The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-15

| the gang. the men engaged in which
| correspondent in description with the
| robbers of the Great Northern boarding
| car. The saloon was "A couple or three
docks away from the scene of the
boarding car robbery
The state closed and the defendant
| took the stand. He said he was 10 years
| old At the time he was arrested I'm con-
nection with the boarding car hold-up
he was held 40 days in the city Jail. and
subsequently 40 days in the county Jail.
No complaint had ever been filed
against him up to the present time and
he had not been arraigned on any
charge. Witness then related converse
tion had with Mr. Connolly, in which he
was asked what he knew about the
boarding car robbery. and told Mr.. Con-
molly he knew nothing. ard was then
told that he had better tell what he
knew or he would send him to the pen-
tertiary for Is or 20 years. On cross
examination Mr.. Connolly asked if it
was not fact that: Il asked YOU what
you knew about this case and YOU said
nothing. and that | asked YOU if you
said to the officers at the city jail the
bulls are coming; get ready to shoot"'
and that you got nervous and said, you
can send me to the penitentiary, for |
won't peach?'
No. sir; | made no such statement.
/ said ! didn't know these men before
10 ipdAs IN ipi ~ lflt ARREST.
You say you told me you had not
known the gang more tnan As hours; do
you say that now?'
Yes: with the exception of McCuI-
louGh''
Please explain how you made the
acquaintance of so large a body of
prominent citizens in so short a time?"
I saw Mccullough in a saloon and
told him ] was broke. and he said,
There's lot of us WhoNe got a cabin
down here and you can come down and
stay all night and get your breakfast =
MIR. Connolly attempted TO go into
Moodys past history and Mr.. Naughton
objected. indicating that Mr. Connolly
was taking an undue advantage, al
which Mr.. Connolly got a little exas-
perated and inquired why don't you
write book on rules of evidence, you
know SO d-n much about the law .
The threatened hurricane blew over
and the court overruled the objection
Then. under Mr.. Connollys questions,
the witness stated that he came to Butte
from Salt Lake and to there from
Texas. Mr. Connolly attempted to show
that Moody knew Franey in Texas and
Colorado, but desisted upon objection OF
counsel.
Moody was then asked relative to the
circumstances of his having applied To
the county attorneys office and asking
Tor ices for his having been detained so
long as witness, which he admitted
doing. And on being denied, did you
turn on your heel, and on going out, did
YOU say you would get some money!"
asked Mr. Connolly.
Moody replied that he did not, after
Judge Burns had overruled an objec-
ton.
Moody denied that he had ever been
III Montana prior to his coming to Butte
in September, 1895. By occupation he
said, he was a bell boy, hostler. restau-
rant employe. etc. He had never been
a cowboy, but being asked if he had
not stated to Messrs. Stivers and Staple
ton of the county attorneys office that
he had been, he admitted he had ridden
a little.
= After some further questioning the
crosS-examination was completed and
Mr. Naughton announced that the de-
PENDANTS case was in. Counsel took one
another rather severely to task during
the brief argument, and at its conclu-
sion Judge Burns announced that the
defendant would be bound over to the
district court in 81 500 bonds and Moody
was marched back to the county Jail
During his argument Mr. Connolly
gave away a hitherto state secret by
declaring that the man Mccullough, who
figured rs Il member of the Clancy gang.
was the one who peached and gave the
authorities the whole inside facts con-
corning the membership and operations
of the gang