The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-07
ANOTHER DAY OF GAY
The Story Of the Killing Of Macke
Tod in Court.
ALL ABOUT THE SHOOTING
So Far the State Seems to Have a
Chain of Circumstances Which
the Defendant VIII Find 1t
Hard to Break.
ALL ABOUT THE SHOOTING
spec,aI D.spatch TO the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, Nov. 6.-The story of the
killing of Macke took up a great por-
ton of the time in the Gay murder case
to-day. Ex-Sheriff OMAR. who was
on the stand yesterday afternoon when
court adjourned. was the first witness
Of the day. He told of the finding of
Deputy Sheriff RAIDERS body and of the
organization. two days afterwards, Of
a posse to arrest Gay and Gross, who
had been seen on the Musselshell. He
spoke of the discovery of the men and
the division of the posse to surround
them. The sheriff did not see the
shooting of Macke. and for the time
being he was taken off the stand.
Under Sheriff Lewis. who with
George L. Williams and Macke.
formed one division of the posse which
advanced on Cav and Gross. told
graphically OF THE shooting. 81 Thought
1 heard noise" he said. land 1 i'm
mediaitely looked back at Macke. Just
as looked. Macke kind of wilted down
in his tracks. and then 1 heard the
report of a gun. and saw smoke coming
out of the willows about 20 feet from
where Macke had been standing and
about the same distance from where
1 was Then I saw a man lying on his
stomach, with a gun in his hands, and
the smoke coming out of the barrel. /
raised my gun and snapped 1t ait the
man. Then 1 threw out the cartridge
and SNAPPED a fresh one twice again.
Then threw that one out and snapped
another one. but none of them went
off, and l drew back in the willows
out of sight of the man. Just as /
stepped back the man fired another
shot at me. Lewis called out to me
to know where the man was, and I
could not show him to him, as there
was brush between them. In the
meantime Macke had crawled away
and we found him a few minutes aft
erwards lying in the brush shot
through the center of the body
The witness then said that the man
in the brush who had shot Macke was
dark, with piercing eyes. The descrip-
ton tailed with Gay and not Gross,
he said. ...
E. n. Edwards was the one who
staid with Macke while the others
went after assistance. He said that
Macke realized that he was mortally
wounded. He also testified that the
injured man said Gay was the person
who shot him. 1.-THE others went
away" the witness continued, some
for a wagon and some for doctor
and other things. / was alone with
him for time. 1 kept trying to en-
courage him. but 1t was no use. 1 told
him that 1t was very probable that he
would get over ct some day. He said
that he knew from the nature of the
wound that he would never get well.
He knew how these things WERE" The
witness was positive that Macke knew
he was going to die when he said that
1t was Gay who shot him.
DR.. Mckay of White Sulphur
Springs. who attended Macke before he
died, was put on the stand. He testi-
fed as to the nature of the wound
from which the unfortunate man died.
Ex-Sherdff James OMAR was re-
called and told how Gay had been cap
tured at The Needles in Southern Cali
fornia, and how he brought him to
Helena in irons.
1t was, on the whole. a very import
ant day for the state. Much of the
testimony was strongly against Gay,
although some OF * appeared trivial
The cross-examinations for the defense
did not seem to shake the testimony as
10 any material facts. Gay. however.
thinks THE state is very weak in it's
case and Is stronger than ever in the
opinion that he will be acquitted.