The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-25
Tue MORNING. SESSION.

Testimony Introd ucsd TO show tho Shoot
ing aud what Led to IL.
The first witness Of the day was Under
steria Fred HosS who explained a dis-
gram Of the scene OF the shooting. IL was
the same diagram which the county attor-
neY had attempted to get before the jurJ
the day before in his opening statement
but which the court ruled was a matter of
evidence. II showed the location OF the
Daniels residence. whe'e the dance was
being heidi an old house used a. . boarding
house a short distance 20 the left aud on
the same side of ths road; tree behind
which one of the witnesses stood and saw
BelanAk fire In the direction OF the Daniels
house; the tree behind which the witness
stood and saw BelunRk leave the scene Of
this shooting; aud other ointa. On cross
examination Hoas stated that some OF the
shots found In the boards Of the Daniels
building had been fred In q slanting dir CO.
tion. 1he defense attempted 10 have wit
ness state that In order 10 have ale shots
hit the building in slantinR direction 10
would have been necessary 10 locate Bel
unak about 100 feet from where the dis-
gram placed him. The state objected and
the court ruled the evidence out. as the wit
ness was merely testifyiug TO the diagram
and not TO the shooting. Hosn explained
that the diagram was only made with ref
erenoe O. the relative distances Of the va
rioRs objects.
Angus b. Hsckshsw was the first witness
OF tbs actual tragedy who WAS put on tie
stand. lie wea one OF the party vho at
tended the dance al the Daniels house the
might of the shooting. shortly after one
o'clock BsiunEk came In and was given
some OF the reirsshments chat the othe q
we're having At the time. While eating he
began making some remarks which were
"a pu NJ al ha laH
Robert 81. MODsniels began reasoning with
BelunAk, telling him that euch talk might
be very we'll where he came from, but that
Ame lean girls were not used 20 that kind
of talk. After the two had been talking
some time Belunak called MoDanieis a
liar and struck AZ him. MoDRniels 81 uck
Belunek. knocking him down. Beiunak
got up bleeding aud lefs the house. About
three o. clock witness aud William Astcalf
STATED out the door leading from the Dom
where the dancing was going on TO the
porch. some one was holding the door on
the outside and IL was only At the third
attempt that they got 10 open. As they
stepped out there was n fash and a repo I.
several shot ct uek witness in the neck
and some struck Metealf in the face maxi
ing bad wound. Witness caught sight of
a man standing about ten feet from the
door. and junD ping from the porch, so az 10
get cat of tue light from the open door,
got behind q tree. Shortly after this he
saw a man coming fiom she direction OF
she Daniels house. APP HTently feloadins q
gun be was carrying. Soon after getting 30
she middle OF the road the man either
knslt or stopped down. and taking deliber-
ate aim fred in TIE direction OF the house.
There was pistol shot ia reply. and then
the man nred again twice. There
We some more shots from n pis-
toll. and when the firing ceased a
q man whom witness recognized as Belu-
max passed within fifteen feet OF him going
down the road, carrying a gun. Witness
then started for the house and met Daniels
going in too. When he got inside he saw
that Daniels was wounded in the arm and
ths abdomen.
THE eross-eTaminAtiOn sought 20 shake
HaOkshaw's testimony as 70 the distances OF
the various places A photograph OF the
scene was introduced for the Purpose of
laying tho foundation Of i'm eaohmsnt, but
the court ruled u out Ne not being proper
cToss-examination. and an exception was
taken. The Contamination was not
completed when time arrived for 1hs noon
recess.