The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-13

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warehouse. OF the nan he says he saw
talking to the murdered child a few
minutes before she In supposed to have
been killed il the reason for this growing
disbelief. Ayers says ne saw a short
thick-set man talking to the child on
h platform OF h warehouse. and II
IL Just such an Individual that the ladies
and the butchers man describe. These
two circumstances are causing some to
incline to the opinion that II the murder
is ever proved ii will be against another
man than the man Smith. Any number
OF theories are advanced to connect
Smith with the crime or to show that he
ID not the mar One very generally put
forward is the theory Of the foreman or
Carroll's lumber yard, where Smith was
arrested. This man argues that Smith
committed the burglary at the hardware
store. had cached his plumber. and in
the evening wen. to the lumber yard to
get IT: that he had taken one parcel
out of its hiding place and was about
to go for the other when he saw the
little girl come by and enter the closet
close by. Seized by an evil passion. he
followed her into the closet and murder
ed her to hide his crime. The main
support of this theory Is the fact that
one of the bundles of cutlery was found
lying on the ground almost in the open
and II is argued that had the man not
had some strong reason for dropping
the bundle he would not have left IL
where II would be SO easily found
This theory. however. would seem to
be exploded by the fact that there Is
no good evidence that Smith committed
the burglary, as. contrary to his having
been caught while getting away with
the stolen property. as was first stated.
it lis now said that no one actually saw
him touch 1t. and. so far as known, he
was merely passing through the lumber
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1t is true he dropped a revolver. which
was picked up by one Of the men at
the yard. which is supposed to be a part
of the stolen goods. but thus far IL has
not been Identified as belonging to the
Rochester stock. So. until IL is proved
that the revolver did belong to the
stolen goods. which would connect
Smith with the robbery, the former
theory will not hold good.
There are others who refuse to be-
lieve that one man committed the rob-
berry and then followed 1t up with the
dastardly murder of Ethel Gill. These
say that In their belief no man who
had committed the serious crime of
burglary and was trying to get away
with his plumber would stop to COM
NIT another and fouler crime when
there was nothing In 1t. his mind being
too intent on getting away. All the
officers agree, however, that Smith COM
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crimes, and to try and establish which
one is now their y
DR.. Sheeran yesterday examined the
coat Smith had on when arrested. which
bore stains which looked like blood.
Last evening he stated the spots were
undoubtedly spots of human blood. DIR.
Sheeran also procured a piece of one OF
Smiths shirts, a dark garment, on
which there are also spots which look
like blood. and will to-day maxi an ex-
animation Of them. Should these prove
TO be blood spots. the fact will furnish
strong evidence against the accused.
as the part of the shirt on which they
were found is the portion of the gar
ment which would have become blood
ain in the accomplishment OF the
horrible designs of the child's murderer
This would be by far the strongest bit
of evidence yet procured against the
accused man. as his explanation of the
blood on the front of his shirt, which
he washed off, that he had been hit In
the nose by a man, would not hold good
in this case. The blood could not have
trickied from his nose to- the part of
the garment on which these spots were
found.
The body OF the murdered child was
laid out in the rooms of Undertaken
Duggan, and hundreds of people Wis.,
tied the place during the day to view
the remains. Among the crowd were
a great many children who came with
out parents. and who We're unfortu-
nately allowed to satisfy their morbid
curiosity. Mrs. Gill called during the
day and wept silently over her dead
child for a long time. The mothers
grief Is terrible to bear. and the scene
while she was beside the little couch
was pitiful in the extreme.
The funeral will be held this after
noon at the residence of the parents. at
2 o'clock. AS the parents are very poor
a subscription Is being raised for their
benefit, and Michael Jennings and w.
II. Lockhart, learning of the family's
straitened circumstances, called at
the undertakes and gave directions
that no expense be spared in the
funeral arrangements, and that the bill
be sent to them.
At the county Jail a great many peo-
pie called during the day and asked
to SEE the prisoner Smith. Unless there
~as some good reason they were not
permitted TO do so. and as the great
majority were prompted solely by a
depraved curiosity. very few saw him.
Among the crowd here. as at the under
takers, there were any number OF chill
dren. mostly little girls, about the age
of the murdered child. They all came
unattended. and there were so many of
them that the jailer was prompted 10
remark that he could very easily un-
derstand from the exhibition of parents
allowing little girls to run at large in
this way how many of them might get
into trouble.
An incident transpired at the jail dur
ing the day which showed the bravado
of the accused crook. A man who was
permitted to see him stood and looked
at the fellow for a while, and then
remarked: II believe you are the man,
and l would like the pleasure of shoot
! ing YOU" The prisoner coolly pointed
1 TO his heart and replied: There's the
place. blaze away, and i wish you
would"
Wilson Butt. II years old, died last
I night. He was a resident of White
hall. and an old-timer in the valley. HI
leaves a brother. who Is visiting II
Butte. The remains will be shipped Il
WhiiahaU at 400 O'clock this eXenini