The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-21
CAMPBELL IS HELD
The COrOner's Jury Charges Him With
Murder in the First Degree.
INFORMATION TO BE FILED
Many Witnesses Examined at the
Inquest-Judge's Death Believed
to Have Been Accidental
ParIin's Last Act.


oughly established by the evidence pro-
duced ait the coroner's inquest yester-
day. Some of the witnesses who had
pretended to know a great deal before
they were called to the witness stand
knew very little when they came TO
give their testimony. Several new wit
nesses were produced, however, and
their testimony proved most import
ant, notably that of Mrs. Della Archi-
bald. who. with her husband, lives at
Cos East Park street, over half a mile
from the scene of the murder. 1t was
% her house that Edwards, alias
Campbell, proceeded directly after the
shooting and to her he related the
whole circumstances of the ARRAY prob
ably less than half an hour after the
murder. and Ut was his story that Mrs.
Archibald repeated on the witness
stand. Her appearance and manner
were very much in her favor and add
ed great weight to her testimony. The
following is a stenographic report or
her evidence:
Examination by e. S. Booth
Where do you live. Mrs. Archibald?'
AT 62S East Park street"
do you know a man by the name
of Edwards?" Eyes, and Campbell,
both"
knew him for some years. did
your" mo, sir; / got acquainted with
him last fall"
He was working for your husband?"
Yes. SIR
did you see him on the night of the
18th of March, or on the morning of
the 1Sth?" II saw him on the night
of the 17th.'
About what timer" within 10
minutes of IL, or somewhere around IL
o'clock"
s.rYo .o...o A. ..o,,n .,n,,.oou ssvas
sir"
How was he dressed?" He wore
blue cutaway coat. light pants, no
vest"
was he excfted?" mo: he didn't
seem very excited"
What did he say when he came NJ"
HE asked for my husband, and /
wanted to know who was there. and he
said IL was Ed and wanted to know
who Ed was, and he said Edwards
he asked me to leave him in. / left him
in, and got up and waited until my
husband come"
Did you talk to him while he was
there?" Yes; he told me they had
trouble down at the cabin; there was
shooting scrape, and as near as he
could tell there was a policeman or
two killed, and I asked him who done
II, and he said Judge done it, and he
said he was in the act of cutting some
kindling; that Judge fired a shot in the
air, and that he went on chopplng
kindling. and Judge was inside, and he
happened to be chopping the kindling
about on the door step. when the po-
liceman came along and asked where
the shooting was and he said he didn't
know and he paid no attention; he was
still chopping the kindling wood; he
was in the act of picking up the kind
ling wood and the shot went off over
n lie Obj nd f1na T,I
and he knew from the fall that he was
dead. and he turned to Judge and
asked him what he had done, and said
the best thing they could do was to get
out, and they went through the alley
out of the back door, and he said he
got caught in a barb wire somewhere.
and he said Come on this way and
Judge said, No; l will stand and face
it, and he went on, and in getting
over the fence he caught his pants; he
said he was still going when the shoot
ing was going on; he thought Judge,
was still shooting because the shots
sounded as IL they were from the same
gun. and he said he was afraid two po>
licemen were killed"
He remained at your house how
long?" Until O'Clock: my husband
got home about 2 o'clock. and / got
them some lunch; he said. L guess I
will go up town; IL they need me very
Dad they can get me.
When your husband came In was
Campbell anxious TO inquire what the
result WASP" HE said he would walt
and find out what the news was
Told your husband II had been Fret
ty nearly killing him waiting for the
result, didn't hep" He said he was
waiting for him to come"
"He didn't deny that ne was there ?"
NO; he said he and Judge were the
only two in tho hin ~ III -
said Judge shot this shot in he air.
and that attracted he policeman AID
he was the man that the poll, eman
talked to-
And then he said that he went out
the back door," Yes. sir"
He also told YOU that when the no.
hceman asked him that, that he called
for his partner?' II dom: know hat
kind of call he gave; he said he call
ed for his partner"
Did he give you any reason why
when a policeman asked him where
the shooting was. why he should call
for his partner" mo"
Burt simply claimed he didn't do the
shooting?' Yes. sir
Admitted he was there and knew all
about it?" Yes, sir"
BY Juror Harris-"Did he say that
somebody else had fired the shot before
the policeman cameo" mo, sir: he
said Judge was the one that fired the
shot before the policeman came. He
said the police called for his partner
whoever the partner was. and Judge
came out and shot over Campbelrs
shoulder and hit the policeman; he said
as near as he could tell. the policeman
was shot, and from the fall. he was
dead"
BY Juror Harris-"Are you sure that
he was inside. or on the Outsider He
said on the door; he told me. whether IT
was inside or outside / don't know"
Then he told Judge they would have
TO get out Of there?" Yes. sir"
What reason did he give you: he
was afraid they would be shot: IL the
policeman came up they would shoot
him." He didn't give me no rea-
son"
BY Juror Harris-"Are you sure he
told you he and Judge We're alone in
the cabin" Yes. I am: nobody hut
the two Of them. themselves"
ssThey broke open the back door,"