The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-06-10
A HARD LOT IN COURT.
starting In on the Trial OF the Gas,
Against the Illegal Woman.

Against the Illegal Woman.
BUTTE, June 9.-I'he long-delayed trial
of Marie Regal, charged with grand lar
ceny i'm stealing 1850 from Noel Jubain-
vile, began to-day. The jury vas OBJ
tanned this forenoon. Attorneys Haldorn
and Booth appear for the defendant. and
County Attorney Baldwin is assisted in
the prosecution by Thompson Camp
bell. Il Ia said that in this defense some
sensational matters will be developed.
Hector and Josephine Godchaux, appar-
emily as good friends "a ever. watched the
case closely.
stand for the prosecution and told his
that on September 8 OF last year. he went
to Marie Riegais house In East Galena
street. In q pocket-book in his left inside
pocket he had three bills Of $l,OOO each
and three Of $500 each. IL was between
10 and II o'clock In the evening. He did
not know what became Of the money. He
when he left the house. He went into a
saloon and there discovered that the
money was missing. He had about 500
left. He was with Marie Regal
four or five minutes. Paul
Flammo was asleep in the house.
He notified the chief Of police at once.
Ain hS WSht DuNh W u ItlNkal
and she Mt first denied that he had been
there but afterwards admitted IL. A
search was made by two police officers
but nothing was found. Afterwards
Marie Regal had told the witness that
she had given the money TO Hector God
chaux. he was alone with her at the
time of this conversation. He had then
seen Godchaux and accused him of re-
ceiving the money. Godchaux { old HIM
the best thing he could do was 10 accept
$500 and let IL go. ~Jubainville refused and
also refused an offerof $1,000. The wit
ness had also lost a note of 81 900 against
Charles Lanloris and another note of $50.
These were in the same pocket book, n
he lost all Mt the same time. He mad
never received back the notes or any
thing else.
Blanche Desjardins was the next wit
ness. She had had n conversation with
Marie Regal in regard to the charge.
money. Ii was a few nights after the
robbery. She did not say what she had
done with the money She was crying al
the time she made the confession.
G.. D.. Macarthur, city marshal II the
time, was the next witness. He testified
To searching the house. The defendant
had told The witness that she had robbed
J~ubainville and that Godchaux had
robbed her. She was willing to make a
clean breast of the whole Atari il the pros
ecuting attorney would not prosecute her
too severely. She had told him that Mrs.
Godchaux took one of the S1.OO0 bills to
Missoula or Dillon To be changed. The
bill was soiled from having beer kept in
the water closet so that its legality was
questioned. The witness arrested Marie
Regal and searched the house between 8
u IL O'Clock on the morning after the
robbery. He ma q a thorough search and
did not remember finding any money al
all.
Curly Rhodes, the detective, was put on
the stand and swore that Marie Regal
had told him she had taken the money
N had distributed il among several of
the women Oh East Galena street. She
asked him to accompany her to Helena
that she might get back $500 she had
given TO a woman there. The trial will
be continued in the morning.
In the case of the State vs.. Mrs. Frank
Abbott, the plea Of not guilty was with
drawn to-day and a demurrer filed. The
case was set for June Is.
The case Of Thomas Bryant. accused of
killing his mother and stealing her money
was set for June II.
The case against Sorenson WAS set for
June IL. That against Thomas Cummings
was set for the same date. The case
against H.. C.. Baker was set for June -,