Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-01-08
The O'COnnOr-Huber Case Again
Occupies the Attention of
Judge Chsse's Court.
Huber Held in $500 Bonds-Michae1
T. Fined 500 for Contempt
of Court.
Farmer Wallace's Greeting With a
Retrospective Glance on JOurn-
alistic People.
Justice Court.
From Fridays Daily.]

nelly brought M. T. O'Connor into court
and the judge administered a sever rep
rimand to him for his conduct in court
on Wednesday. He said not alone was
the court assaulted, but the court officers
and everyone present. O'Connor wished
to apologize and smooth thelmatter over,
but the court thought the offense was
too. great to be overlooked and fined him
800 for contempt of court, but suspend
ed commitment until next next Monday
at 2 o'clock at which time O'Connor
agreed to pay the fine.
M. j. O'Connor then continued his
statement as began on Wednesday,.
Chas. Burlington and he we're hunting
deer and heard the bell on one of their
ss~horses ringing. They went up on the
3 bank and saw Huber taking a horse out
of Bill Ovens stock. He thought at
first it was Owens and went down to
the stock to see what he was going to do
with the horse. Huber and We got to
the stock about the same time. I said,
"what is the matter Mr.. Gotleib, are the
horses bothering you" He said, "yes,
I should say they WERE" He said "why
in h don't you keep your
horses tied up, like everybody else. I
told him I had kept them away from his
place and everybody else as much as l
could. He said no more, but rode away
toward his place. I thought I would
ride up and see if I could get my horses
without having any trouble with him. We
had a dog with lie and when we got there
the dog drove all the horses away but
the one he had tied in the barn. That
made him mad and he said: cd d-n
you. I will blow a hole through you'll"
He opened his overcoat and other coat
and held a revolver right straight at me.
I was scared and didn't know what to
do and just stood still. All I.told him was
to $50 ahead and shoot if he wanted to-.
He had the gun" Then I turned and
went back to the shack and he either let
the horse 60 or she got ~away-the one he
flied up-as she came home. This oc-
Cured at my fathers farm, about four
miles south of Bismarck.
On cross-examination he said he had
stated all that was said by Mr.. Huber or
himself on that occasion. The boy But
fngton was with him all the time he had
described. He was behind them going
up but caught up to them just as they
got there. Huber was. just ahead of
him. Huber and he had horses. He
was on the horse when Huber pointed
the revolver at him, Huber was not, he
got off as soon as he could get to the
farm. He didn't know whether the re-
volver was loaded or not. They had n o
conversation at the farm until Huber
said she would put a ball through him."
All three of them got to his fathers
shack about the same time. Tom Haw-
ley a there when they came. 1t is
about a quarter Of a mile from where he
first saw Huber to where he pulled the
revolver. The trouble was between 8
and 9 o'clock in the evening.
EEhhhHxs L. OOAuOl was 6WOIu duu UoSUl-
fed that he is the complaining witness
in the case and the father Of N. J.
D'Connor who had just testified. He
said about two weeks ago last Tuesday
night his son came up to Bismarck from
the farm and told him about the
trouble with Huber and the next
morning on what his son had told him
he made the complaint. He had a con-
yersation with Huber afterwards, in
which Huber said he would shoot the
boy and him too if he didn't keep his
horses away and the boy away. This was
at the time he had Huber arrested for as
sanlt and battery. He then went on with
Athe details of the horses and the corn,
which seemed to have been at the bot
tom Of all this trouble.
MI. Boucher at this point asked the
court to drop this case and put his eli
ont under bonds to keep the peace.
States Attorney Register said he
would not accept any action of this kind
until the testimony of Burlington was
taken, and then whatever the outcome of
the case he should put Huber under
bonds, to keep the peace. Chas. Bufing-
ton was sworn for the state and testified
to having been hunting, to having seen
the horses in the haystack and said
Mick and he went up to O'Connor's
shack; when they got there Huber was
there. Mick and Huber had some talk
about the horses and corn.
Huber and Mick started off on
over to Huber's farm
and he and the dog started on foot. The
dog ran ahead and drove three of the
horses away. One of the horses was
trled!in the barn. Mick asked him for
the horse that was tied up and told him
were he got it. Huber told him he
oonldn't have the horse and got off his
horse, opened his coat and pulled a re-
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