The Helena independent., 1893-12-15
They SLEPT IN CHAIRS,
The Jury In the Edmundson Case
Are Locked Up for the
Night
Defense Was That tho Wagon
Had Been Brought From
Another.
Wall Gsts Eishtecn Months In the Pspi-
tsntiAsy The Agricultural College
Hoard Gets the Funds.

The trial Of John Edmundson, Henry Ed.
mundson and Stuart Russell. for stealing .
wagon. blankets, wagon cover, etc., on ths
Grow reservation, from Abraham Fsnton.
u ended. all except the verdict Of the Jury.
They retired a. six O'Clock in the after.
noon. AZ midnight thsy had not agreed,
and we're looked up. They will rsmain in
the jury room until eourt meets shis morn
ina. Unless thsy sarss BY that time II 10
believed the judss will send them back. d
the marain between agreement and dis
agreement 10 believed TO be very small.
The jurymsn are +. :. +. Lindsay. Herbert
Nichoiaon. Thomas ScAddsn, r. II. Landt.
+. w. PiRott. 7. Il. Goodwin. A. II. Free.
man. d. A. Richardson. J. L. Henry. John
Stewart. II. L. JacQueman and Elisha
Poad.
Abraham Fsnton. the man from whom
the goods are alleged to have been stolen.
tsstihsd TO having . camp on the Yellow
stone river near the Edmundsons and Rus
sell. When be missed his wagon and other
property he followed mp the Edmundsons
aud found it In their possession. For tho
defense Henry Edmundson testified TO hav-
ing bought the things from Q man who gave
the name Of Ryan for silver watch and
SIS. When Fsnton came up with tho Ed
mundson party Henry invited him 10 20
thYouRh the wagons and IL hs found any
% %thine bsloakinE 70 him TO take il. He tes.
tined shat at the preliminary examination
at Billings he cut piece out OF ths wagon
covsr elleRod to have been stolen and put
10 in his pocket. The piece had disar-
peassd since he had bssn IN jail. John Ed
mundson testified 70 the purchase Of the
wagon snd othsr things By his brother. He
did not witness the sale. but Henry told
him Of it. Both the Edmundsons testified
on oross-sxamination TO havina bssn In the
psnitsntiary, John for twelve years and
Henry for fourteen. Charles stol! testified
70. 70 being sna.. IN ,.a ~ 4.y 4s.r.y ~. made
soribed tho man who sold il, Fsnson had
said he didn't doubt ths story; that hs had
suoh man in his employ. Harry Ramsay
testified to substantially the same thing, %
did Stuart Russell. one OF the accused.
Russell was near By when tho sale WAS
passed from Henry Eamundson 10 The asn
who sold the stuff. Russell admitted hav-
ing been in the penitentiary five years prior
to last February.
In rsbutsal 4. P. Hart. United States
CON missioner at Billings. testified TO Henry
Edmundson cutting piece out of shs
weASN OOvSA - Wv VtUlA0tA0ly 0AhuluH"
tion. Edmundson put II in bis mouth,
chswsd II up and spit IL out. Witness
picked IL mp and keptit This was for the
purpose OF impeaching Henry Edmund.
sons testimony. When tho piece
was applied TO the hole In
the wagon cover. however. il did not ~.
Abraham Fenton Was recalled to sndeavor
TO impeaoh some OF The testimony for the
defense. He never had man named Ryan
n his employ. He did have man named
Myers. who admitted he was an ex- convict
from Illinois. When Henry Edmundson
spoke OF having bought the stuff from that
man witness asked Henry II he would know
the man again. Henry said he would.
Ryan or Nyels was with witness at the
time and Edmundson did not recognize
him. Myers 10 now dead.
he case was argued to the jury By
stephen CARPENTER md District Attorney
4. d. Weed for tho prosecution and Albert
]. Loeb, John II. Barrows and Judge d, z,
Wade for the defense. After being in
structed BY Judge Knowles the Jury retired.