The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-31

uid not 20 TO the fire. Mr.. Cole testified
that some time ago he had seen , or 10
/ boxes OF powder IN the kenyon-Conneli
warehouse, but had never seen any in the
Butte Hardware building.
Ii. >. Watson, manager of the Butte
hardware company, was recalled and
asked as 10 the date on which he had re-
ceived an order tor 10 boxes of powder
from The 1uttlc company. Tie said that
car OF powder consigned to ms company
hdd arrived about Nov. 80. but through
some misunderstanding on the part of the
railroad company II had been set over on
Montana Central track and the freight
bIi dld not reAch hum until Dec. 4. IL was
At tins time or "A day or two previous that
the order tor lOJ boxes was received from
tue futile company.
Mr.. Watson said that on Nov. l. p
boxes were shipped to Leesburgh, and It
was tbs recollection that the powder had
been brought into the warehouse the day
before. The man GrIcor. he said, must
nave been mistaken IN the dates when he
testified that he had seen between - ami
10 boxes of powder III their warehouse
about Dec. Is or 70. Mr.. Watson had
examined his record of cash pail for en-
ira help AT the warehouse and found tnat
- had been paid on Nov. 3, 50 on Nov. 10
and s2l on Dec. :. There was no record of
any extra help having been pad for work
at the warehouse at any other dates. Tho
regular ware hOusemen are paid on the
first OF the month. Mr.. Watson SAID that
his company had not received any powder
IN carload lots since Jan. l. HE knew
nothing about powder having been stored
In cars on the night of Jan. 10.
Harry Cole, a clerk in the kenyon-Con-
nell store, testified as follows: ION the
morning after the explosion l went out to
the kenvon-Conneli magazine with Fred
Doll. We took out two boxes of caps
from the store"
"How much powder did you see in the
magazlne?"
II shou Il say about % boxes. / would
not swear that there were 30. There was
one tier of boxes piled up against the wall
anout five or SIN boxes high and about
theee boxes in length. | had never been
out TO the magazine before. | don't
know whether there we're $1,000 caps in
each box or not, never saw more than
two or three boxes of powder at our store.
| never saw the drivers bring more Than
one or two boxes to the store. | was in
bed when the explosions occurred and did
not get up nor talk with anybody about
it,"
Mrs. Ella McDanieis testified to the
rabble head having been thrown into the
residence of G. w. Fisher IN the Ophir adj
dItlon by the second heavy explosion. She
was in the house at the time.
j. A, PIckus of No. &21 East Granite
street testified that after the explosions
he picked up two pitch forks in the alley
between Broadway and Granite streets
near his house. The pitch forks had four
points and one of them bore the brand of
Wilmington & Cooley, jackson, Mich. lie
was asked to produce the forks and re-
turned afterwards with the one of them
bearing the brand mentioned and IL was
introduced in evidence. The handle was
broken oil about a foot above tine fork.
W. +. Guyette testified that about .
O'Clock IN the morning o! Jan. IL he saw
4 A.
that lie thought contained powder, drive
down Wyoming street. There wee two
men whom he did not know in the wagon,
and the wagon was painted yellow. The
hind axle was sprung.
j. Is. kni ght testified that he was in his
house. ABOUT -0J yards west of the ware
houses when the alarm sounded and lie
got TO the fire n minute or two after the
lire department.. lie walked along the
Montana Central track south of the ware
houses. The fire appeared TO him to be
IN the northwest corner OF the first hard
ware building east of Franks warehouse.
dust after the water had been turned on
the first heavy explosion came from the
building which was on fire. A demijohn
encased in wlckerwork fell at his feet.
The witness said:
II was standing on Utah street just
above the Montana Central track when
the second explosion occurred. Ii seemed
" iiiO ~ tplllt llOili Atlo sdlllt III
which the first explosion occurred; the |
farthest west. The first explo- |
sion was heavier than the second one. | |
am not positive that the explosions took |
place in the Butte Hardware building.
but il is my best judgment that they did" !
{. +. Cradiock was on Park street when |
he hoard the a st explos on and he q en-
went to tue fire. He Iestiiiel as follows:
when the second heavy explosion &C. |
curred i was standing just back of Q !
boilers lying north OF the Butte Hardware |
| think that explosion came |
from the Butte Hardware building. Before |
The explosion the warehouses all seemed |
10 be on fire and they were partly de- |
stroyed. | was protected by the boilers |
and was not knocked down by the ex-
plOslon although a couple of friends who |
we're carrying out an injured man a short |
lis ance away were knocked fiat. | saw |
-abOle heads scattered all over the ground |
20 the north after the first heavy cxplo- |
sion. | didn't sec any rabble heads /
brown out by the second explosion. dad |
lot know that tho distractions between |
ne and the warehouse were boilers until |
went over tho ground the next day"
The inquest was then adjourned until |
,'clock at which hour Mr.. Gemmell was |
notified to be in attendance with the /
'ecnrds of his Office.
Promptly at o'clock Mr.. Gemmell was /
IN hand with two big armfuis of books /
which had been brought up from South |
Butte in a sleigh and represented the /
freight receipts for the past month. The 4
books showed a record Of every pound of /
freight that had been received of any /
iind, together with the station that il was /
'ent from, the consignor and the con- /
'ignee, It's destination, a description OF /
he contents of each car, the weight, |
'harges and lot of other information /
sh ch was OF no earthly value outside of |
\ railroad Office. II would have taken a /
week to go through these books and the |
Jurors felt greatly relieved when Mr.. |
told them that the train register |
nd switching list would furnish them all |
he information they required. in a much |
more condensed form. and in much better |
hape TO get at quick Y.
j ne train register shows receipts of all |
carload lots. with the number Of car. the |
Ia Of the arrival and the couslgnee, and |
{ was only carload lots of powder that |
he jurors we're after. Mr.. Gemmell said |
nat the jury would have the train regis /
Pr ut 10 O'Clock fC-mOrrovv and nm all i