The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-01
BY THE HAND OF WORKS
Inquest Held Over the Body of
Edward Daily.
THE VERDICT OF THE JURY
DAILY Had a Few Drinks in Him but
Was Not Very Much Intoxicated.
He and Works Had a Dispute
Over Bill-The Evidence.

Coroner Tremblay yesterday after
Edward DAILY, the man who was shot
and killed Sunday night by Robert
Works at the Duggan boarding house
in Dublin gulch. The state was repre-
sented at the inquest by c. P. Connolly,
the chief deputy county attorney. The
jury was composed of ]. B. Glover, p.
H. Gallagher C. w. Newton, John
Fogarty, Jacob Bovais and Arthur
Walker.
The first witness was James Brennan.
who said he was in the saloon when
Daily came in and asked Works for his
bill. Works replied that he did not
have time to give it to him. DAILY
seemed to have a few drinks in him
but was not very much intoxicated.
Works handed him sheet of paper
with his accounts on it and said he
owed two hundred and some dollars.
DAILY said he was pretty good figurer
himself and he would look over the
account himself. He took the paper and
sat down to a table for five or six min
utes. The next thing Brennan noticed
was some words between Daily and
Works The former was walking
around behind the bar and the two men
got into d scufffe, and then shot was
fired, followed by two others. Brennan
jumped up and grabbed the gun just as
Works raised 1t again to shoot or strike
Daily was on the floor and was holding
on to Works legs. Brennan took the
gun away from Works and marched
the man down town and turned him
over to Police Officer Fogarty.
officer Fogarty testified to the fact
that he received Works from Brennan
and took him to the jail and turned his
gun over to Captain Dawson.
John d. Ryan, the next witness. testi-
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the whole ARRAY. He said DAILY was
not drunk. He came into the saloon
and asked for a drink and the witness
and DAILY and another man had some
beer. DAILY then asked for his board
bill, but Works said he could not give
him the bill until the next morning. He
gave him slip of paper with the ac-
count made up to the 5th of February
and turned to the book to make out the
rest Of the bill. Several men then came
in and asked for drinks and Daily got
up and also asked for one, but Works
wouldn't give it to him. DAILY was
standing at the end of the bar and
grabbed Works by the shoulder and
stepped behind the bar Works turned
TO a drawer back of the bar and took
out revolver and fired two shots at
DAILY, who fell to his knees. Works
struck him with the gun when it went
off the third time There We're no blows
angry. Not more than five seconds
elapsed from the time DAILY took hold
Of Works till the shots were fired. The
third shot did not hit Daily and 1T was
the opinion of the witness that the gun
went off accidentally. When he fired
the two shots he held the gun within
a foot of Days body. Ryan did not
think DAILY had a very firm grip on
Works shoulder.
John Landers saw only a part of the
affray and did not see how it began. He
testified that the third shot went off,
accidentally while he struck DAILY
when the latter was on his knees on the
floor.
James Harrington also was in the
saloon and the first he knew of any
thing going on was when there was
some loud words about a board bill
About 10 minutes later he heard a shot
and then he got up and left the saloon.
He only heard two shots and could not
say who fired them.
Barney Burns, another boarder at
the Duggan house, said he was sitting
a card table and the first he knew
of the affray was when Daily and
Works We're scuffiing behind the bar
and then Works raised gun and fired
two shots. the gun was almost against
Days body. DAILY had both of his
hands on Works shoulder. After the
third shot was fired Brennan took
W bIhS Out anu Ddly WAS lett lying on
the floor. No one disturbed the body
until the coroner arrived.
Thomas Curran testified that ne was
in the Duggan house saloon between 10
and IL o'clock, but he did not know
much about the shooting. He heard
the first shot and then looked over to-
ward the bar and saw the two men
clinch, then two more shots were fired
and Curran ran out of the house. He
returned five or ten minutes later and
saw DAILY lying dead on his back out
side the bar.
Nicholas Roman testified, but knew
very little about the affair, as he saw
nothing of ii until after the first two
shots We're fired. No one disturbed
Days body until after the coroner ar
rived except that some one took a cover
off billiard table and placed 1t under
the dead mans head.
Morris Flynn, aged 10. testified that
he saw DAILY go behind the bar to get a
drink from Bob Works but Works
wouldn't give it to him but pulled out
a gun and shot him twice. The wit
mes said Works told Daily he could have
no more drink and Daily started to go
behind the bar 10 get 1t himself and
Works got his gun and shot him.
Count. Physician r. J. Sheerin, who
held an autopsy on the dead man. was
the last witness, and testified that he
found two bullet holes close TO the chest
bone, one about two inches above the
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