The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-07
Butte Department.
HOWARD At TIE BAT
Separate Trials for the Long and
Short Suspects.
PAT JOYCE ON THE STAND
He Makes a Very Interesting Wit
ness-The Testimony for the
state Is All ln-Court Ad-
Journs for the Day.

The cases of Frank White and George
Howard, the "long and short" men
were called for trial in Judge Speer's
court yesterday afternoon, but their at
torney, Mr.. Yancey. demanded separate
trials and the state put Howard on
first. A jury was drawn composed of
James \. Murray. George S. Holbrook.
Ira Skidmore. John Wilton. c. F. q.
Pingle, Thomas Boyce, Ephriam Beer,
L. a. Goebel, Jacob II. Beck, William
bergman, James Shackleton, and a. A.
Earhart. The crime with which How
ard is charged Is the robbery Of Pat
rick Joyce on the night Of Dec. p, near
Clark's barn. west of the city, the facts
and particulars of which are yet fresh
in the public mind. a charge of assault
in the first degree growing out Of the
same affair is also pending against the
two men. Joyce, the prosecuting wit
ness, is a typical Irishman, and in Civ
ing his testimony furnished n great
deal Of amusement by his ready wit
ana rich brogue His report of the rob-
hcry differed very little from that pub
lished in the papers at that time. lie
said he spent the evening at the thea
ter before returning to his home west
OF Missoula gulch
What theater?" asked one OF the at
torneys.
The California brewery"
lie started for his cabin. which IS To-
Gated near the city dump, about 10
o'clock, and when almost in front of
Clarks barn two men approached him
lie had $50 i'm gold in his pockets and
was suspicious of the men, so he
dropped $40 of his money in the road
before they ordered him to throw up his
hands. He did not instantly comply
and the men attacked him and beat
him with a revolver. He made a des-
pcrate fight and then one of the two
men took a shot at him. the bail strik-
ing him in the arm, and then they
struck at him with n knife and beat
him insensible. When he recovered
consciousness he got up and found his
watch and money gone. lie proceeded
on toward his cabin, but became so
weak that he was compelled TO stop at
a house on the way. Some parties
brought him back and he was placed
in a hospital. Joyce said they hit him
on the head seven times before they
shot him.
How do you know they hit you
seven times?" asked Mr.. Yancey; Did
you count the blows?"
Il did not have to count them; /
could feel them"
What kind of a watch did you
have?"
"Oh. a small round one"
Mr.. Yancey asked Joyce II he did not
have some difficulty with the two men
before the alleged robbery.
Difficulty is It? How could have
any difficulty when all I could do was
10 holler 'murther.' and thin a-choking
me all the time"
As IL was necessary to prove that the
money and watch was taken from the
old man by force, Mr.. Booth asked him:
Were they taken with your con
sent?"
Sure and they were not" was the
emphatic reply.
How did the money and watch get
out of your pocket"
They took ii out"
A quantity of stuff was shown Joyce
including the watch and some other ar
ticles, and he identified 1t all as his
property except n string of beads and a
cross. He said that did not belong TO
him.
do you know what it is?" asked Mr.
Nancey.
"Oh. ] could guess"
Mrs. J. NJ. Stewart testified that she
was visiting a friend IN the vicinity Of
the scene Of the robbery. and when she
heard the shots she ran up towards
Park street for AN officer and met the
two Worthington boys Il whom she
told that "a man was being murdered
near Clarlts barn The boys ran up
Park street and notified officer Grant.
who responded and met two men COM
ing from the direction Of the barn. They
acted SO suspicioUsly that he arrested
them and brought them TO the city Jail.
where they were searched and a bloody
knife and revolver. with one exploded
cartridge were found on them They
also had the appearance Of having been
mixed up in "a desperate personal en-
counter. Their clothes were dirty and
bloody
officer Grant and the worthirgton
boys testified TO the part they took in
the arrest OF the two men and their
suspicious actions. Marshal Tcbo and
others testified about making a search
Of the scene OF the ROBBERY and as to the
evidence Of a desperate struggle The
watch and money We're found on the
roadside where they had evidently been
dropped by the robbers after the ar
rest.
The trial was not concluded when
court adjourned for the day. although
the testimony for the state had al been
introduced. What kind Of a defense To
offer had not been determined upon
gested that self-dcfeuse or insanity
might be pleaded Howard read the
morning papers during a portion Of the
trial and did not seem much concerned
as TO his fate.
IN THE u. :. COURT.