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

| nus Hoou Wnen a SnOt was uTeu ONti
MS shoulder by Judge and the police
man fell. Edwards said they would
better get out If they did not want to
get killed. and they left the cabin. They
separated, and Judge made some re-
mark about standing his hand. Ed
wards did not get any clothes at my
mouse. He had on a dark coat and
| don't think he wore any vest. He
showed me a rip in his pants where he
ran into a barbed wire fence in running
| away. / was partly drunk at the time
| and don't remember of Edwards, or
Campbell, having told me how they left
the cabin or how many of them there
were In the cabin at the time Of the
| shooting. / don't remember when Ed
wards left my house. but / think /
was in bed before he went. I advised
him to give himself up and 1 think he
said he would do so. Then he asked my
wife II she would put up a bucket and
he would go to work. and If they want
ed him they could come and get him. /
had known Edwards five or six years
and he boarded with me once. 1 never
| knew him to own a gun"
Charles Anderson testified that he
went over the ground on the day of
the shooting. IT looked under the side
walk where Judge was found he said.
land then started across the vacant lot
at the corner of Porphyry and Main
the alley where Officer Parlin was shot
Close to the barbed wire fence, which
was strung about four feet above the
ground, in the middle of the corral.
found black felt hat and a bottle of
whiskey wrapped up in paper. 1t look
ed as though some one had ran into the
wire and fallen down."
officer James Baldisero gave the fol-
lowing testimony: II know Ed Camp
bell and Morris Nugent by sight. l left
Officer Parlin at the corner of Main
and Mercury streets about 20 minutes
before he was shot l went east and
up Wyoming. / was ON Wyoming north
of Galena when I heard the shooting.
/ ran down Wyoming to Galena and
then over to Arizona and then south,
and at the corner of Mercury and Ari-
IONA / met Campbell and Morris Nu-
gent walking north on Arizona street
/ asked them where the shooting was,
and Nugent said You've got the best
of me; l was just thinking about it my
self They were not walking very fast
and they did not stop. Nugent wore the
same clothes he did last night. 1 did
not notice how Campbell was dressed.
/ heard five shots and IL was after the
last one that / met Campbell and Nu-
gent"
Mrs. Mildred wilkins testified as fol-
lows: II live in Wyoming alley in the
cabin known as No. 8, the one south of
the one in which Campbell and Judge
lived. 1 have heard shooting in there
very frequently. One night about three
weeks ago two shots were fired in their
cabin and / called to them to stop
shooting or / would call a policeman.
One of them replied that he would kill
the s. of a b. of a policeman II he
came in there. Barney Hall was in my
house at the time. / think It was
Coz N1Nsall rlaflr do hn ca
was very quiet and never had much to
say. was in my house about o'clock
on Tuesday afternoon when the trouble
occurred in cabin No. 2. Judge came
out with a gun in his hand and the
women ran into my house and the
men ran up the alley"
James Mccormick was next called to
the stand. He had been telling around
for four or five hours yesterday after
noon that he knew all about the shoot
ing probably in the hope of getting a
fee out of the case, and Detective Mel
klejohn arrested him.
Where do you liver" inquired Mr.
Booth of the witness.
In Main street alley back of the
Iron Works." replied Mccormick.
What do you know about this
case?"
Nothing at ALL"
How long have you been in Butte?"
Since January"
Have you done any work during |
that timer"
mo, sir"
Mccormick was returned to jail and |
a charge of vagrancy was entered |
against him on the strength of his own |
admission.
Campbell Charged with Murder.
Mr.. Booth then stated that there |
were no more witnesses and the jury |
retired After a elaboration lasting |
not more than 20 minutes the jury re-
turned the following verdict:
I'm the matter of an inquest held at |
the city hall, Butte, Silver Bow county, |
Mont, on the 10Th and 10th days of |
March, A. d. 1896. before Joseph Rich
ards, coroner of said county, on the
dead bodies of Roderick p. Judge and
Fred A. Parlin, we, the undersigned |
jurors, after hearing the testimony /
and making all needful inquiries, do |
hereby return the following verdict:
I'VE find than the deceased, Roderick
p. Judge, came to his death by means
of a gunshot wound inflicted by the en-
trance of a bullet in the forehead of the
said Roderick p. Judge; said bullet
passing into the brain, which gunshot
wound was caused by the accidental
discharge of a revolver or pistol, prob
ably in the hands of the said Roderick
I. Judge, Wnlie ne, the Sdlu houerlck
p. Judge, was in the act of reloading
the said gun, pistol or revolver. and
while he was in the act of secreting
himself from the officers of the law
and attempting to escape public JUS
tice.
I'VE find that the deceased. Fred A.
Parlin. came to his death by means of
a gunshot wound inflicted by the en-
trance Of a bullet in the right temple
Of the said Fred A Parlin and which |
said bullet passed through the brain
10 the base of the brain thereby caus-
ing his death. We find from the testi-
nony that the circumstances under
which the said Fred A. Parlin met his
death on March II. 1896. are as follows:
That the said Fred A. Parlin was a
regular policeman of the city Of Butte.
and was doing duty at the time he met
MS death as such officer: that on the
9TH of March lSa6 at about the hn,,. |