Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-03-06

witness, 1.-The kid was tough; l hit hin
= three or four times and he neve
budged," and also, Zig came back will
his hands behind him" Witness wa
out OF the hall for breakfast for abou
30 minutes; there was ample opportu
nifty for someone to rearrange the oh
$ jects in the room.
DUNCAN M'LEoD,
deputy sheriff at Belt, was the next wit
ness. He identified a gun, which wa
admitted IN evidence, as the one he re
ceived from Richardson.
W. X. DwYER,
sheriff, testified concerning the relative
position Of the table, boxes, chair, anc
other articles in the beer hall at about
a. m. Dec 3. and swore that the mark or
the faro table leg was there at that time
GEORGE JOHNSON,
a tie maker of Belt, was in Johnson's al
the time of the killing, having entered a
minute or two before. He was standing
at the end of the bar nearest the faro
table. | 2 walked from the stove toward
Leyden. When witness next looked, liz
had hold of Leyden's left hand. Ley den
told Ilg to go away. Leyden, with gun
in his right hand, then fred at Ilg's left
side. They had stood, holding each
others hands, said witness, about min
ute; did not see Ig strike Leyden; after
the first shot the men staggered in be-
hind the table; the second shot was fred
soon; when the third shot was fired, Ilg
was over chair, Leyden standing be-
tween him and the wall. his pistol aimed
downwards and at Ilg's head: witness
helped pick Ilg up; there WAS fire in his
clothes and blood on the box on which
the lookout chair had been standing.
Cross. examined Witness ordered a
drink when he entered the saloon, but ad-
mitted that he did not know whether it
WAS served, whether he drank it,
whether he paid for it, or not. There
were probably 20 people in the room,
mostly in the back part. Witness saw
no running at the time of the shooting.
WALLACE HOFFMAN
interviewed Ieyden at the county Jail
about l2O a. m. December 3, for The
TRIBUNE. Asked Leyden if he cared to
say any thing. Leyden said: "Well, I'd
just as soon tell how it happened. This
fellow had been around there two or
three times before, trying to pick fight.
lie came back and was slamming around
the layout. | told him to go away and
he struck at me. | grabbed the gun and
struck him with it. We clinched and |
kept hitting him. We got out into the
middle of the room. The crowd sepa-
rated US and went back to my table.
iG As
passes at his back with his hands.
have gun; | knew he didn't
have any. He came up and grabbed my
left wrist | had the gun in my right
hand We were both on our knees be
mind the table. | shot three times and
he let 90 at the third shot. | don't
know whether the others took effect or
not.
Cross examined Witness repeated the
interview about as above. Took a few
notes; wrote it mostly from memory
when he got back 20 THE TRlBrNE of.
tice. Read the interview, as IL was pub
lshed, this morning. Deputy Sheriff
Duncan Mcleod and Jailer David
Bruneau were present at the interview.
Witness tad not committed the inter.
view to memory, except when Leyden
gave it, had refreshed his memory
by the oue reading.
Ga motion # the defense. Judge Ben
ordered Witness Hoffman to produce
\ copy Of Ia" paper, containing the in
terview. in court "Wednesday at $50
0'c'oalS. to which time court adjourned
the jury be ug permitted to separate
after the usual admonitiOns.
The district court was reconvened at
$50 Wednesday for the third day of
the Leyden murder trial
Tne ss-examinatlon Of
WALLACE HOFFMAN
was continued. He identified copy of
THE TRIBUNE as one containing the in
terview which be had with Leyden on
the morning Of Dec. 3.
The next witness was
JOHN WALKER.
Il resident OF Belt, who testified to hay
ing known deceased intimately for three
years and gave the latters age as %.
Did not consider him an immoderate
drinker, On cross-examination he started
to give description Of Iig's size weight,
etc, but the court ruled the matter out
ALIEN FAIRGRAvES,
a miner, one Of the men who helped
pick up the body Of the dead man, was
the next witness. Was not personally
acquainted with deceased, having seen
him for the first time but short while
before the trouble. Witness, in company
with Richard and Eynon, entered the
beer hall as lig was dlsputiug with de-
fendant at the faro table The three
stepped to the bar to get drink, The
discussion between the two men ut the
table became very animated, something
beng said about d bet between the ''eiX
and seven Witness NEXT saw Leyden
draw d pistol from the drawer q the faro
BILE, striking deceased over the head
with il several times. Could not recol-
ect whether Ilg struck any blows
Heard him ask for a gun, and not get