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

or by one I'd Campbell. alias Ed Ed
wards. alias Ed Boxley. the said Rod
erick 4. Judge. and the said Ed Camp
bel being at the time in the vicinity OF
a cabin situated i'm Wyoming alley in
the city OF Butte. Silver Bow county.
Mont, between Silver and Porphyry
streets, and known as No. Wyoming
alley, which said cabin was occupied
oy the said Roderick +. Judge and the
said Ed Campbell. and that the dis
charge of the said pistol or revolver at
mat time by said party was done pur-
posely and with the intent OF attract
Ing the attention of some officer of the
city and bringing him into said alley
with the intent of doing such officer
some bodily injury; that the said Fred
A Parlin upon hearing the report of
the revolver so discharged went to
SAID alley, In the discharge of his duty
Tor the purpose of ascertaining the
cause and for this purpose went TO the
SAID cabin No. 2 in Wyoming alley
Roderick =. Judge and the said
I'd Campbell. That the said Fred A.
Parlin inquired of the said Ed Campbell
who had fired or discharged the re-
Nolver, and that the said Campbell in
formed him Parlin) that he did not
know, that the shot was fired further
down the alley; that Immediately there
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an officer who was i'm the alley some
little distance from him and immediate
~ following the inquiry of the said
Fred a. Parlin to the said officer below
him as to whether he had a gun or not
a shot was fired. and. in the opinion of
this jury. said shot was fired or dis
charged from a revolver or pistol held
In the hands of the said Ed Campbell
at the said Fred A. Parlin. and that
said shot was fired or discharged from
a revolver or pistol i'm the hands of the
said Ed Campbell at the said Fred A.
Parlin, and that said shot was fired in
tentionally and wilfully and deliberate
ly and with the intent to kill and muir
der the said Fred A. Parlin, deceased
for the reason that the bullet taken
from the person of the said Fred A.
Parlin is of a different size and caliber
and fired from a different weapon than
the one which inflicted the wound ana
was found in the possession of the said
Roderick p. Judge, deceased, and also
by reason of the threats which have
been shown by the testimony to have
previously been made.
We further find that the said Fred
A. Parlin was removed from the scene
of said homicide to the Wells hospital
In Silver Bow county, Montana, and
thereafter on the 18th day Of March.
1896, at the hour of about 12:4O O'Clock
I'VE therefore recommend that the
said Ed Campbell be detained in Gus
tody by the sheriff of SILVER Bow coun-
ty upon the charge of murder I'm the
first degree, to be dealt with as provid-
ed by law. In testimony whereof. the
said Jurors have hereunto set their
hands the day and year aforesaid:
Chance l.. Harris,
"A. NJ. Day,
Harvey III. Cullom,
James James,
william Knight.
ALBERT p. Nickel"
Deputy County Attorney Booth stated |
after the verdict had been read that an |
will be filed against Camp
bell in the district court
Officer Parlin's last act before he |
went on shift on the night that ne was |
murdered was to give an order for his |
share of the proceeds of the polcemen's |
ball, amounting to 50, to be paid over |
to Mrs. Sam Ash.