
nearly under the stoop.
Two more witnesses whose testimony
revealed nothing new were examined,
after which thec court adjourned until IL
o'clock tomorrow morning.