The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-20
TRIAL OF THE GIRLS
Jessie Cronin Is Said to Have Been il
a Dance Hall.
SOME DEFECTIVE MEMORIES
Hattie Shaw VIII BE Sentenced
Monday-Court Business-Mines
in the Libby Country Show
ing Up Well

Great Falls, March 19.-The trial of
Jessie Cronin, charged with exhibiting
herself in dance hall Wednesday
night, last week, was resumed to-day
before Judge Race, Assistant County
Attorney Stephenson prosecuting and
]. A. Largent defending. The first wit
ness for the state was Esther Pierce,
one of the employees and the partner of
Jessie Cronin in her stage act. Esther
could not remember a little bit. She
could not remember whether Jessie act
ed with her that night or not. The
other members of the company were al
so suffering from a similar paralysis of
memory which, however, did not pre-
vent them from contradicting them
selves and each other
Mollie Thompson testified that she
was the proprietor of the Park Concert
Hail. as she calls it, ran it, looked after
the bar, cooked and slept there. She
said that Jessie Cronin was away two
nights, but could not say when. Mollie
also testified with charming candor
that she never saw a bit of liquor
drunk in the audience or boxes by man
or woman. The defendant said she laid
off one day last week, but could not re-
member the day.
Fifteen minutes were occupied in ar
guments. Attorney Largent asked per-
mission to put in some decision regard
ing instances where liquor was sold In
a separate building from another, con-
nected by a passageway Judge Race
took the matter under advisement and
will render a decision tomorrow.
Judge Benton postponed sentencing
Hattie Shaw until Monday. motion
for a new trial will be entered in the
meantime.
In the case of Carlson VS.. Early the
n.
plaintiff The suit was Instituted to
recover damages sustained by Carlson
through the loss of an eye, alleged TO
have arisen through the carelessness OF
the defendant.
The suit of Christina Stevenson VS..
Sheriff Dwyer has occupied the entire
day, and will not go to the jury until
tomorrow. Last August, while Mrs.
Stevenson was out of the state, Deputy
Sheriff Sires attached and sold her
household goods and boarding house at
Sand Coulee. Her defense is that the
property was sold without due process
of law, and she sues to recover S1,5OO.
Her attorneys are Largent & Huntoon.
Leslie & Downing represent Sheriff
Dwyer.
Harry McCune has laid claim to a
gun found in the possession of William
Terry, the convicted Sand Coulee bur-
glar, who is now at Deer Lodge. The
gun is also claimed by Terry, who says
il is his personal property, but McCune
asserts he will have no dift1culty In
proving that Terry stole it from him.
Sheriff Dwyer will return tomorrow
morning from a trip to the Flathead
country, where he has been for several
days serving subpoenas upon witt
nesses.
Deputy Collector Largent has just re-
turned from a business trip to the
Kootenai country near the Pan Handle
and Canadian line and gives very
interesting account of this practically
undeveloped county and seemingly UNI
limited mining prospects. He found
the country heavily timbered, but as
the season is fully three weeks earlier
than at Great Falls the prospectors
are already busy New settlers are
. coming in rapidly and the old mining
camps are growing and new ones start
ing up. The country is very rich in
mineral resources, and with the appli-
cation of capital will come rapidly to
the front The only mine being worked
now is the Snow Shoe, a silver lead,
near Libby, which is employing large
number of men. Preparations are be-
ing made to work the placers near
Libby and the prospects of good prop
ositions near Libby and Yahk rivers
show up well. all having free gold and
they will be rapidly developed this
summer.
Three new steamers are being put on
Kootenai river between Fort Steele and
Jennings. and they, with the old boat,
have a contract to convey 5000 tons OF
ore. much of which comes to the silver
emelter in Great Falls. Prospectors are
confident Of finding cinnibar. as IT has
been discovered just across the line,
The country swarms with large and
small game and the streams are full OF
fish.