The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-27
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An Action Tor Damages Liable tn Result
From Hi. Arrest.

nary examination OF Frank Tor
the killing Of Edward Murphy at Elliston
on the 18th inst. took place yesterday be-
fore Justice j. NJ. Hartwell Of Deer Lodge.
There were abou twenty Witnesses
brought from Elliston. IL will he remem-
bered hat the difficulty between the two
men began with some vulgar remarks
made by Murphy to a waiting girl at
breakfast at a hotel in Elliston. Some
words between the men shortly afterwards
followed. Late in he afternoon the men
met in a saloon when Murphy struck
Kooken in the face. Hooker then shot
and killed Murphy. The court after
hearing all the evidence concluded tina
Kooken was guilty Of ma~nslaughter and
held him Ia await the action Of the grand
jury. fixing his bail at 5000.
About ten days ago a man by the name
Of Il. j. stack, living Mt Garrison was ar
rested charged with the larceny Of a
lot If goods from the Northern Pacific
Railroad company. There was a wreck
on that road near Avon some time during
the month Of March,a and there was stolen
from one of the ears ON the night follow
ing the wreck "A considerable amount of
merchandise, consisting principally of
shoes aud shirts, and Of the value of
about five hundred dollars. For some
reason or other the detective for the road
had a suspicion hat Stack was impli-
Gated In thc larceny. Stack has "a family
and lives in Garrison. and there Is moth
ing about the looks Of the man that
would Indicate that he was a thief. The
railroad detective, however, sworc out a
warrant, and after n thorough cxamina-
ton Of the premises, two pairs of shoes
were found, one on the feet of Stack
and one additional i'm the house, that he
longcd To the goods tolcn But this was
all that was found. Although Stack
claimed that he had purchased these
shoes, and although he wore one pair
upon his feet, indicating his innocence,
the so-callcd detective had him arrested.
taken from his family and placed i'm Jail,
where he has been confined for eight or
ten days. In the meantime The de-
tcctive promised him immunity from
the present charge il he would
/ tell who had committed certain larcenies
at Helena some time since. while Stack
was a roadmastcr mt that place. This
Stack could not do, as he had no knowl-
edge. To-day the case against Stack
came on for preliminary examination b-
fore justice Hartwcll, and, il being ad.
mitted that he had purchased the shoes,
he was discharged and the costs of the
prosecution taxed to the Northern Pacific
Railroad mpan Justice Hartwell is
quite indignant that his court should have
beer used for the Imprisonment of Stack,
and, while he is i'm no way Ia blame, he is
sur, of one thing, that hereafter, when the
railroad company or its agents desire Ia
arrest any person upon any charge, he will
not issue u warrant unless some other
person other than a detective becomes
sponsor for the truth of the charge. The
imprisonment of Stack is liable To- dcycl.
opc into "A yooI-siZel law suit for false
imprisonment.
George Woodfo,l. the noted temper.
ance lecturer who has been meeting with
such wonderful success in obtaining total
abstinence pledges in eastern Montana,
has been engaged for "A few nights in
Deer Lodge. The time has not been
definitely fixed yet, but il will he within
the next two weeks.
Mr.. Thomas Cotnifr leaves to-day Ia
visit v ith his brother in Alabama and will
bc absent about two months.
Attorney George B. Winston OF Ana
to-day.
Mr.; 9ohh N~iaron!, ucpu'y COUNTY, CLERK