The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-10
DUPREY'S SIDE OF IT
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BE Says King and Ford, ColOred Men,
Held Him Up.
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.ALITTLE JAGGED AND HAPPY
The Robbery Occurred on Oct. 20
and Witnesses Tell What They
Know About the Fracas
In Court.
ALITTLE JAGGED AND HAPPY

men charged win ToDDlng george Du-
prey, coiored Frenchman, on the |
morning OF Oct. 20. was tried In Judge
Speer's court yesterday before q jury
composed OF George A. Smith, Edward
Temby. w. II. Matthews, Edward
Levy. Evan Evans. John Ingraham, j.
w. Miller. Thomas OConnor, Chris
johnson. T. B. Eva. Richard Mulhol-
land and Hackell Osgood. The prose
cution was conducted by Deputy Coun-
ty Attorney Booth, and the defense by
]. r. Grice and ]. B. McClernan.
The complaining witness testified the.
defendant and he had been employed
In Smiths restaurant on West Park
street and went out together on the
night Of Oct. 10 and remained together
until $50 the next morning, when Du-
prey started to go to the restaurant to
go to work. A short while before unat
they had met Ford, the man who Is
accused with King. Duprey left Ga
lena street and started up the alley
toward the restaurant, accompanied by
Ford, and when within about 20 feet or
the kitchen King demanded some
money from Duprey. Duprey asked
him what he wanted with 1t and then
King threw his, arm around his neck
and choked him and threw him to the
ground and said he would kill him IL
he didn't keep quiet While King was
choking him Ford. who had been fol-
lowing them. came up, ana went
through Duprey's pockets, taking
gold watch and about $40 In money.
| They then ran away and Duprey re-
| ported the matter to the police and the
| two men were arrested in their room In
| the Arcade block about 10 O'CLOCK
| While they were being taken TO jail
King turned to Duprey and said ne
would kill him If Duprey dared TO
prosecute him. Duprey said they had
| been drinking a good deal during the
night but that he drank nothing but
small beers and lemonade. He was not
| drunk but "a little Jagged and felt
| happy"
| j. A. Crawford, the policeman who
made the arrest, testified about hear
ing the threat King made against Du-
prey. After the men were locked up In
| Jail the police searched their room ana
found a sandbag and bunch OF keys,
| but did not find the stolen watch.
A man named Conroy. clerk at the
| Arcade, testified that King came into
the house about 6 O'Clock in the morn
ing c. e. Smith. the restaurant man,
| was called as a witness but knew moth
ing about the robbery. Beauprey.
saloon keeper, testified that King, Ford
and Duprey and several other colored
men were in his place short time
before the time of the robbery. Du-
prey was drunk and asleep in chair
All the men except Duprey ana foro
| left the saloon and Ford awakened
| Duprey and told him IL was time to go
TO work and he got up and went out
| and Ford left about five minutes later.
Ford also testified and said that he
had never known King to speak TO
him before the morning of the 2Oth-
After Ford left the saloon he went up
| stairs and remained there until ne
went to bed with a man named Harris.
who had left the saloon in company
with King. and who returned to his
room some time after 6 o'clock.
King. the defendant, gave an accoun'
of his meanderings on the night or the
robbery. and said he was with Duprey
from 9 o'clock in the evening until the
next morning when he left Beauprey's
! saloon in company with his room mate
Harris. He said he was so drunk by
. | that time that he knew very little
, | Ford was not with them at all durine
the night.
r the defendant said he first met .th'
! | man Harris in Spokane. He deniet
r any knowledge of the bunch OF key
: | and eandbag found in his room ana
! said that somebody must have pu
: them there. The sandbag had severa
D blotches of blood on 1t. showing tina
Il had at some time or other been II
active service. Mr.. Booth asked KIM
d VI a few weeks prior to the robbery h
had not used the same sandbag on I
miner In whitechapel alley. but MI
II Grice objected to the question and wa
sustained by the court. King said n
had not seen Harris since the morning
10 of the alleged robbery but had hear
Y. that he had been seen In Anaconda.
A man named Jefferson testified tina
he met Harris in Anaconda on tn
II same day of the robbery. having lief
Is Butte that morning. He left Anacond
on the same evening. He had a god
watch on at that time and had neve
NJ owned one before that date. Jefferso
had known Harris for long time be
= fore that.
IA The trial was dragging along rathe
slowly and the court observed tina
progress was too slow, that II was =
n good thing and should be pushe
e along"
\. that AZ was pretty dark about g.:
An O'Clock on Oct. 20. and then Mr. Gric
ar offered In evidence an Ayers Almans
10 show the sun rose on that mornin
at 6.23 O'Clock. rrc. ~s-
q. Ofncer Crawford. In rebuttal. testihe
II that ne often saw King and Harr
together and that about month b.
FORE the robbery he saw them
al Whitechapel alley where a man hs
A. been slugred He saw a man run b
hind a building and learned that
was King but a woman who saw hi
". refused to testify against him and
e. was not arrested
THE arguments OF tire attorneys we
brief and the case was given 20 Z
O. furry shortly before s O'Clock. tn
Nx,sre out at,oart three hours and retur
ed WITH a verdict of guilty. leaving q
a punishment 20 be fixed by the cou
m Sentensse win probably be passed aft
the trial OF Ford. which win be he
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