The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-21
Butte Department.

Yes, he said they were alone; the tive
| of them"
Did he tell you they had been drink
ing any," Eyes, sir"
WAS he under the influence OF liquor
when he came to your house?" II could
tell he had been bringing"
Your house is about a half mile
from that cabin?' II don't know; / an
a stranger here"
''You are over in what is called tho
Parrot addition?" Yes sir"
you are below what is called the
Tyroler house?" YES. sir
BY Juror Harris-'You say this was
about a quarter to twelve?" About
FIVE minutes, or twelve; / know he left
just at three. for looked at the clock
just as he happened to CO."
ibid he have any weapon with him?''
mo, SIR"
what color did you say the coat
was?" "A dark cutaway; don't know
whether IL was a blue or black"
you have seen him wear the same
clothes before?" Eyes, sir"
why was II when the police officers
went to your house and asked II this
man had been there the next morning
you denied it?' HE asked IL he was
there, and / said No He asked my
husband IL he knew Ed Campbell and
my husband said NO. and l said you
know Edwards? p and he said Yes"
"Why didn't you tell him he had been
there?' II didn't want to be dragged
into court
what time did the policeman come
there" II didn't notice; l judge be-
tween and o'clock"
You denied his having been there?"
HE asked me If he was there at 4
o'clock; he said he was traced at 4
o'clock; he asked me If he was in the
house. and told him NO
You knew at that time that the po-
liceman was killed. because your hus-
band had come homer" Yes; he said
a policeman was killed; and / didn't
want to be dragged into court ABOUT
it,"
How long have you known Ed
wards?" "Since the 9th or 18th of Sep
tember."
What is your husbands business?"
"a miner"
I'm what mine?" working in the
Glengarry mine, where Edwards work
ed for him; he had a contract there"
This Edwards was a friend OF
yours?" Il never met him until last
fall"
Didn't Edwards tell you not to men
ton 1t to anybody IL they came to In
quire for him?" mo. sir"
what time did he leave your
house?" Three o'clock"
After the lunch?" Yes, sir"
WAS he on the night shift or day
shift" ION day shift; he said he would
go on about o'clock If he would go to
work"
did he tell you he would go back to
his cabin?" mo. sir; never mentioned
IL. He asked me to put up lunch IL
he came, and / said. Come back any
time and get lunch.
Several other witnesses in a meas
ure supported the story contained In
Campbelrs statement to Mrs. Archl-
bald Barney Hall. Tom Farrell ard
Bert Kennedy saw the fatal shot tred
and said II came out OF the caDln
while officer Parlin was talking to
man who seemed to be standing In
the doorway There was no testimony
to corroborate that OF Ed O'Donnell
and w. Il. r. Mcdonald. who made
what under some circumstances, might
have been important statements tend
ing to prove that Campbell killed on
Ger Parlin, and the conclusion seems to
be. to put 1t mildly. that they were mis-
taken.
The first witness on the stand yester-
day morning when the inquest was re-
sumed was Mrs Mary Sloan. He said:
II live at loo South Main. on the night
OF March II. about 20 minutes past IL.
l heard the first shot fired 1t was
north of my house. My house is the
first directly south OF the lumber yard.
l heard five more shots. Night Watch
man Mcconnell and Miss Nicholson
were with me. Mr.. Mcconnell jumped
up and ran out after the first shot and
in about three minutes the second shot
was fired. Then Mr.. Mcconnell came
running back and two men. on each
l. III aid
One was dressed in a light suit and he
ran south and the other in dark
clothes, ran south. l was standing on
the back porch at the time. The third
shot came from the same direction of
the other two. Mr.. Mcconnell ran into
the house and after he could speak he
told us a policeman had been shot and
we shu the door Then the other
shots were fired and the dog, who fol-
lowed the men cried. and 1 knew he
had been shot. The last three shots
were not fired in rapid succession. l
could not Identify any of the two men.
only i knew that one wore light
clothes and the other had dark clothes.
saw the flash and felt the conclusion
of the third shot but did not see who
fired IL. The man with the dark coat
came first and then came Mr.. Neon
nell and near him the other man. one
of the men fired the third shot but I
don't know which one. ! left the house
at the same time Mr.. Mcconnell did
and saw him run up the alley. The
man with the gray suit was about the
same heighs as MIR. Mcconnell / did
not see a gun in any of the mems
hands. Mr. Mcconnell also wore gray
clothes. The other man in the gray
clothes ran on past the house and Mr..
Mcconnell said. that man shot at me-
Mr.. Parlin passed through the yard
about five minutes before the shoot
ing"
w. f. r. Mcdonald was recalled and
said that after he testified the previous
day he called at the county Jail and
took a look at Campbell and said he
thought he was the same man he saw
running down the alley with a gun.
A. j. Mcconnell, the Waterman at the
Montana Lumber company, testified:
Il was at Mrs Sloan's. just sitting
down to supper. when the first shot
was fired. | knew Officer Parlin.
heard a shot and jumped up and went