The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-15
ANDERSON is HELD.
BE HS Distinguished Himself by
Writing for the Mercury"
swINToN GIVES HIM AWAY
Mr.. Yaeger's wife Seemed to Have
Been the Especial Target for the
Prisoners Insinuations-Two
Witnesses We're Examined.

John Anderson had his preliminary ex-
animation on the charge of libel. entered
against him by Mrs. Elizabeth Yaeger.
before Judge Holland yesterday after
noon and was bound over to the district
court in the sum Of 1900. Deputy Coun-
ty Attorneys Booth and Mattison con-
Quoted the prosecution and c. l.. Camp
bell appeared for the defense. Only two
witnesses were examined. william Yae-
ger. the husband of the complaining wit
ness, and John Swinton. one of the pro-
prietors of the Sunday Mercury. In which
the alleged libel appeared.
Mr.. Yaeger testified that he had known
was asked what. IL any. defamatory arti-
cles or statements had been published
concerning his wife about Nov. 3. and Mr..
Campbell entered an objection on the
ground that the innuendoes complained
of were not explicit and that they did not
point any more to Mrs. Yaeger than to
any other woman whose name COM
menced with Y. The objection was
overruled after q prolonged argument
and Mr. Yaegcr read the queries which
appeared in the Mercury Oct. "a and Nov.
8. and which were made the basis OF the
complaint, and also several others which
were not enumerated In the complaint
He also produced several of the clippings
Qouted in the complaint which his wife
had received through the mail. In relat-
ing his troubles with the defendant the
witness said ION the Sth OF July i was
out at Columbia gardens and Anderson
asked John Warder. a friend of mine, II
i was at home. He told him that / was
out at the gardens and Anderson then
tried to force an entrance into my house
My wife blew a police whistle and he ran
away. On Sept 2. while / was out at
Twin Bridges. he wrote my wife. asking
her when he could come down and see
her. She sent me the letter and came
home the next day"
On cross-examination Yaeger said that
he did not know of any one else living
on Dakota street whose name commenced
with a Y. He had looked through the di-
rectory and had been unable to find the
name of any one else that commenced
with Y. He said that the publica ton of
the queries In the Mercury had given his
wife the reputation of not being a re-
spectacle woman. but afterwards admit
ted that he knew of no one who had re-
fused to associate with her on account OF
the publication
John Swinton testified that he was one
of the proprietors of the Mercury and
knew of the defendant having furnished
some matter for publication. He was pos
tive that Anderson had handed in the
query. IF the shooting gallery man
knows what his wife is doing. Do you
know, Mrs. Y.?" Swinton asked Ander-
son when he handed the question in who
the woman was, and he said Mrs. Yaeger
The witness did not know whether or not
IL was the plaintiff he referred to.
p Although the state had several other
witnesses present. II closed its case after
the testimony OF these witnesses, as II
considered that II had produced sufficient
testimony to justify the Holding of An
derson to the upper court. The court was
OF the same opinion and his bonds were
fixed at $1,000. In default of which he
went back to jan.