The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-19

came back UP town. When they
reached the store of Wills & Gnose on
Commercial avenue. they took the
sugar from the wagon and piled il on
the sidewalk in front of the store.
Dorr had been paid $40 for his part of
the work by Galbraith. The question
being put whether or not he knew the
sugar to have been stolen, he replied
that it had been. Here an objection
was made and the lawyers began chew
ing the rag with each other until the
court threatened to fine the first law
yer that talked across the board. the
court said that he might testify to his
share of the transaction between him
self and Galbraith with reference To
the theft of the sugar.
Continuing, the witness testified to
having delivered some so sacks of
wheat to the store of Wills & Gnose in
June last. The wheat had been taken
from the warehouse of the Copper City
Commercial company. The wheat
transactions were strongly objected to
by the defense, on the ground that the
evidence was immaterial. but the court
allowed it to go in and the defense took
an exception to the ruling.
Dorr. upon his cross-examination,
testified as to his occupation and other
matters. He said he had been in Ana
conda for some time. He had worked
at the lower works and also in lum-
ber yard. He had afterwards secured
the position as stable boss at the Cop
per City store He had not seen Mr..
Gnose pay Galbraith the $50 nor any
other sum, and could not state that
the MONEY came from Mr.. Gnose. He
admitted that he was acting as a sort
of private detective and that all of his
acts had been done under instructions
from his employers. Dorr then told OF
certain propositions that had been
made to him with a view of getting
him out of the country, but he had
never really meant to accept any of
them. He was merely drawing the men
on The propositions 10 get him out OF
the way brought out parts of conver-
sations with Mrs. Galbraith and man
named Frank White. He had told
White that he would leave the country
for $500. He had no idea where White
was to obtain the money. He believed
White to have been friendly with Mr.
Gnose.
j. T. Bragg, a private patrolman en-
ployed by several merchants to watch
their places of business. was the next
witness. He created quite stir in
coming into the court, for in arising
from his eat a big revolver fell out of
his pocket upon the floor The court
gave a start and instructed the baiiff
to call in the chief of police. Chief
| White arrived and he was asked as to
Bragg's authority to carry weapons.
City Attorney O'Leary. who was pres
ent, explained that Bragg had been
sworn in under the ordinances and had
| the same right to carry a gun as any
other policeman. The court warned
officers to be particularly careful of the
manner in which they handled fire
arms, and Bragg's examination was
proceeded with.
Bragg related the story of the trans
actions, and corroborated the testi-
mony of Dorr as given above. During
the examination Bragg was asked con-
cerning his relationship with certain
women. He admitted that he was in
debted to Mr.. Gnose and that he had
| paid him s. on last Saturday night.
! He had no more to pay. Gnose need
not worry--he would be paid in full.
| He knew Dorr. who had helped him in
the case. A man named F. H, McKen-
/ zie hadf got Dorr his position in order
that he might help him.
James c. Long, an engineer at the
! lower works, said that on Sept. %, be-
| tween and 10 o'clock in the morning,
| he saw one of the Copper City COM
pany's wagons go past the place where
/ he worked. They unloaded some sacks
and when the wagon returned the
| goods were loaded up again. He had
| never seen any one unload any goods
at that point before. He considered it
somewhat unusual that it should be
done.
James S. Casey was the next witness.
| He is the manager of the Copper City
| company's grocery department. He said
that on Sept. % he had received an
order for five sacks of sugar from Wills
& Gnose. Sugar was put up in 100
! pound sacks and at that time was
worth $3.50 per sack. He had received
no order from Wills & Gnose for 10
sacks of sugar upon that day He sold
goods to Wills & Gnose for cash.
On cross-examination he said that
| drivers often collected when delivery
was made, sometimes in cash and some
| times in checks. Asked whether 10 sacks
of sugar had been sold to Wills & Gnose
on Sept Is he said he could not say.
He had an account with the firm, but
/ no order for 10 sacks was shown
| thereon.
Hamel Hyde was then called. He was
/ in Anaconda in April running transfer
/ wagon. Asked if he delivered any goods
/ to Wills G. Gnose in April. he said he
/ had hauled three loads, consisting of
canned goods. hams, etc. He had got
the goods from cars on the Montana
| Union tracks. He received them from
! Scott Galbrath, from whom he had also
received his instructions. He delivered
the goods to the warehouse of Wills &
Gnose in the rear of their store. He had
unloaded his wagon himself and nobody
/ had been there to receive the goods.
Galbrath had paid him for hauling the
| stuff. Asked where he had been lately,
he said down in Utah, where his parents
/ lived His expenses had been paid by
| A. Short who ran a music store on
| Commercial avenue. Short had given
! him $50. He did not know why he was
/ given the money.
j. S. Casey, being recalled, said that
Scott Galbraith had no authority to en-
| ploy any one to haul or deliver goods
| for the Copper City company. Hyde
Was not an employe of the company.
Court took recess for 15 minutes and
! upon reconvening Mr.. Trippet asked
that Galbraith be again called. The
court said that Galbraith stood in con-
tempt. That he had twice been ON the
| stand and had refused to follow the
courts instructions, and that the court
would not humiliate itself by trying TO
| persuade Galbraith to testify. If Gal
! braith indicated Willingness TO answer
| the questions put to him he would cali
/ him. otherwise he would not. The state
j called Deputy Sheriff McGnnis to prove
| that Galbraith had agreed to testify.