The Helena independent., 1893-12-21


could not SEQ his pursueE. and once he was
struck In the breast with the end Of the han
die. Finally Matthenson cot Into corner
and thought his time had come. Twice tho
az came 80 close n him he felt the wind
from II. Belunak supposed he had killed
him then, but instead he struck the soft
wood counter. cutting . great cash In II.
Then Bslunak loft. The counter shows q
dozen or moro deep gashes whore tho az
struck while Bslunak was pursuing Mat
ttsnson. The latter could not hx The time
OF tho occurrence. a. Bslunak had stolen
his watch, but other circumstances indi-
cate that after Belunak had shot Daniel he
went 70 the saloon to rob the old man; In
doing 20 Matthenson WAS awakened. and
then the desperate man concluded to kill
him.
Another fact developed at The inquest
was that the dance took place at Daniels
house; that the latter was home whom Met
calf was shot; got his six-shoote'. went ont
after the man who did the shooting. fred
two OF shres shots at him. and was himself
fatally wounded few steps from his own
door. Assistant CouAty Attorney Laoreix
was present and conducted the examination
of the witnessss.
Angus B. Haekshsw, of Unionyills. tes-
Al dance st the house Of Joseph Daniel.
About one o'clock in the morning lunch vas
served. and near that time Frank Belunak
came in. II saw hs was under the influ-
enee of liquor." said the witness. ''and l
moved away from him. Belunak was
He was sitting beside Bob Mcdaniel. and
making remarks about the ladies. NoDan-
iels reasoned with him and tried
to mako him stop his indecsnt
talk. Then Bslunsk became angry
with McDaniels. cursed him and called
him liar. Then McDaniels pushed or
slapped him with his open hand. Belunak
aud knocked Bslunak down. The latter
got up and went out OF the house. He did
not say any thing could hear 40 he went
ont. The next I heard of Belunnk Mr..
Duffy onme in and said he was outside with
a gun. Mr.. MoDanisls asked that some one
90 out and see il 1t was true. and John Nc
him, but did not see him. We came back
and went to dancing. About an hour after
ward, near three O'Clock, I saw the door
open slightly. I started TO open it wide,
but the person on the other side pulled it
closed. A moment or 50 afterwaTd I no.
ticed the door slightly ajar again. took
probably foot. I did not see who IL was
and tho person on the outside pulled It TO
again. Mr. Martinique looked ous and saw
IL was Belunak. then suRgested
to AcVay that We 60 ont and see
who waa there. I opened the door.
and Willie Metcalf started to follow
me out: By the ttme had the door open
stepped out on the porch. Netoalf close to
me. and had gons a foot OF 20 when the
hrat shot was fred. This was about 3:15
jumped to get ont Of the light. I could
not distinguish the person who fred the
shot. II was q clear starlight night. I
jumped of the porch into the yard and
wens out Of the gate to an old boarding
house next door. There arc some trees In
the yard Of the boarding house and got
bsh nd one of them near the road. saw .
man move ont into the read. He stopped
aud sat down in the road 100,feet from me.
Ho came from the front Of Dpnisl's houss.
could not distinguish the features. but
saw it was . man, carrying something In
his hands, which l supposed was a gun. and
he was working With II. He etaid in the
road only few minutes, in front of the old
boa ding house. whom 1 saw him
FIRE shot. Then shot oams from
tho house. and the man In the road
the boarding house and another shot frem
the man In tho road. Then the man In the
road walked south and stopped again; then
he passed me, about ten feet away. and l
saw IL was Frank Belunak. He was carry
ing shotgun or Q rifle and was walking
steadily and slow. After he had passed mo
short distance loss sight Of him aud !
went back to the house. There I found
Billy Metcalf had been shot and also Mr..
Daniel. That is all saw Of Belunak until
no was In custody and Was being tied.
DR.. William TEsacy. who examined Dan
iel before he died. testified he found he wns
suffering from incipisnt psritonitis. supsr-
induced by the escape Of fostal matter from
the small intsstinss, tho latter having bsen
punctured In several places by shot. Whom
the doctor saw Daniel no was dying.
Louis Martinique testified that he vas At
the dance Ut Daniels h0nse. He saw
Nelunak there and he was under tho inhu
suoe OF liquor. When the door vas
opened. a. testified to by Hackshaw. he
snw Bslunak on the outside. He saw he
had a gun in his hand. "Bob McDanisls
was sitting next 10 me, and told him to
get up and get out OF the way. 40 Bslunsk
was likely to shoot though the window.
But short time had elapsed when the hrst
shot was 6rsd. The report came from
under the window. Afterwards thcre we're
a number OF shots, but I do not know who
trod them. At about nve o'clock Bslunak
walked into the house nlono. with Mr.. Ben.
nett behind him. Bslunak had yardstick
in h!s haLd. rushed up to him ana thew
my arms around him. He said he had not
shot anyone"
Undor Sheriff Hoss identified the shotgun
and shells supposed TO belong to Bslunak,
aud some shot he dug ont tho building At
Unionvills.
Frank j. Bsnnstl who lives In the house
heard ths hrst shot hrsd, while he was In
had Ha has knovn BalunAk for Ago