The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-05-19
FIELD FOUND GUILTY
Convicted Of Murder In the First De.
gree al Livingston.
HE NEVER TURNED A HAIR
One OF the Most FIendlsh Crimes
In the History OF the State
shortly to Be Avenged
BY the Law.
srecal plsna,ch to tbs stan lard

sner'h niSnateh 70 tbs stan lard
LIVINGSTON. May ls.-One week ago to-
day Robert Field was placed on trial for
his life in the district court Of Park
county. Tho end was reached tonight
and tho principal pcrpetrator of one of
the most heinous and nendish crimes of
which the history of this state furnishes
any record has been adjudged guilty of
murder in the first degree.
The jury retired at . 2:JOo'clock to delb-
crate upon their verdict and the court
took a recess for two hours. At $50
O'Clock tho news spread over the city like
wlldiire that q verdict had been reached.
This announcement created veritable
stampede TO the shrine Of justice and in
less than two minutes the court room was
filed TO overnowing. The interest taken
in tho casc was so great that many prom
incnt business mon joined in the md
rush.
The clerk unfolded the verdict and in
clear voice read:
We, the Jury, md the defendant guilty Of
murder In the first degree in the manner and
form as charged in the Indictment
rs these words were pronounced all
eyes were centcred on the prisoner. hut
he exhibited throughout the entire trial.
The expression of his countenance UNDER
went no change whatever. He was as im-
movable as statue and as stocial as an
| Indian.
Judge Henry then remanded tho pris-
oncr for sentence on Tuesday. May %,
and tho sheriff, accompanied by four dep
uties, escorted the convicted murderer of
Emanuel Fleming across the street to the
county jail. Tho prisoner said nothing.
until inside the jail enclosure, then. with
| a smile, no remarked: well. III eat,
anyhow"
Ills accomplicc, Mortimer, was informed
OF the verdict and. hearing noise out
side, stuck his head out of his cell window
and yelled down the corridor. giving utter
ance to these words:
.Say, Bob, don't you hear them build
ing your scaflold?' To this CHASTITY joke
the prisoner replied:
| "Shut up, you trai,orous -
your turn will come next"
"ls tho verdict a Just one?" Tho
| STANDARD readers in Livingston will he
confronted with this question for the first
time when they see 1t In these columns.
IL is the most universally approved vcr-
| dict ever rendered in this county. All
through the trial there has been an under
curren, of feeling that tho jury in this case
might follow in the line Of preceding ones
and either disagree or acquit, and omin-
Gus murmurinG of lynch law foated upon
the passing breeze whenever the possibil.
ity of such an outcome was broached. But
all this Is past and n general feeling of re-
lief is felt that one, at least, of tho foul as
assins who planned and executed the cold
bloodcd murder of Emanuel Fleming has
been detected and evidence sufficient was
brought out to enable Il good men and
true to fix the responsibility for tho conf
mission of the crime.
The prisoner has been given fair,
speedy and impartial trial. He wss de-
Tended by able counsel. and the STANDARD
correspondent is informed by one of the
ablest members of the Park county bar,
that not a single reversible error has been
committed in the trial Of tho case.
| II nothing intervenes To prevent right
eous verdict being carried out, the fiend
incarnate who now sits in the shadow OF
the callows will be given a short shift and
| a sure cord.