The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-02
Butte Department.
GOLD AGAINST HAY
An Exciting Afternoon in the Town
Of Boulder.
A LITTLE GAME OF POKER
One Mans Head Was Punched, a
Warrant Was Sworn Out. and
IL Is Still Out-Lots
of Fun.
A LITTLE GAME OF POKER

County Attorney NJ. L. Wines and
Ed Mahoney had an experience at
Bould IT on Thursday that was away
out of the usual order and in the Ian
guage of the festive society reporter of
the up-to-daHe country weekly the &C.
casion was one that will be long re-
membered by those who were mixed
up in 1t. Among the exciting and un-
usual incidents of the day were a quiet
little poker game between Mr.. Maho-
ney and County Attorney w. L. Hay
of Jefferson county. in which the form
er claims that he caught his opponent
with three aces up his sleeve. fistic
encounter between the gentlemen
named, which resulted in Mahoney's
arrest for assault and battery, and ha-
beas corpus proceedings before Judge
Showers, which resulted in Mahoney's
discharge All of these events were
crowded into one afternoon and they
kept everybody busy for a few hours.
Mr. Wines went over to Boulder on
Thursday morning to see Judge Show
ers on some legal business and Mr..
Mahoney accompanied him to transact
a little business with County Attorney
w. L. Hay. After Messrs. Mahoney
and Hay concluded their business the
for the drinks, and they went at Ii in
the back room of a convenient beer
store. AS the game progressed Mr..
Hay, so Mahoney claimed, commenced
TO sort out the aces and Mr.. Mahoney
alleges that he soon had three of them
concealed up his sleeve. Mr.. Hay
lacked the smoothness of a profession
al gambler. however, and Mr.. Maho-
ney, who is no spring chicken himself,
tol.. Cd q a rrTaQ a a
under his opponents cuff. He gave no
sign that he was onto the game, how
ever. but kept on playing as though
nothing had happened and quietly
awaited further developments.
few minutes later the county at
torney found another. ace in his hand
and he then proposed a side bet of Sc.
Mr.. Mahoney consented and at the
same time called for a new deck. No
other pack of cards could be found in
the saloon and Mr.. Hay smiled serene
ly. Mahoney stacked his Sc upon the
middle of the table and asked his APP
ponent to do likewise, which was done.
The Butte man was dealing and he
smiled broadly but said nothing when
Hay discarded four cards and called
for one. He figured that the one ace
that he held and the three he had UP
his sleeve. and the one card that he
drew would give him Ave cards and
four aces. When he went after his
three concealed aces, however he was
so clumsy, according to Mahoney's tale
or the affair. that one of them fen to
the floor and the others were plainly
exposed.
Mahoney had been waiting for just
what happened and he promptly pock-
eted the $l2 on the table and then
seized Hay by the throat and COM
menced to punch his head. In the
meantime Mr.. Wines had concluded ms
business with Judge Showers and
started out to find his partner. He
soon succeeded in running him down
and entered the saloon just as Maho-
ney commenced to use the Jefferson
county attorneys head for a punching
bag. He immediately interfered and
succeeded in pulling Mahoney off be-
fore his fist had done any damage
worth mentioning. and Wines and Ma
honey started for the depot shortly
afterwards TO catch the afternoon train
for Butte.
The assault rankled in Hays breast
and produced the most intense dndig-
nation and he quickly went before a
justice of the peace and had a war
rant issued for Mahoneys arrest on
the charge of assault in the third de-
gree. The warrant was placed in the
hands OF Sheriff Gillian and Mahoney
was arrested on his way to the depot.
Mahoney was thunderstruck by this
action and he wonderingly inquired
What are We going to do?''
Fight 1T out" replied Wines. and
the two Butte men and the sheriff hur-
ried back to the justice mill. A g.ance
at the complaint and warrant. VIII Oh
had both been drawn up by NJ. Hey,
satisfied Mr.. Wines that neither one of
them was worth the paper II was writ
ten on and he filed a demurrer 20 :hem.
The justice, supposing If course iiat
Mr.. Hay must be rigat. overiules n ?
demurrer and held Mahoney In bends
OF $500. Mr.. Wines would no: cor cent
10 furnish bonds and Sheriff .,.i'ian,
good naturally informed Mahonev .hat
he could consider him elf I'm jail
Mr.. Wines then went before Judge
showers and applied for a writ OF | n :
oeas corpus. which was made return
able at once. Ii took only a fen min
utes to convince The district court
judge that the complaint in the case
was faulty and inside of half an hcur
after he was arrested Mr. Mahooev
was given his liberty The DELAY
caused the two Butte men % raya 10
wait for the late train for me. but
they enjoyed themselves while thew
were waiting by spending Mr.. HAYS
six dollars.
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