The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-19
HELENA NEWS NOTES
Young Vaughn Not Guilty of Mailing
Obscene Letters.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
he Case of Largely VS.. Bartlett
4 he NJ. p. Wins Its Damage
suit - Dam Across the Mis-
souri, River to &c Built.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, May 1s.-The jury this even
ing returned a verdict of not guilty in
the case brought by the United States
against Frank Vaughn, the Livingston
youth who was charged with sending
obscene letters through the mails. The
case was tried this afternoon. The
jury was out but a few minutes.
The supreme court returned two
opinions to-day as follows: Patrick
Largey, respondent, VS.. George f.
Bartlett ct al, appellants; from Silver
Bow Largey brought suit against c..
F., j. II. and Harriet Bartlett to set
aside Judgment obtained by Harriet
Bartlett against George F. Bartlett to
quiet title to mining claims in Missoula
county; also to compel defendant,
George F. Bartlett, to execute deed
to the plaintiff for a half interest in the
Razorback and Hardfoot claims.
George +. Bartlett and Patrick Largely
agreed in writing, whereby Largely
was to advance money to secure pat
ents to the claims in consideration Of
which Bartlett was to deed to Largely
a one-half interest therein. Lar gey
and Bartlett sent ]. II. Bartlett. a
brother of George F., to survey the
claims. Amended notices were made
out to cure the defects in the original
notices. These amended notices were
given to j. III. Bartlett to post. After
they were given to him he erased the
name of George f. Bartlett from the
notices and inserted Harriet Bartletts
name. Harriet Bartlett then sued
George f. Bartlett to quiet her title to
the mining claims located under differ
ent names. Largely was not made a
party to the suit. George Z. Bartlett
permitted judgment to be entered
against him. The Bartletts then claim
ed that the original locations were in
valid and that George +. Bartlett never
had a title to the claims. The supreme
court afflrms the district court and says
that the conduct of ]. II. Bartlett was
a violation of confidence and trust re-
posed in him by his principal. 1t was
further found that Largey compiled in
all respects to his contract and is en-
titled to a deed to one-half interest in
the property Opinion by Justice Hunt.
The state ex rel Mary Simpson, re-
latrix, VS.. A. c.. Votaw, respondent;
from Lewis and Clarke. Justice Vo-
taw has issued an alias execution by
which the property of the relatrix was
illegally seized to satisfy an alleged
claim for $25. She applied to the court
for a writ of certiorar which was
granted. Justice Votaw appealed but
the supreme court sustains the judg-
ment of the lower court. Opinion by
Cnle1 16nlDeIlOH.
The damage case brought by j. II.
DAILY, administrator of John Ragan,
who was killed in an accident on the
Elkhorn branch of the Northern Pa
clfic, against the railroad company, was
concluded in the United States court
to-day The jury returned a general
verdict and special finding in favor of
the defendant. Ragan was fireman ON
the train that was wrecked Dec. 30,
1898 His administrators alleged that
mis- death was through negligence of
the company and asked for $4,000
damages. The case was hard fought
on both sides, as on its determination
depended to large extent two other
cases, one for $4,000 and another for
$50, 000 wherein the issues were about
the same.
The Helena Water & Electric Power
company was incorporated to-day with
a capital stock of 5000, 900, by ex-Gover-
nor S. T. Hauser, president of the First
National bank; Thomas A. NARROW,
president of the Montana National
bank, and Barton Sewell, president OF
the United Smelling & Refining COM
pany The company expects to let
contract inside of a month for the
building of a dam across the Missouri
river The contract for the electrical
plant will be signed in New York the
last of the month. The entire plant
will, including dam, cost nearly $780,
0OO The trustees of the company, be-
sides the incorpora;tors, are Abram 8.
Hewitt ex-mayor of New York; w. 5.
Gurnee, New York; A. NJ. Hotter, Hell
ena; o. p. Peck, Chicago.