The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-01
.HODNETT THE SQUEALER
How the Gentleman From Jeffer-
son Bucked the Tiger.
HOW THE BEAST ACTED
How Hodnett Squealed-How He Was
Induced to Stop His Squealing- How
He Was Led On to Squeal
Little Louder.

The preliminary hearing of Henry AL
bertson, Harry Woolrich and jeremiah
Clifford, the three men accused OF con-
spring to defeat the ends of justice and
pervert the due operation of the law by
attempting to bride one David Hodnett
to withhold information that might
lead to prosecutions for violation of the
anti-gambling law, was held yesterday
afternoon in Justice Laurandeau's
court. The afternoon was occupied in
taking the testimony in the case IA the
conclusion of which a continuance was
taken to next Tuesday at o'clock 70
enable the court stenographer to tran
scribe his notes and have the testimony
signed by the witnesses in compliance
with Judge Clancy's order directing
that such proceedings be had IN all
criminal cases coming to the district
court on preliminary hearings. At that
time Judge Laurandeau will pass judg
ment as to whether or not the defend
ants will be held to answer to tie dis
trict court.
When the case came up at O'Clock.
the complaining witness, Hodnett, was
placed on the stand and told to relate
the circumstances of the case as he
knew them. He said
My name is David HoGnett: ! am Is
years old, and am a miner by occupa
ton. ! reside in Jefferson county, Mon
tana. ] came to Butte in company with
my employer on the I'D day Of Decem-
Der, 1897, for the purpose of spending
Christmas. | am acquainted With Ike
Morehouse Henry Albertson and Harry
.Woolrich In the course of the evening
of the 23d | went up onto the second
floor of the premises known as More
house & Albertsons Combination buii1-
ing, on Main street, below Broadway.
i there met Harry Woolrich. whom /
have known for some years and during
the time he resided in Helena. Mont.
Woolrich there asked me if ! would loan
him So ! refused to loan him $40. and
he then asked me if / wanted to p.av
faro bank / replied Yes, that | would
play Woolrich then said: i will take
you where there is a game. and walked
downstairs. leading from the Combina-
tion premises, onto Main street. and
went to the first stairway and up the
stairway to what is known as the Silver
Bow. There Mr.. Woolrich took me over
TO a faro bank and | played faro. There
We're present at this game a dealer, a
! lookout and another party. who was
probably a dealer These parties I do
not know, nor have l been able to find
any of them since that time. Besides
these parties, Mr. Woolrich and myself
We're present. ] staked Harry Woolrich
to $40 to play the bank for me. Wool
rich lost the $40. which said $40 was
lawful and genuine money of the
United States. / refused to stake him
any further and Woolrich then went
| away. l then played against the bank
myself for some time and lost 1927 alto
! gether on that evening at the said faro
| bank in the presence of those parties |
have mentioned, which said amount in
| cluded the $40 l staked Harry Woolrich
! with.
This gambling saloon or premises
! Joined Morehouse &, Albertsons saloon
81 -
wall which connected with Morehouse
& Albertson's saloon and gambling
house on the north, and through this
! aperture or hole drinks We're passed
! from the bar run by Morehouse & Al
| bertson There were numerous gamb-
/ ling devices, implements and tables in
! this room, which looked as though it
had been occupied as a gambling place
! for some time. From these circum-
| stances surrounding the transaction,
namely, the gambling and the loss of
my money and all the circumstances
| leading up to it, l came to the conclu-
sion that the game had not been fairly
run and that | had been robbed of my
money, or at least unfairly dealt with
in the transaction. During the time
| that | lost the amount of money | have
mentioned, 1 left the gambling layout
| for the purpose of getting more money,
as l had exhausted all my funds on
| my person, and went down for the pur-
! pose of getting some mofe money.
When / returned / went up into the
stairway of the Combination. run by
Morehouse & Albertson. and | there
met Ike Morehouse. whom ] have
known for q great many years. ! asked
! Mr.. Morehouse if the game | had been
playing at in the other room adjoining
! his, was his. He said to me, Yes; | am
| interested in the game. but we have
| to keep a little quiet | then went over,
,i1.c. into her
/ had been gambling before, and played
the balance of my money. | did not
win at any time during the game. but
| lost everything | had played Feeling
| that i had been dealt with unfairly. /
determined to report the matter TO the
| police authorities and went over TO the
! police station and saw one or two po-
| lice officials, among them Captain DaW-
| son, and a party, ! think, was Detec-
/ tive Murphy.
Il complained of this gambling and
! the loss | had sustained and told them
| thought | had been robbed. L then
went to my room and slept until morn
! ing. On getting up the next morning l
/ went out, and at about noon, as | was
standing in front of the California
I Brewery hall, on Main street. Harry
| Woolrich came up, and then Woolrich
! said to me, That is a pretty way you
4 have been roaring about me and about
! being robbed Woolrich then went on to
I say that if the matter came to law
| would never get a cent back, and that
/ he would swear that he had never seen
I ME and didn't know me, and that there
| was no such thing as faro game run
1 ming where l said there was, and that
! l would get the worst of il. lie then
! said that if l went about the matter in
| the right way l might get my money
! back, and that he would do all he could
/ towards getting the money for me. He
| then suggested that if ! would take S100
/ that he thought Ike Morehouse and
| Henry Albertson would put up 500
! apiece, but if | got stubborn and went
! To Ike Morehouse about it he would
| probably not give me a cent He then
| suggested that he would see that s1o0
was returned to me if ! would contra
/ dict the report of the affair made 10y
| me to the police authorities and which
| appeared in the papers that morning
| agreed fo" the purpose Of getting my
money back. believing that / had been
! robbed Of the money, to do this. I told