The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-19
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
The Jones Assault Case Is Still
the Attraction.
A STRONG DEFENSE MADE
Mrs Fullerton an Excellent Witness
for Her Husband, the Defendant.
Every Minute of Time Is
Accounted For.


Great Falls, March 1S.-While the court
room was not as much crowded this
this morning as it was yesterday, still the
crowd was far larger than is customary
at the trial of case and all of the seats
were taken.
The session opened with the cross-exam-
nation of Dr. Mccain, but no new facts
were brought out. the doctor sticking to
his assertion that Mary Jones physical
condition might have been produced by
other causes than assault. Mrs. Morgan
the aunt of the plaintiff, was the next
and the last witness put on the stand by
the prosecution. Her evidence had practi-
cally been included in the statements
made by the plaintiff and was merely cor
roborative. The prosecution then closed
and Attorney Berry made his opening
statement for the defense.
Mrs. Fullerton, wife of the plaintiff, was
the first witness for the defense She told
the story of the relations borne by herself
and husband to Mrs Morgan and her
niece, the plaintiff, and told 1t i'll a cool
and Unconditional manner. She made an
excellent witness for the defense, and
never even on cross-examination, where
the questions asked by the prosecution
were most trying, did she become con-
fused or hesitate but rather strengthened
her direct testimony. She explained the
muff episode by stating that Miss Jones
about the first of December had picked up
Mrs. Fullertons muff and said that she
wished they would give her one like 1t
for Christmas. Later she and Mr.. Fuller
ton were in Strain Bros. store and pur-
chased hood for Mrs Morgan's little
girl and she told her husband that Mary
wished a muff and ne replied that he
would get her one. They looked at a num-
Der but made no purchase of one at the
time Later her husband bought presents.
Christmas presents for the Morgan girl
and for Mary. She knew nothing of it at
the time, but knew that he was intending
to do so. She also testified that she YVES
at the gallery in the Vaughn building at
2:i5 on the afternoon of the fatal 10th of
December the exact time at which Mary
testified that the assault took place, and
strengthened her evidence OH the point
by giving little events of the day in de-
tail The morning session closed with her
still on the stand and the prosecution
cross-examining.
With the afternoon session the cross
examination of Mrs Fullerton was re-
sumed. After a few questions, which fail
ed to shake her testimony. the prosecu-
ton dropped her and she was then sue
ceeded by "a number of witnesses, whose
testimony was short, but of much I'M
portance. Three witnesses testified that
they were in the Vaughn block gallery
on the fateful afternoon and talked with
Mr.. Fullerton and had sittings for pho
tographs. The time covered by their pres
ence in the gallery also covered the time
in which the plaintiff claimed the assault
was committed. and showed conclusively
that an assault could hardly have oc-
CURED on that particular afternoon.
fourth witness testified to seeing the
other witnesses there. .=
Mrs. W. A. Doyle was put on the stand
Ag,ar ted nf he mi
tails of the testimony for the defense
Thomas Lee. driver of the Sand Coules
stage stated that he had carried Miss
Jones from the gallery operated by th'
Fullertons to Sand Coulee on the morning
of the 18th. three days after the offense /:
alleged to have taken place; that he con
versed with the plaintiff on the road ant
that she was apparently in good health
and spirits. He also witnessed the parting
between the plaintiff and the Fullertons
and everything to him was APPARENT.
lovely.
Ole Johnson, employed at Sand Coule'
by Mrs. Morgan as a cook in restau
rant there, testified to the receipt of th
muff given by Fullerton to Miss Jones ant
stated that the recipient seemed to be de
lighted. with it. The prosecution had ;
hard 1ime-with him on Dissemination
as he either refused to know or did no
know anything save the above facts
Sam Stephenson, attorney for the de
Tense, at the close of the cross-examina
ton, said he desired to apologize to tn
court and to have the witness dismissed
The incident passed with a broad girl
from all in the court room and daze
look on the face of the witness.
The afternoon wound up with the test
mony of the defendant himself, r. F
Fullerton. He began his story away bac
in July of last year, when he says Mrs
Morgan came to him with some photo
graphic negatives and asked him to fms
pictures from them. He refused to do s
at the time as he and his wife had 2
they could do with work of their owr
After consultation with his wife the
agreed to finish the work in such spar
moments as they could find from thei
other labors Mrs. Morgan was at III
time running a small studio at Belt, an
having hard time of it, In August sh
gave up the struggle and moved into tn
CITY She came to the Fullertons, wit
whom she had at that time become some
what better acquainted. She was hard Il
and asked them If she could sleep at the
gallery on Central avenue. below Fourt
street. They took pity on her and above
her to do so and in addition gave her til
use of a folding bed. She engaged in VI
rions kinds of work and naturally wa
more or less in the Vaughn block CALLER.
and finally the arrangement, after di: