The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-19

as "iNneSSeS - Ed u Onnell's
Story-Scenes at the Morgue-
Pariin's Funeral-Sympathy for
the Bereaved Wife-A Most Mys-
terious Case.
The cruel murder of Police officer
Fred Parlin and the violent death OF
the probable murderer, Roderick M
Judge, and the arrest of Ed Edwards
alias Edward Campbell, an accomplish
or, perhaps, a principal, caused intense
excitement in Butte yesterday, such as
has not been felt in Butte since the
Penrose assassination. The develop
ments yesterday added little to the in
formation as to the immediate facts
surrounding the murder of the brave
officer, but they have dispelled almost
entirely the theory that Judge, who
was found dead under a sidewalk not
far from the scene of the murder, COM
United suicide, and the most plausible
theory advanced is by Detective Mel
kelJohn, who is convinced that Judge
shot himself accidentally. AS stated in
the Standard yesterday morning, Judge
crawled under the sidewalk opposite
400 South Main street when he imagin-
ed himself closely pursued. The body
was found in crouching position and
the revolver was grasped in his left
hand and between his knees. The CYL
inder was thrown open, as If Judge had
been I'm the act of ejecting the explod-
ed shells preparatory to reloading for
the purpose of making a fight If hard
pressed. BY his side was a box of cart
ridges, and around him were scattered
full round of shells which he had evil
IDENTIFY taken from the box for the pur-
pose OF loading the gun. In his excite
ment. he put the hammer at a full cock
instead OF the half cock and therefore
could not make the ejector work, and
while he was fooling with IL he acct
dentally pulled the trigger and hit a
cartridge which, evidently unknown TO
him, had remained I'm the gun, and the
ball struck him squarely in the fore
head. Detective Meikeljohn thinks the
gun must have been at least a foot |
from the fellows forehead when the |
shot went off. and that all indications |
point to an accidental discharge of the |
weapon.
The gun found with the body is a s. |
caliber. blue-barreled Colts, with a A
frame. The ball taken from the muir
dered policeman was of the same cali
Der as those found with Judge, which
leads to the belief that Judge fired the
shot that killed Parlin.
About the only thing known of the
facts connected with the murder is told
by Waterman Andrew Mcconnell at
the Montana Lumber company. Mr..
Mcconnell says he met officer Parlin
and walked up Wyoming alley with
him, and when they neared the cabin
In which the murderous gang was STAY
Ing. they heard a row going on within
Parlin turned to Mr.. Mcconnell and
said:
There is trouble there. Mac; have
you got a gun with your"
Mr. Mcconnell replied that he did not
have a weapon and then almost in
itantly flash and a report came from
he outside of the cabin and Parlin | ,
ell. BY the fash of the shot Mr. Nc
connell saw the outlines of a man
standing by the cabin. Almost imme-
ilately five or six men rushed out of
he cabin and Mr.. Mcconnell ran down ,
he alley. the men following him and
me of them fired a shot at him and he 9
an to the back door of Mrs Sloan's $
louse, just south of the lumber yard I
hrs. Sloan's dog chased the men. who Z
urned on to Main street, and several S
hots were fired at him. A trail of L
iood shows that the dog kept after c
udge after the latter had crawled $
nder the sidewalk and only left him h
hen about dead. The animal. as d
hown by the trail OF blood this morn ;
lg. then dragged himself back TO the v
ouse where he expired a
Mr. Mcconnell did not see enough of a
ne man who Shot Parln to be able TO
lentlfy him and could not tell whether i
e was in his shirt sleeves or not. One "
the men who was in the cabin with o
Judge and Campbell on Tuesday was "
young miner named James Hawkins q
nd he may be able to throw a great X
cal OF light on the murder il he will. Il
~ when seen by a Standard reporter "
he professed entire ignor- Il
nee of the affair. but he admitted that a
: was in the cabin in the Afternoon | NJ
I'd that there had been a fight at that e
me. n
who was there besides yourself n
ldge and CampbelI?" he was asked. AZ
'Oh, there were six or seven of us - al
said. but he pretended not to re- w
ember their names. n,
what time did you leave?" al
i left early in the evening" n
were you not there when the shoot 81
g occurred?' N,
NO. was not. got a belt in the be-
W by one Of them and then left" 81
Who hit you?" nj
Il know who hit me. all right. IT an
IS Campbell" in
Why did ne hit you?" w,
i don't know. There was some kind O.
row going on. but / don't know IN
lat II was about. but when ] got a de
II / thought IL time for me 10 go" We
hawkins insisted that he had left be- 10
V the murder took place. but Il Is bu
re than likely that he knows more ~
OU, ii than he cared TO admit. From
statement ~ Is evident that the tic
ng in the cabin was engaged In a as
Inken carousal and row. TN
ID Edwards. alias Campbell the man NJ
% was seen running from the scene co