The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-14
JUST HOW 1T HAPPENED
The Origin nj the Qusrr~l-Osanon was
HIrut knocked Down ny Reese
Lawyer Barker nm the
"~8tandnrd."

ass
night. was held yesterday in the police
court. Judge Fitzgerald presiding. The
was represented 10y y w.
Barker. Cannon appeared i'm court in the
blue blouse which he wore ON the night
when he was arrested. He listened To the
evidence closely, hut while deeply rom
ccrned i'm all that was going on he mani
Tested no great amount OF anxiety over
. BACKED with ppr@;n,ors. The arst witness
was Thomas McNulty Recess companion
Reese went into aundry's saloon some
time between Z and D O'Clock. Cannon
the imf,nencc of liquor. Tho witness did
NOT hear Reese say to Cannon anything
about his, Reese's, having bcen arrested
glass. After he and Reese had drunk at
the bar, he heard Cannon say to Reese:
non struck Reese, and Reese hit Cannon. |
The Witness saw Cannon make a lunge
at Reese's head hut he saw no knife i'm Gam
witness when he struck Reese the blow i'm
the neck. Reese said something about
floor. The Witness heard Reese say some
thing like Bury me decent, boys. I'm
cold and bleeding :" death. don't want In
witness did NOT bear Reese say But
fled each To the same state OF facts. In
their opinion the wound was necessarily
fatal n.1 t snIs. seI pro%p' W WssS ,hsx n@E;%sS
Reese had almost blcd to death,
and was, indeed. almost prlseless;
a%Rss IL" They %%s s,e %"sf the How OF Si"sd
risSss side Of the neck, in front Of the All
gle of the lower jaw. 1t was perhaps
three-quarters of an inch in length, and
Thought that one OF the carotid arteries
had been severed. The man talked some
hut neither paid any att ntion to what he
sniI They told him tn keen uuipt, Reese
was now Commissioning very favnrably,
and would live unless some unforeseen
John II. Lairl testified that as u special
officer he was making the rounds of the
ton was attracted by the sound Of a
disturbance i'm ~Laundry's saloon. He en-
tered just after Reese had been stabbed.
for he was still on his feet and Reese ex-
claimed: "I'm stabbed! I'm killed!" Tho
officer went up and laid his hand on
the man that did IT," pointing to Cannon.
The witness told Cannon To hold up his
hands h.; s,, Ga q, lon did sid.. not r Ss s w;,ne as s ssM
what appeared to be the end OF a knife i'm
one OF Gannon's hands. The witness re;
up his hands. Then the witness drew
his gun. and told Cannon that he
!! W. wo Ss WA. XIII nr,,.1 ni% G IL he ms aian a bas sc
held them up. The witness put the nj :
the Jail. Cannon at first hung back and
!, wanted to know why he had been ar
= witness searched him at the jail, hut
: found no knife or other weapon. A man
!, named Sheyaiier ,!e" The inS pr's %ne,
back to the saloon and found the knifs
under n table.
i'm the saloon at the time and heard the
: quarrel: Reese said he had been ar
$ rested that night and Cannon said that
longed. meaning the jail. Reese put hi.
fist up To annon face. Cannon ther
ing Cannon down. He also tried to Hici
Cannon in the face. When Cannon go
up both showed hight, and the Sitnss
ness saw Cannon strike Reese on thu
neck, hut he saw no knife. Then TIN
officer came i'm and arrested Cannon.
=; benjamin Giatt. who was officiating a,
bartender at the saloon when the row 90
p si.ss, siie Ssif by .'s Mr.. Msca arr r Hs hear r
e Reese say something about having bee
>, arrested: and also heard the remarl
:, which Mr.. McCarty said Cannon made i
u reply.
then proceeded to sum up in an eIabora
and ingenious defense. The most of hi
~ argument was directed against th
y Of %"' the article which appeaps
dwclt upon then, AT great length. He sal
he did not criticise the accuracy of the n
tO port as To ITS statement OF facts. IL wa
i'll an exceptionally accurate and compr'
~ heusive account, much more SO than a.
lt- average newspaper report. AT the sam
time, he said, the reporter had presente
the facts in an unfair li0ht-a light calc'
.s, lated to prejudice the court and the publ
against the prisoner. He thought the r
porter had Rloated over the case as n wol
nd d~erfully good story, and had dressed Il
facts up In such fascinating lanuuaS
-. that the readers of the
must have set his client down
a man who ought to he hanged. TIL
lot was not fair. for rs pretty much ever
IN body in Deer Lodge county reads Il
of STANDARD. IL the case goes to n trial juI
lac il will he difficult to find twelve men WI
are i'm "a condition To sit in Judgment pu
the case. Speaking of the
on state ment that Dixie Raymond refused
permit Reese to- he placed ON one of IN
beds. he asked why il WAS that none
So. those who were struck at her ''inhumanit,
Ike had not put his hand down into D
Is. pocket and offered To pay her for q
soilinR of a bed by the mar
'ds blood. Charity, he commended bcgs
Mt home. Mr.. Barker criticised Ofic,
Laird for making the arrest without I'll
informing Cannon that he was am oiiics
In as tho law directs. Mr.. Barker also dws
on upon the provocation Cannon had
ceived. maintaining that he acted in 81
defense. In conclusion he asked for (
discharge OF the prisoner.
ing The court saiu il had rcfraiued fru