The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-20

James James and William knight.
ollie Murphy. a faded, tall. unkempt,
unprepossessing denizen o the bad
lands. was the witness of the evening
in whom most interest was conferred.
She first said her name was Ollie Muir
ply and when asked for her true name
said IL was Tillie Vest. When her tes-
timony was nearly completed, Attor-
ney McLernan objected to her being
required to testify against her husband.
Mr.. Booth said there was no evidence
that the witness was Campbelis wife
The attorney insisted that she was
CampbelPs wife. The coroner asked
the woman that question and she re-
piled that she believed she had been
married to Campbell once a number OF
years ago. When asked for more defi-
mite information on that point she SAID
that she believed she was married to
him at Creole in the Creole excite
ment. She did not know what state
or county II was in, or who was the
judge or minister that married them
She knew the man said some words.
but she did not know what they were
She had received no certificate.
1T is my opinion, Mr.. Booth" said
Coroner Richards, that this woman is
lying and you may proceed"
After the woman had got through
testifying she was remanded to the
custody of the sheriff.
an interesting theory on powder marks
in relation to gunshot wounds which, II
is understood. will be comhatted by
some other physicians, as there seems
to be a difference of opinion on these
matters.
The testimony of w. f. r. Mcdonald
was new, and while definite enough to
be of great value in case of a murder
trial, might make good corroborative
evidence. Considering the character
of many of the witnesses who testified.
II would have been better to have ex-
cluded all other witnesses from the
room while one was testifying All
were in the room during the evening
and had the benefit of having heard
each others stories. The truth would
be mere likely to be arrived at IL one
witness did not know what the others
had been testifying to.
Mrs. Olivia Nicholson was the first
witness and said: 81 reside at II East
Porphyry street. / was there the night
of March IL. A shot woke me up. 1
looked out of the window. / saw a
man running down. a tall man running
near him. He took a shot at a man
by the lumber office. The man was
running out of an alley. He had a
dark suit of clothes and derby hat /
only saw one man running. 1 saw one
shot and heard two or three l did not
see the mans face. He hollered
Frank, come down, it's Fred; they are
shooting down here"
1t was evident from the above testi-
mony that Ii was a policeman the wit
ness had seen, for doubtless the Fred"
referred was Officer Parlin. The
witness said she saw no man running
with a coat off.
DIR. Bernheim said: II examined the
bodies of Parlin and Judge. / extracted
a bullet from Judges head. That is il.
/ took II from the back part of the
head. The bullet had taken the course
of the great assure i'm the brain and
broke the skull in two places, front and
back. but did not break the skin. The
cause of death was the entrance of the
bullet into the brain. The bullet en-
tered right in the forehead, between
the two eyebrows. There was a burnt
ring around the place which shows the
shooting took place at least two feet
from the place of the entrance of the
bullet and shows further that IL could
not have been suicide. For in suicide
the gun is held close up TO the fore
head. If a man wants to shoot him
self he does not place the gun two feet
away from the head. Ii was in my
judgment an accidental death or a
murder, but not suicidal death.
When the gun is held close to the head
the hole shows scarcely any burn
around ii. 1t is possible that the man
might have received the injury some
time before, walked some distance and
crawled under the sidewalk, before he
died. 1t is not probable. but it is pos
sible, that the wound was received be-
fore he got under the sidewalk. I have
had a good deal of experience with
gunshot wounds. The larger the dis
lance the gun is held from the head.
the larger the powder ring will be until
held too far away. j did not probe the
wound in Judges head
Ollie Murphy. the dissolute woman
reputed TO have lived with Campbell or
Edwards was next examined. She is
faded, thin and tall She said: MY
right name-I don't know any use Of
telling. It's Tilda West. l lived in
Kansas City before coming to Butte.
i went from Leadville to Kansas City.
/ never knew Roddy Judge until I
came to this town. / first met him in
the Abbey saloon. About two months
ago he went to baching with my old
man in Wyoming alley, back of the
Arcade lodging house. No. was occu-
pied by Campbell and Judge. l knew
Campbell well for about five years. !
knew him in Colorado and all over. I
have been living with him as man and
wife. l was i'm that cabin Monday eve
ming at O'Clock but not after that. |
had not been living there. ] went down
there to wash and iron and bake for
the two men. I occupied a house on
Galena street. ] went up there to make
money. That was the only reason !
was not living with my man. Judge
and Campbell were in the cabin when ]
left there Monday evening. Judge left
just ahead of me. going to work. !
saw Campbell later that evening a
little while. Tuesday evening about 9
O'Clock both of them were up to my
house a little while. / went with them
to the Abbey saloon. About 10 minutes
to II O'Clock we left the Abbey saloon.
About 1890 O'Clock was the first I
heard there was any shooting ! did
not look at the time. They left the
saloon about half an hour before
heard of there being any shooting.
When they left me they went down the
alley together towards their home.
Ill q.