The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-23
JACK GETS One TEIR.
BE Is Accused Of Having Taken lr.
Porler's Money.
BUT HE SAYS HE Fot)NDNT
NeIs Wiley Is Arraiened fox rbosf
and He VIII Plead at 1;3O y
O'Clock This Afternoon-At-
torney Denny's Argument.iE 4. ~

tMissoula, Nov. 22.-At the opening Of
the district court this morning. Nels
Wiley was arraigned for arson. The
reading Of the information was waived
and 100 O'Clock tomorrow was set!as
the time for pleading.
The case Of ]. b. O'Connell, Jack the
Ripper" was then called, and a jury
was secured, as follows. after several
ems, James Walsh, William Gotta. w.
b. Rossbach. C. z. Gilbert Arthur
La Fleur, c. e. Beckwith. c. A.
Barnes, c. E. Johnson, "A b. Chadwick,
S. Terriault, Moses Goff. OConnell was
charged with the theft of nearly 5000
from ex-Coroner Porter of Butte, who
was the first witness for the state. He
testified that he had come over from
Butte to attend the couny fair at Ham
ilton, and that he was somewhat under
the influence OF liquor when he arrived,
having taken several rotations at Gar
rison. He met O'Connell in Reddy's
banber shop and they formed an &C
uuaintance The conversation drifted
to ranching and O'Connell told Porter
that he was a Bitter Root ranchman.
Finally Porter bought some stock from
O'Connell on the latter's word and paid
him $50. More drinks followed and
Porter finally went to water closet,
where O'Connell followed him, crowd
ing against him. Soon after he missed
his money.
other witnesses testified to the asso-
citation of O'Connell and Porter on the
day of the theft and to subsequent dis
covery that OConnell had considerable
money, a hundred dollar bill among~the'
rest, which he rendered in payment for
some drinks. An officer was then called
and O'Connell was searched More
money was found in his pockets, And
he was arrested.
The prisoner testified in his own be-
half and told rather weak story. He
claimed ITO have found the money on
the steps of the Montana hotel andlsaid
he did not know whose ii was. Again
questioned, he said that he did not
know that he had hundred dollar bill.
He thought that the bill that he offered
in payment for drink was of the de-
nomination of one dollar.
Barber Reddy, in whose shop the two
men met, testified that he saw Potter
go to the closet twice but O'Connell
was not with him either time.
In rebuttal Deputy Sheriff Corbett
testified that the prisoner had told him
after his arrest that he did not know
that he had the money; that he was
positive that he did not pick IL UP.
County Attorney Dixon made the ar
gument for the state and Attorneys
Denny and Violette for the defendant.
The case went to the jury at O'Clock.
The defense was that O'Connell had
not stolen the money but had picked-tt
up on the steps of the hotel, not know
ing to whom 1t belonged. --.s.
The jury was out but a short time,
and brought in a verdict of guilty and
fixed the punishment at one years inn
prisonment OlConnell has his attor-
ney, j. G. Denny, to thank for the
light sentence, as Mr. Denny's argu-
ment certainly saved him from heavy
Imprisonment. Tomorrow morning the
case Of the state against Fred b. wy
man, for grand larceny, will be tried,
a jury having been secured this after
noon. ....I-