The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-11
WHO KILLED JACK DAILY
Witnesses at the Inquest Dis
agree in Several RegardaL
A NEW THEORY STARTED
The Attempted Theft OF the Dublin
Gulch Ballots May Have Been
Planned by Men Who Had Bet
Heavily on the Result.

The body Of John J.. Daily. who was
murdered election night in the polling
booth of precinct No. s by d~esperadoes
bent on stealing the ballots of the pre-
cinct. was shipped yesterday to the be-
reaved relatives of the dead man at
Marysville. Cal. There were no fd-
neral services. but a vast number OF
sorrowing friends turned out and paid
their last respects to the memory OF
the young man by joining in the pro-
c~ession. which escorted the body to the
railway station. The body had been
taken to Nevins' boarding house in
Dublin Gulch. where he had lived, the
evening before and during the morn
ing hours of yesterday lay in state In
the parlors of the boarding house. The
casket was strewn with a profusion of
choice flowers. Many friends passed
in to take a last look at the face of
the young man whom they had held in
such high esteem. At 2 o'clock in the
afternoon those who were to escort the
remains to the station. formed in pro-
cession at the boarding house and a
short time after the solemn cortege
passed down Main street to the Oregon
Short Line station. The p~all-bearers
were six young men who had been
friends of Mr.. DAILY in California. Law
renee DAILY accompanied the remains
to the California home.
As far as IL has been possible to learn,
the authorities have made no progress
thus far in solving the mysterious
murder. but they rave their theories
n are devoting all their energies to
working them out. with what success,
will not be known till they are satisfied
they have the right men in mind and
have them under arrest, or wnen there
Is no longer n hope of discovering
the perpetrators Of the terrible crime.
During the day. a telephone message
came to the sheriff's office from a road
house on the Flats that two men. whose
talk while drinking sounded peculiar,
were at the place. Deputy Sherins
Aware M Evans left at once and drove
out to the road house. but the men had
left before they arrived. They follow
ed the men across to the Glencoe, near
the race track, and then to Meaderville,
where the officers lost track of them.
II is not regarded at all likely. how
ever. that they were the right men,
as the murderers could hardly be ex-
pected to 60 about boasting of their
crime. even though drunk. and it is
generally supposed the two men were
only a couple of loud-mouthed drunks.
The outrageous murder was the chief
~ VI tohN VII ~ sNlttNs
yesterday and the indignation expressed
by every one was intense in the ex-
IRENE. No N now pretends to doubt
that the motive OF the murderers was
to make away with the ballots, but
opinions differ as to the object those
who planned the scheme sought TO gain.
Many still old to the theory hat the
holdup was planned by INSCRIPTIONS
politicians in the hope of defeating the
fip fiekat xuhfla n MAUI thQprN
which was advanced yesterday. finds
many advocates. This theory is TO the
effect that the raid was planned by per-
sons who had up large sums of money
on a certain contingency i'm the cleo
ton. IL is known that $12, 900 was bet
in n pool room alone that a certain
candidate would poll more votes than a
certain other candidate, and several
thousand more were wagered at other
places. If the vote of Precinct s, which
was certain to be almost solidly demo-
cratic could be thrown out. Ii would
have a marked effect on this betting
and might win the money for those who
were betting against the democratic
candidates. The theory is that some
one among those who la their money
up against the democratic candidate
planned to have the booth held up and
the ballots destroyed and hired the two
thugs to do 1t. No one imagined that
those responsible expected murder to be
done. but this lessons neither the enor-
nifty of the crime nor the culpability of
those who engineered the raid in the
minds of the great many Who find the
theory plausible. The theory of robbery
being the motive, based on the story
that Andy Higgins a displayed a big
roll at the polls during the day, was
given its quietus yesterday by Higgins
himself, who informed Chief of Police
Mulholland and Sheriff Regain at a on
ference held by them at the city hall
during the afternoon, that he had only
SIS in his possession at any time during
that day.
Acting Coroner Laurandeau begun an
inquest into the murder at Sherman's
undertaking rooms last evening. at
which the stories told by two witnesses.
one of the judges and one of the check
ers. was considerably at variance with
the account of Special Deputy O'Leary.
The latter sal the man he %grappled
with did not fire n shots, while both
the witnesses testified that he fired two.
Another point on which the stories of
the witnesses differ from that of
O'Leary is that DAILY was not going to
O'Leary's assistance when he was shot.
The two witnesses differed also in their
stories. and while one thought the
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white. the other thought they were a
different color. The conflicting state
ments would appear to Indicate that
the excitement and confusion was so
great that no one actually remembers
just what the details of the circum
stances were. County A~ttorney-elect
G. II. Connolly was present at the in
quest and examined the witnesses.
Eugene Sullivan. one Of the judges
of election in precinct No. s. was called.
He said: w were counting the bal
lots. i called the ballots up to about
20 minutes before this affair occurred.
Then / called on Jerry Sullivan TO take
my place and I sat back to rest. About
20 minutes after 4 o'clock. a man YEA
ing a mask entered the door. He had
a gun in ach hand and advanced to-
ward the judges. He said. Throw up
your hands, you - Another mai
came in behind him Deputy Sheriff
O'Leary got up and grappled with the
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