The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-04-19
THE SAME OLD SEE-SAW
But The Ehrick Trial Is Hearing The
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HE CLOSING ARGUMENTS
Questions. Answers and Scores of
s cbjections-NothinR New or
Important Brought Out
That Old Hat again.

BUTTE, April 18.-Andrew Ehrick, the
defendant in the murder case on trial in
Judge Speer's court, was further cross
examined this morning by Mr.. Booth
Nearly every question asked was objected
to by Mr.. Baldwin and many objections
were made to matters that were not
asked. tf
'What do you mean when you say Gil
more was moving around after you shot
him-wns he staggering?"
81 don't know exactly. The smoke was
in my way and Icouldn't see plainly"
Mr.. Baldwin objected on tho ground
that the same matter had been gone over
last night, which Mr.. Booth denied, and
the objection was overruled. III
"What do you think caused Gilmore to
fall after you shot him ?"
II did not say he fell. He may have
been lodging"
did you say you saw him hourishing q
pistol after you shot him?"
Eyes, no was moving about with one"
when you walked over to him. prior to
striking him on the head with your shot
gun, and when you believed your life was
in danger, did you not know that you
could have struck him over his arm and
disarmed him, without striking him oyer
the head with the BUTT end of your gun
and killing him?"
An objection to the question was over
ruled and Ehrick answered: II could
not tell what thought at that time"
81 ''After striking him over the head, what
did you do?"
Mr.. Baldwin objected aud said Mr..
Booths cross-examination was harrassing
and unfair. The court ordered the wit
ness to answer. tA.Nt
.As near as I can remember, threw
down my gun.o
"What then?'
4 II don't know" -tt.
when did Trip and Trindible come
upon the scene?" -
I'm few moments after the shooting"
"How soon after you hit Gilmore did
you see julius Herman and Albert
"Right away. Isaw them standing at
Mr.. Baldwin made several more objec-
tions, which caused the court to rem ark
that it seemed to him that there were a
great many very useless objections made,
whereupou Mr.. Baldwin asked the re-
porter to take down the language of the
court, and the court added:
"Yes, sir, you can take it down also that
said that 1t seems to me that many OBJ
jections are made merely to hinder the
cross-examination. There must be limit
somewhere"
"Can't you rememberwha you did after
you hit Gilmore over the head"
II don't remember but il seems to me
that I kicked Gilmore's pistol away from
him."
ibid you tell Herman to go and take
Il said that because of some remark he
, made"
! Were Trip and Trindible there when
you told Herman to get the gun?"5
Yes. and l told him once before they
came up"
ar Ibid ,l, he 81 obey you when you told him the
ayes, 1 saw him get the gun"
IF you saw him get the gun, then why
did you tell him to go and get II again
after Trip and Trindible came up?"
II did not know but he might have
given il to him again."
"Why did you want Herman to get the
gun after you bad taken the precaution to
kick the pistol out of Gilmore's reach?"
II was afraid he might get it aud shoot
me while was not looking at him."
"Even after you had knocked him down
to disarm him and then kicked the pistol
away?"
Yes" ~
"Did you give pistol to any one after
you knocked him down with the gun?"
II gave one to one of the boys"
kno cked him down with the gun?'
HE raised up several times and fell
down."
"Did he at any time get up on his
"Yes, he got Sup and stepped into the
ditch and fell around there"
"You knew he was disarmed then Pr
II knew he did not have that pistol any
more." .5ts.---.-.
"Did you at any time 60 up to him to see
how badly you had hurt him, and to help
a Ti,J.1y
sWhen you went into the cabin did you
jump onto Gilmore'stove and break it and
throw IL out 2" -..-r--~--
Il believe / did something to that eff.
feet"
because was angry"
"You were angry before that, were you
not?'
"You were angry when you hit the old
man over the head with the shot gun and
killed him. were you not?"
Al guess 1 was. was perhaps more
scared than angry"
Mr.. Baldwin here neglected to make an
objection for fully five minutes, so he got
one in now, to which Mr.. Campbell added
a small one of his own. both of which
were overruled, after which Mr.. Booth
asked the witness II he did not realizs
all he was doing.
81 don't think i realised everything"
''Did you realize when You struck the
old man over the head with the gum"
ives, SIR"
ibid you realize what you were doing
when you kicked his pistol away?"
Yes, SIR" .tis
"Did you realize what you were doing
whom you went into the cabin and asked
for a drink of whiskey?"
II think did"
j "Did you realize what you did whom you
umped on the stove and broke n?n
mot clearly"
"Did you realize what you were doing
when you left the cabin and started for
town to give yourself up?" 8rrns Z
"Yes."
"Did you make any attempt to assist
Gilmore when you saw that he was badly
hurt and defenseless?"
NO"
Mr.. Baldwin objected on the ground
that the law did not require the defen.