The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-28
Is A FREE man
Tho Jury Quickly Arrives 1t q Verdict
Of hot Guilty."
All the Evidence Tended TO Prove
That He Shot Johnson In Self
Defense - The Defend
ants Joy.
By the standards special Wire.

by kitr Gk<kuu3iu = ht
BUrrE, March T.-The defense in the
Lewis murder case opened az this morn
ing's session. The evidence was for the
purpose Of showing that the killing was
in self-defense. The first witness was
Mrs. Rose Perkins, who lives neNt door
to the butcher shop where the two boys
worked. That afternoon she heard John
son threaten to kill Lewis before thenight
was over and was calling him vile names.
She heard Lewis go to the bookkecper,
Reid, and call on him to save him from
being killed. When her husband told her
there had been a murder she knew right
OF who II was.
Charles Hall said that on the evening of
the murder johnson told him that he had
had trouble with Lewis and hat he didn't
intend getting any of the worst of IL from
Frank. Johnson was on his way To his
room at the time. He went down Mon
tana street.. About 10 or Is minutes after
ward he heard the shooting.
Frank M. Lewis, the defendant, was put
on the stand. He said:
u am % years old and was born in Ken
lucky. In 1876 moved with my
parents to Missouri. | then went
To Kansas and was there five years,
after which ] moved In Montana and
have been here two years. My father and
mother are still living in Cass county, Mo.
Since ! havc been i'm Montana / contri-
buted to the support of my parents up to
the time of the shooting. On the day of
the shooting We had trouble in the butcher
SHOP. caileu oouIis9n a.'cnuon ooa
nlist,kc ny cnarec 'haue y customer
ano ne ca'W III an,,r al h : Ir;tn aud said
,. ..o,,,i 49, d.nnLa,a NJ h.oa III sa,n
about il. Johnson and | made an agree
ment that evening that he should leave
uu.. I'm any I ~, " W" a
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osiocn = mn Mas unss.,.
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ca,he ~ 'nu upo mas
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nov =. .,,o,
Il said mo,hino Int Kent coming after
me, and me. ne picked up
cilair. Inc revolver WAS ISing on sne psu
ana ! pickeu u ". ! nrsu u sIo. LOT t'le
purpose OF scarinH nun. 'on n y oroPi,su
inc Snalr, ,hrew ms NAM" p"'h !" MS "'p
pockct anu saiu'
you've got pistol, have o
Then Hired n second shot; he stag
gered mack q step or TWO anu Ieii.
Lewis was snpJected 70 rlRid cross-'Ns
animation which lasted the REMAINDER OF
the forenoon. b afternoon the deiensc
dismissed the remainder oil IT'S Witnesses
ana onercu TO suDm't the case wlthout ar
gnment. To this County Attorney bald
win objected and al hours adjournment
was granted 10 give the county attorney
time To prepare Instructions.
On reassembling, Mr.. baldwin made
his argument. in closing which Attorney
Booth for the defense waived the closing
argument. At 3:i5 o'clock the jury re-
tired. The court adjourned until 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
After a d~eliberation OF only a an
hour, the jury found a verdict. On the
first ballot II were for acquittal and u
for conviction. The second ballot was
the same, while the third showed a unani.
nous vote of not guilty. During the trial
Of the cast il became apparent that there
would be "A mild sentence or an acpuittal.
Lewis was, of course, delighted
when the verdict was rendered,
and "A happy smile broke over
his countenance. He shook hands heart
lily with Attorneys haldorn and Booth
and other friends standing neal When
he went back into the jail for b last
time he called out j~oyfully 10 his fellow
prisoners: