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


plated. They did not try to modest me
at all. After they got by 1 heard some
one cry Stop and heard a dog bark
Ing and two more shots fired. When I
got to the Colorado school heard still
another shot / heard six altogether
The final shot came after / had walked
about 100 feet. 1 believe / would know
the man In the underclothes IL 1 saw
him again. He was lght-complexioned
rather sandy, tall. and without a hat
| he seemed TO be in his underclothing
or, at any rate. in very light clothes
There is an electric light on Wyoming
street which throws the light clear TO
Main and could see plainly. did not
i notice the other two men. / was notic-
Ing the man with the gun in his hand.
l formed no opinion of what they were
! doing"
The witness was shown Campben's
pair or pants and said the clothes he
had on looked lighter than that. He
had no coat on. The shirt was light
He had no hat on.
May Camp, who used to be known
about town by the name of May Bar
rett, said: MY right name is Mrs.
Mary Camp. j was in cabin No 2 on
March IL. / was not acquainted with
any one there. / went in from Mrs
Sagriffs through the alley to go to sup
per- Some one in the cabin motioned
her to come in and L went in with her.
They were singing and drinking and
jollying up. A man came up to me and
asked IL l knew him. / said / did not
and he said 1 had touched him three
years ago. / went out with the other
women after that. / knew none of the
men in there. Later we saw a man
with his head cut coming along.
heard afterwards that this mans name
was Leyden. / live at 400 East Mer-
curry. l did not go back to the cabin
In the evening"
officer Hadley said 1T was coming
out of East Galena street and got
along by the stable when i heard
shot. L stopped and looked back, and
looked up and down Main street.
saw some men running across Main
street at Silver. l ran down there and .
asked man where the shot was. He
SAID II was in the alley and that an
ofncer was killed. The man had a. dog
and ran ahead of me. The dog stopped
at body and so did 1. The man was
breathing hard. I think Ed ODonnell
was there and asked him to bring me
a light. / saw that ii was Officer Par
lin on the ground. O'Donnell then
brought out quilt and pillow and l
placed them under Fred. Then 1 heard
three or four more shots. They called
me, but L said no, / would stay with
Fred l sent for a wagon and we put
him in the wagon. officer Gray came
along and we went through the cabin .
and examined everything. We got a
suit OF dark clothes and coat and vest
Of light suit and a cap. Parlin's gun
was under his coat in the scabbard and
had not been taken out. / went up to I
The jail and then back to the locality
md then searched around in the yicin-
~ OF the lumber yard for a long
while. l went around the lumber office
Tnf
inder the sidewalk. OF the shots about
he lumber yard. two shots were fred
quickly and then there were some few
seconds before the other shots. The
asst shot l heard seemed dull and
'mothered and different in sound from
he other shots. The body under the
sidewalk was lying on its side. The gun
lad dropped between his legs"
Officer Crawfod said: Between IL
md IL O'Clock last Tuesday night was
old OF some shooting and went down I
% the alley with Officer Griffith / s
rot to the cabin after Parlin's body I
lad been removed. Mr.. Mcconnell told I
is he had discovered a man under the {
idewalk. He was on his right side
With his gun between his legs A car
ridge was in his left hand. There was a
J box with four cartridges in it on the a
round. The gun was in his right hand
'etween his legs. The shells were all e
n the gun. / know Campbell WELL 1 s
-rrested him once and he said then
hat / would never arrest him again"
John Nicholson said: II live at IL
East Porphyry street. / am a carpen- /
err did not know Parlin or Judge.
sent to bed Tuesday night about $3.50
clock. My wife woke me up and said
hots were being fired. then heard a
hot in the alley. 1 looked out into the =
LEY and saw a man run right out of
he alley into Porphyry street and then
ITO the lumber yard. / did not leave
he house. 1 saw nothing in the mans
ands." 4
The inquest at this time adjourned
ntil $3.50 O'Clock this morning.