The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-26
Information Filsd Against Two Men
for Highway Robbery Al
M~arysvills.
Tho Second Trial Of Charles Jur-
gems Begun In Department
No. /.
A swttchman suing the Navthern IA.
elm for 100000 for Loss Of y Finger
and Thumb.

Angus McKillican. charging them with as
saulting and SobbinR q Chinamsn named
Quing Wing At Asrysvills ON Nov. 6. Tho
ameunt they are alleged to have secured
Was only 12.7b. II ID charged that tho &C.
cussd met the Chinaman on tho street
abeut thee o'clock in the mornlnR. and
that one Of them held him while the Other
went through him. Afte. tbs robbery the
Chinaman showed fight and tacklsd the
smaller Of his assallants. and WAS getting
the best Of, him WHOM the larger man cams
70 his assistance. TIE Chinanan then got
. friend and started ont after the robbers.
but could not catch MP with Thorn. LHtsE
on Quina Ying Was poming out Of : saloon
when 10 Wa struck on The head With .
billy OF isoms other blunt instrument and
knocked sensslssa 4'ho descriptions he
furnished Of his asaaiiants led 10 the ~.
rest Of Psnnsl and McKilioan. and they
were fully identified by Quina Wing. One
OF them was released on bail and the other
sent to jail to await trial. An Informs
ton has also been fled against James Sla.
charging him With assaulting AIsok Erick-
son with = pAit OF SCISSORS on Nov. II.
The second trial Of Chss. Jurgens. whose
true name.'' the record rays. lis C.P. Briggs"
began In Judge Hunts department Of tho
district court yesterday. The jury selected
10 Try The case are Joshua Arn,tsRe. An
gust Faok, Il. W. Duncan. E. N. Brsnds-
gee, W. D. Weir, Owen Evans. ]. Il.
Boucher, w. A. RoRan. w. W. Shipman.
Fred Sohimpf. Frank Latus and A. Birken-
fsldt. The charge against Jurgens 10 40
csssory after the fact to grand larceny.
when he was tried before II was on .
charge Of accessory to the fact. and the
Jury disagreed. Then the Information was
changed TO contain only the present charge.
County Attorney Nolan 10 conducting the
q, o~seoution and =. A. Ballet the defense.
The efforts OF tbs prosecution are direcsed
toward proving that Jurgsns undertook to
dispose OF . gold watch and some other
jewslry that a youna boy hsd taken TON
to money on tho jsxslry vas said to be TO
named Rose Riohnrdson. The m was
among tins Witnesses for the state
and said among other things thas
had the boy. raised tho money on sne 1ew-
With him. The teStimoney. vas also d.:
reoted toward showing hat Ju.aens NJ
the boy we're very intimate and that the
man was considerably TO- blame n helping
the youngstsr to realize hts wishes to 9et
Oue OK town Dy tIylu8 ~ Osspo.c !s"ss.J
that hs knew Was stolsn. The decrease
denied that JurQsns was anyways cFimin-
ally liable. or that he knew whore Tho Jew
olry had come from. being led TO believe
that IL bslongSd to the boy, having 0ssn
eiven him o. a present. The evidence vas
nearly Ill In when cosrt adjourned until
II 90 ock tomorrow morning. %
Burt d.. Bathriok. a s~Witchman formerly
In the employ of the Northern Pncitc. ID
suing tho road In the United States .oourt
for $4,000 for the loss OF the shumba ana
ono hpeer OF the right hand while coupling
cars in tho Helena yards. The case 10 on
trial before = jury. Nearly oil the evidence
for plaintif was finished yesterday. TIT
defense will begin On Monday. Hon. +.
c. Bach md II. X. Purcell represent Bath
,ick, Ex-Gov. y. X. Tools and W. E.. Cul-
len appear for the railroad.
W. p. Thompson has brought snis ~ the
district court against Horace L. Kelly.
claiming S274 for breach Of contract. 6uis
has also been instituted BY M. 3. tleioh-
man against JACOB Holcbsrg and Julius
Rschni,s for $3.50 for goods sold to d.
f%endants. ~
Judge Hunt. in the district court. ordered
Judgment for plaintiff for $87l.2O In the
case Of the Pabss Brewing company ". h.
II. Kleinsohmidt.
Judgment for plaintiff vas ordered in the
district court In the case OF Lindsay W.
BombAu9h, for the fall amount claimed.
In the case of w. G. Hickey w. Helsn
Staples, Judge Buck, in the district court.
ordered Judgment for plaintiff.