The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-19

name is Mrs. Ming. reside in Pioneer.
My little girl came in the house and
said. What is the matter with Mrs.
Emery? / guess she is scared because
there is some shooting going on i
went over right away. / saw her ly-
ing right in the door which was wide
open. Her night dress was burning.
asked her what / could do. right away.
She hollered for help. l went back to
do what could She said, Don't touch
me; 1 got shot twice Then the men
came. / saw no one about the yard.
She did not say who shot her. Mrs.
Emery's head was lying towards the
door. 1t was about five minutes after
the shooting when l arrived. i live
across the yard from Mrs. Emery.
was the first one there"
Gus Staver, being sworn, said: "As
/ was coming from Lossrs store, I saw
a man coming down the hill. / went to
my cabin and out again, and going up
the road as 1 passed Emery's house l
heard a man say, You robbed me-
Then heard two shots fired. 1 walked
about the width of the shoemaker's
shop between the time when / heard
the words and when the shots were
fired. The man was dressed In dark
clothes with a rather long overcoat. i
think he had full beard. He had
gun ON MS snOulueT. Il TeCoBniLcu lic
voice to be that of Philip Allen. After
the crowd had gathered l saw Allen
going up the hill He then had gun.
He stopped on top of the hill and look
ed back on the town. 1t might be eight
or 10 minutes from the time the shots
were fired till saw him on top of the
hill. / did not go to the house where
Mrs. Emery was shot. This was about
half-past o'clock, or maybe little
after. / was well acquainted with AL
len."
A. G.. Wilhelm being sworn, said:
About 1880 o'clock last evening ]
heard a shot rather louder than a pis-
tol shot / paid no attention to 1t.
About five minutes later a crowd pass
ed my door running in the direction
of Mrs. Emery's house. One person
called in the store and said Mrs. EN-
cry is shot and on fire. About 15 min
utes after that Mrs. Blessinger came in
the store and told me that Mrs. Emery
was dying and wanted to see me. j
started to go there. About half way
there l thought l could not be of any
use and returned to the store. About
half an hour later Paul Hartz came In
and said The ladies want to see you"
/ asked him wlaat ladies. he said the
ladies up at Mrs. Emery's.' / then
went up to the house. / noticed some
blood close to the side door; that was
in the kitchen. then went in the bed
room. There were four or five ladies
there besides Mrs. Emery. Mrs. En-
cry was partly covered with blood and
lying on the bed. / made a few re-
marks of no import. Then she asked
the ladies to retire. She wanted to
speak to me alone. She spoke about US
being old timers and knowing each
other for 81 years and said she wanted
to tell me something. She said, sit
bod I did a and
she gave me her left hand and the way
/ was sitting, / gave her my left hand
after she asked for II. She then said,
What l am telling to you now, never
tell to any one I said, IF 1t Is any
thing terrible I do not want to hear
it, She said, Well, will you not tell
IL as long as I am living / told her
No. would not tell as long as she
was living Then she told me that
she expected Mr.. Emery home that
night She undressed and got ready
to go to bed. She heard a rap at the
door and went and opened II but in
stead of finding Mr. Emery she saw
what she first thought was drunken
man trying to get in there. L asked
her did that man have a gun. She
said she did not see any at the time.
She said, The man says You have
robebd me"' She disengaged her left
hand and then put It in this position
describing the position), and contin-
ued: He put the gun right against
my body and fired Then / asked
her, who was this manT She then
gave me both her hands and made me
promise not to tell the name as long as
she lived and then she told me II was
Phillip Allen. She had spell of vom-
fting and the ladies came in, and after
they left she told me that she was salts
fed that Mr.. Allen had been up to Mr..
nd lrfIlnd him
/ asked her. Did you ever know where
/ Mr. Allen was during all the time he
was away?' She said no. she did not,
but she said, Mr.. Sandon might know.
That was about all the conversation we
had"
Joe Lossl, being sworn, said: After
1880 O'Clock there was no one at Mrs.
Emery's house but Mrs. Coleman, Mrs.
Blessinger and Mrs. Lossl and myself.
] staid half an hour at a time and was
| back and forth TO my residence. About
IL o'clock Mrs. Emery asked IL the doc
tor was coming / told her 1t was very
stormy and we expected him any mo-
ment We saw she was failing fast
, and the pain was working upwards.
She said she was feeling funny and
everything around her was growing
dark. About 2:20 o'clock a. m. she said.
/ Il am going and bade the women
goodbye. She looked around a few
times and breathed till FIVE minutes TO
3 O'Clock and then died. Her death was
caused by the shots"
William Emery. being sworn. said
Mrs. Emery was shot twice through
the lower part of the body, about the
groin, and the bullets passed through
her body and coming out in her back.
was not at home at the time of the
shooting. / was up on the ditch. and
got home about O'Clock this morn
ang. Mrs. Emery has told me that she
thought Mr. Allen might come hack II
he was still alive, but she was moi
afraid to meet him. j do not know
where Mr.. Allen was keeping himself
went up on the ditch last Monday.
was home wednesday. went back the
afternoon of the same day and re-
turned at o'clock this morning"
Mrs. colburn. being sworn, said: y
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