The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-20

Silver Bow. from the time Of said
murder up to the present time"
The sheriff. n one OF mis- deputies.
made a.fidavits as follows:
p. II. Regain. being duly sworn, on
oath deposes and says: That he Is the
duly elected. qualified and acting
sheriff of Silver Bow county. state OF
Montana; that he was such sheriff on
the 11th day of January, 1898. the day
on which Patrick A. Largely was killed
In the banking room of the State Saw
ings bank. In the city of Butte. silver
Bow county. Montana. That one
Thomas j. Riley. was arrested as the
person who killed the said Patrick A.
Largey. and was confined on said day
In the county Jail of Silver Bow county.
i'm the custody of affiant. as the sheriff
of Silver Bow county. That on account
of the excitement created by the said
killing. affiant. after consultation with
the board of county commissioners of
Silver Bow county, Montana. had the
said Thomas j. Riley removed from the
county jail of Silver Bow county afore-
said, in charge Of deputies. by secretly
transferring the said Thomas j. Riley
from the said county Jail to and into
a covered wagon then in the yard OF
said Jail. and thence. without the
knowledge of any n outside Of the
sheriffs office. transferred the said
Thomas j. Riley to Silver Bow June
ton. a railway station more than five
miles distant from the county jail of
Silver Bow county, and thence taking
a train To Deer Lodge. where the said
Thomas j. Riley was incarcerated in
the state p~enitentiary for a period of
about "a week. That afiant, as the
sheriff Of Silver Bow county. consider
ed that IL was necessary to remove the
said Thomas j. Riley from the county
Jail aforesaid in order TO avoid any
trouble growing out of the excitement
in the minds of the public as the result
of the killing of Patrick A. Largely
aforesaid"
Dennis O'Neill. being duly sworn. on
oath deposes and says: That he is dep
uty sheriff of Silver Bow county, Mon
That as such deputy sheriff he,
together with two other deputy sher-
lifts of said county removed Thomas J.
Riley, the alleged slayer of Patrick a
Largey. by and with the Instructions
of i. II. Regain. sheriff of Silver Bow
county, Montana, from the jail of Sill
Yer Bow county on the nth day of
January. 1898. and placed the said
Thomas J. Riley in a covered wagon.
known as the county poor farm wagon.
thence took him secretly from the yard
of said Jail by "A route unknown at the
to anyon but those having charge
of the said Thoma j. Riley. and others
connected with the sherin's Office If
Bow county. Montana. TO the
railway station at Silver Bow Junction.
In said county of silver Bow. distant
more h five miles from the Jail oc
Bow county. That there the sai1
Thomas j. Riley was placed on the
train by this afllant and two other dep
uty sheriffs and taken to the state pen
itentiary at Deer Lodge and there in
where he remained for
more than one week"
NJ. A. Berger, manager of the Inter
Publishing company, made
an affldavit that on Jan. IL. about the
hour of 3 y. M. an extra edition rom
an account of the murder was
n that IN that date the Inter
issued 1908 copies of it's pa
per. which were generally circulated in
Silver Bow county.
NJ. NJ. Miller. manager of the Miner
company, made affidavit
that an extra edition of the Miner was
published on Jan. IL and also issued it's
edition on Jan. IL. both issues
conspicuous accounts of the
murder. and the editions were gener-
ally circulated in Silver Bow and adj
counties. The number of copies
Is not stated in the affidavit.
William f., Bond, business nag
of the Anaconda Standard, set forth in
an affidav the fact that the Standard
issued M extra edition on account of
he murder. but that it's regular edi-
lion. to the number of 10. 150 copies. was
issued the next morning. and hat the
largest percentage Of the edition cir
in Silver Bow and Deer Lodge
Mr.. Connolly, the chief deputy county
attorney. after filing the stack Of affi-
lavits. read the petition presented a
week ago and published at hat time,
a formal application for a
,hange of venue.
w. j. Naughten. uns for Riley.
hen asked for and was granted until
next Saturday to prepare and file
counter affidavits and the further hear
ing OF the matter was continued until
hat time.
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