The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-03
MOVING AT SLOW PACE
Throwing Side Lights on the Case Of
Joseph BarFiere.
ALong List OF Witnesses Who Were
Called to Tell What They Hap
pen to Know About the
Man LevecQue.
BY the Standards Special Wire.

Der has already cost Silver Bow count a
pretty sum-. Readers of the STANDARD
will doubtless remember h remarkable
delays experienced in the preliminary ex-
animation of the woman husband, DO
seph Barriere, ant the cost OF The legion
of witnesses ON that trial. For several
days past the trial of Barriere has been
In progress in the district court and from
the progress made to-day the prospects
are that the trial will drag its weary
length along until late into the coming
week.
The time of the court was consumed
this forenoon I'm listening TO the testimony
Of q large number of witnesses called by
counsel for the defense to prove the good
character Of Joseph Barrierc prior to the
death Of his wife. The corridors of the
court house were packed with witnesses
who had been subpPnaed for the prose-
cution or defense. The most important
function performed by many OF these
ladies and gentlemen will be the drawing
Of their fees as Witnesses in n case of
which they had not the first particle of
knowledge.
The first witness called this morning
was Thomas Harper, who testified that
he sat on the ~coroner's jury 10 inquire
into the cause of Mrs Barriere's death.
and that no cigar boxes were found in
the room where the woman was found
dead.
Joseph PerroD swore that he wa on the
~coroner's jury too, and hat there were no
cigar boxes on the bed or In the room with
the woman. Witness deposed that he had
warned Barriere to leave the woman after
she threatened to kill him, and that he
witness, had told Barriere that IL was
wrong to live with sue a bad woman.
Perron said he had known Barriere a
number OF years and always found him to
be an inoffensive man OF good heart and
disposition.
Max Lelande was sworn and said: ~
have known Joe Barriere about ten years.
He has always borne a good reputation
as n quiet man OF good principles.
l know the man Levecque, but positively
deny having ever i'm any way had any
conversation with him about the Barriere
case. / never gave him any cause to
suppose that l would give him any money
To get him out of the country. i did not
know that Levecque knew anything about
he case until a couple of weeks ago,
after the grand jury met. i did help raise
money TO defend Barriere, because l
knew him to be an honest, upright man,
and l also Knew he la no money to pay
for his defense. For this reason ! took
some interest in his case and hoped TO
help him. :Rev. Father Van DE Ven
was called and swore that Levecque
called nj his house last Tuesday and
asked his advice about testifying in the
| IDtETltTc irts LSNttIut toIh ~
that he was afraid to testify, as he had
been warned il he appeared against the
prisoner Barriere. II would he made hot
FOR him.. Witness said Levecque had
never consulted him before on the sub
ject, and he never saw him TO the best of
his knowledge before last Tuesday.
Frank Proulx, Hon. A. NJ. Dusseault,
X. :. Batteiger, Joseph Chapleau and Gus
LaCroix testified that they had known
Barriere for years and knew him to he a
utation in the community for good citi-
zenship. They all said Barrierc was not
a quarrelsome man.
ID. Beal, who was coroner at the inquest
over Mrs. Barriers body, said he had
made a careful examination of the room
where the woman was found and there
was 10 cigar or paper boxes in the room
at the time Of the tragedy. He was sure
of thisa as he had mad n careful search of
the room and did not find any such boxes
as those described by Levecque in his ties.
timony yesterday.
Charles Bealeau testified as follows: ~
have lived in Butte eight years. i know
Levecque. ! did not meet Levecque last
Monday, nor did | AVE any conversation
with him on that day. About ten days
after the murder | had some conversation
. with Levecque abont the death of Mrs,
Barriere. 1 asked Levecque ii he was
i, present at the time Of the shooting. Lev.
l ecque said no. l asked him where he
; was and lie said In the cabin ut the rear
! of the house. This cabin was about AZ
1 feet away from where the shooting oc
J Cured. Lcvecque told me that he heard
e the pistol shot and raj over to the house
and into the room where the woman wa
found on the floor. Leveoque said he def,
= the room at once, as he was afraid FOL
himself. He did not tell me that he re
/, the woman. i have known Levecqus
{ about forty years. Levecque is no rela
ton to me-" C-rossexamined by Mr.
: Baldwin. ~ asked Levecque a number
Of questions about the murder, and h
promised me he would tell me the truth
He then told me the story recited above
Noel Juyinville, sworn, said: 81 have
been i'm Butte four years and know
Levecque. | had a conversation will
him about the shooting of Mrs. Barriere
z edy. Levecque told me that Barriere ha'
: asked him to light the fires in the morn
4 ing. Mrs. Barriere said when Barrier
a came i'm the room that morning that
n Barriere did not go away, she had some
- thing to send him away with. She reaches
i. she jumped ont of bed. Then Lc
- yecque saw a revolver in In
hands of the woman. They scuiiied for
moment, the revolver went oil and Mrs
Barriere fell To the floor. This was tn
story told by Levecque To me at Charli
;, Prevost's place shortly after Mrs. Bar
- riere's DEATH Witness was submitte'
l. to a severe cross examination, but his ties
timony remained mistaken. He corr,
borated the story of the killing as told b
Levecqle yesterday.
Joseph Barriere. husband of the mul
r. ,'ered woman. took the stand IN his oSI
m behalf about 3:3 p. m.
=, He said: 81 was married in Butte I
the woman who was killed about tw
=, years ago. | had lived with the woma
y, nearly all the time of our married lf,
III We had no children. Al the time of IN
50 wife's death was workin
,r on my house in South Butte ant she wa
4. keeping a little cigar store ON Galen
o. street, A diagram Of the house wher
X the woman met her death was produce
re- and the prisoner pointed out the locatio
io of the furniture. There was never /;
any time continued the witness, "a stoy
in the room where the bed was situate'
We owned three houses and a saloon
thai nain, of the street. About - o'cloe