The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-05-13
BLOOR and THE BILL
The End Of Hslepa's Sensational Case
Is Not Far Away.
ADDRESSES TO THE JURY
Representative Clark's Attitude Se-
verely Criticised by the De-
fense-He's Roasted Some
What Witnesses Say.

Helena, May l2.-The trial OF John
Bloor. the secretary OF the senate.
charged with secreting the salary bill.
was practically concluded to-day. II
was nearly midnight when the prose-
cutting attorney concluded his address
to the Jury and the judge permitted the
jurors TO go TO their homes. saying that
he would read his charge In the morn
ing, when the case would be left to
them for determination. The lawyers
for the defense laid stress on the attl-
tude of Representative w. A. Clark of
Madison county.
Lawyer Il. ]. Walsh said: THE fact
Is that Mr.. Clark was neglectful of his
duties as a legislator. He wanted to
make John Bloor the scapegoat. He tes-
titled that the people Of the state want
ed the bill to become law. He says IL
was passed before 12 o'clock. The SEN
ate did not adjourn until five hours
later and during that time the bill lay
on the desk. II was the duty OF Mr..
Clark TO have seen that the bill went
through the regular channel to the gov
ernor."
County Attorney Purcell said in clos
ing. that the man who would attempt
to shift the evidence of his neglect to
the shoulders of another, as Bloor had
attempted, 10 make II appear that
David Marks had stolen the bill by
placing II on his desk the next day.
would commit the crime charged In the
indictment. The defense began the day
by introducing Its witnesses.
The state closed It's case Monday and
the defense opened this morning. when
h. l.. Iangford, a plumber. was put on
s.ll Ia n. Ia a Lot. ...l
Mr.. Bloor to keep track OF the bills the
last night. The defense still persisted
in its point that the adjournment Of the
legislature was not had until o'clock
the morning after the 60th day OF the
session. Mr.. Langford told how he had
been at work until nearly o'clock and
that the senate was ostensibly in SEES
sion all the time. He said that he made
the last endorsement made In the senate
on the salary bill and handed IL to Mr..
Bloor He had not seen Treasurer
Kinds of Silver Bow in the chamber
that night and testified that he did not
perceive the wink that was sinister and
that was told about by Representative
Clark. On cross-examnation he said
that he was once a Law partner OF MIR.
plS%bes po"T but q@l e ~ nv n siSps
Lieutenant Governor Spriggs said that
he had not seen Mr.. Kinds at the desk
except to talk to himself and that he
did not see him converse with Bloor at
all. He also said that he did not see a
sinister wink.
John n. Ervey. doorkeeper in the SEN
ate. testified that he stopped the senate
clock.
When" he was asked.
Seventeen minutes to L."
do you remember the passage Of
house bill 1852
Yes, sir"
Did II pass before or after you
stopped the clock?"
After"
How long after?''
About three and half hours. II was
sometime between . and O'Clock"
State Senator Hannah said he had not
seen Mr.. BlOor and Mr.. Kinds In con-
versation during the evening In ques-
tion. On crOss-examination Rev. MIR.
Hannah said that he had no special in
terest I'm the case except to see that Jus
tice was done: that II Mr.. Bloor were
guilty he wanted to see him sent to the
penitentiary: that IL he were innocent
he wanted to see him released and vim
dicated.
Bloor himself told the story outlined
ii tHc duutcSS VI the lhN ytTs IbT tne ue-
Tense. He said he placed the bill in the
rack of the clerk OF the house, because
II belonged in the house and not in the
senate" He said he was sorry now that
he had done II.
Didn't you. in Butte. tell Mr. Camp
bell and MIR. Fox that Dave Marks stole
the bill?" he was asked on cross-exam-
ination.
II don't think did," he replied. But
my mind Is not so very clear as to some
things ] did and said In Butte that
evening"
In rebuttal. Representative Campbell
and Sidney Fox OF Big Timber said that
Bloor told them in the dining room of
the McDermott in Butte that Dave
Marks stole the bill. applying to Mr..
Marks an epithet that In some parts of
the country Is said to be especially
provocative of fight.
Representative William A. Clark was
recalled and said positively that the
first time he saw Mr.. Kinds In the SEN
ate was before Il o'clock.
State Senator Alexander Metzel of
Madison county was called. and testif
simply to the fact that Representative
Clark sat in his seat In the senate cham
her the last night Of the Legislature.
The addresses OF the lawyers for both
sides were taken up at once and an
evening session Of the court was held 10
disnoae of them,