The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-29
ON The STAND
The RsdOubtabls captain" fsstihes In
the Mcbride naldorn Case.
How He Came to Oct Mixed Up In the
SQuabbie-Taking the Evil
dence for the De-
fence.
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BUTTE, July 28.-The Haldorn-McBrid
disbarment case was continued to-day.
New interest has been added to the affair
now that the defense ave begun the in
PRODUCTION of their witnesses. Captain
Lyons was put on the stand early this
morning and kept there all day. While
very grave charges are made against the
captain as q witness, IL mus, he said In
justice to him that his testimony was very
clear and interesting. Attorney O'Donnel
and the witness had considerable difficult
ty owing to the formers tendency
to put questions too rapidly
and the ~latter's tendency to an
swer them as rapidly. Referee Cation had
To call down the two quite often as he
found Il impossible to get down what was
said with two men talking at once.
Lyons testimony was substantially as
follows: On March 10. 1889, he first went
To Casey 4 Brophy's store alone. Mat
terIy, Jacobs and Simington came into
the store a little later. Mr.. Brophy was
not present nor was Mr.. Casey. In this
store he offered them 500. They told him
they owed Thompson SO on the lumber.
So he finally split the difference and
made the offer Sl40. Jacobs said in
Brophy's store that he was poor.
All III w ~ hb' ttAt' was
made i'm the bookkeeper's or the large Of
flee. They all went 10 McBride's together,
hut Mr.. Mcbride was not in. They found
him in the Parlor restaurant. The witness
then went to Gilly 4 Wilson's Office and
procured a description of the Great East
ern lode claim. This was scratched upon
a piece of paper and this was the mystic
rious paper handed to Mcbride. Mr.. Me-
Bride was i'm the office when the witness
returned from the surveyors office. Sim
ington and others were in. He asked Mr..
Mcbride to prepare q deed OF the claim,
but this request he did not make in the
presence of S%imington and Others. Nor
did he say anything regarding the lumber
in their presence. The lumber was of no
| value to him. Mr.. Holland came up with
him to the Office, but the witness did not
believe HOLLAND vas present when the
went down to the California brewery while
Mcbride was making out thed deed. The
witness treated once, sure, perhaps more.
lie told MIR. Holland he was buy
ing the Great Eastern lode claim. He did
not tell Mr.. Holland now much he gave
for the claim. They all went up to Me-
Brides Office. Simington, Jacobs, Mat
tingly, Mcbride, and the witness were the
only ones i'm the office. In the room be-
yond were Mr.. McBride's brother and n
stranger. The deed was ready when they
came n the witness believed that Mr..
Teatu lit dttus ~ lShtd as
To the positions of individuals i'm the room
at the time the witness stated that Nc
Bride sat on the north side of the room.
Simington and the others were on the
east side. Mattingly signed the decd first.
Flagg- vas not present when the three
signed. M. l.. Holland was i'm the Office
at this time.
The witness refused To answer any
questions that would incriminate him.
He recollected a police case i'm which he
was accused of drawing a gun on Elias
S~imington.. He had a trial ON this matter
before Judge Lippincott. He believed
hat the deed to the Great Eastern lode
claim had been offered i'm evidence. but Il
was ruled out at the time.
The witness could not say whether
Mr.. Burton was i'm McBride's Office at the
| signing of this deed. Siming,on went out,
as he said, ''to hunt up that niger,
Flagg." Before Simington returned, ia
cobs, Mattingly and the witness went To
Casey a. Brophy's store to get their checks
cashed. Flagg signed the deed after
wards in the witness presence. MIR.
Dickey was not there then, but came
in afterwards. The witness stated that
he heard Mr.. Mcbride read the deed to
Flagg before he signed il. Jacobs and
Mattingly were not present when Flagg
signed the deed. The witness said TO
Flagg, II told you I was going to nave an
interest in this claim, and expect 70 win
the suit" flagg replied: 81 would nave
had you in, had IL not been for some Of
the Others" Some time after q O'Clock
Simington and his wife came in. He
found them In on going up to the Office
during the evening.
Edward Dickey was in the office at the
time. He could not remember Dickey's
clothes, but had known Dickey for eight
or nine years. He did not mention the
matter TO Dickey until within a month.
He bad had a conversation with Dickey