The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-02
BUTTE News.
N THE DISTRICT COURT
A CHARGE OF BURGLARY
Pred Either II Accused Of Going Through
% East Broadwey-No Crimi-
ma Cases Until After
Election.

Dave Zanini. charged with attempt
ing to kin L. o. Aiiprand with q bill
lard cue. was arraigned before Judge
Clancy yesterday and pleaded not
guilty. His bail vas fixed at $1,000.
The county attorney filed an Informal
ton against Fred Either. charging him
with burglarizing a place at No. e2
The defendant was ordered to appear
this morning for arraignment.
Judge Clancy stated yesterday that
no criminal cases would be tried rntil
after election. but that as soon as the
attorneys got through running for oifice
h criminal cases would be pushed
through. The Judge called mis- cti-n-
dar and set the following cases for
trial yesterday: Nov. 1: ]. u. Hassin
VS.. w. T. Lewis; Mary Schai.z ~.
Thomas O'Rourke; p. s. Hughes VS..
James c. Twohy: Robert N. Rand w.
Kipp Brothers: First National bank VS..
A. A. Lisker ct al. Although all the
cases were set for yesterday, they will
be called as they are reached. The
Haggin case il a big mining suit. N
II tried. Will likely consume a week or
two.
In Judge Lindsay's court yesterday,
Q case Of Peter Perron against M. Ma
hue was tried and resulted in a ver-
dict for the defendant. There was
some tall swearing In the case. or some
curious lapses of memory. Perron sued
for SOS. which he claimed to nave
loaned to Mahue. He said the latter
came to his cabin and asked for the
loan and got II. He was to pay $50 on
II in a month and the remainder In one
payment some time later. but he paid
none of the money back. There was
no written evidence Of the indebted
ness, and Mahue natly denied that he
yer borrowed the money or that he
ever asked Perron for a cent. The
jury took Mahue's word for IL.
A suit of J. p. Fiester against w.
II. Prisk was also tried and resulted
in a verdict for the defendant.
A suit of p. j. Brophy & Co.
against John Gaspera n others was
dismissed as settled.
Judge Lindsay admitted John T.
Fitzgerald to citizenship.
In Judge Clancy's court yesterday a
suit Of Oscar Aiken against the ad-
ministrator Of the estate of DIR. w. c.
Harding. deceased. was on trial. The
plaintiff sued for $500 as the value OF
some household goods which Harding
took possession OF as security for a
debt.
J. w. Gilligan yesterday commenced
an action In the district court against
Mary. A. Devine. Mary Leary. Annie
Anderson and Cornelius G. Maher fer
32Ss. S8, and to get possession of A ,ot of
household goods upon which a mott
gage had been given to secure the debt,
and which. II is alleged. was disposed
Of in order to defeat the plaintiffs
plaintiffs claim. 1t Is alleged hat a
note was given for the s2ss.ss and that
on the 2sth of October the plaintiff
placed the mortgage in the hands Of
the sheriff to be levied upon the morI-
gagged property. The sheriff made a
demand on the defendants for the prop
erty. but possession Of II was refused,
and the defendant, Maher. claims to
ave some interest in the pro I'd
verse to the plaintiff. but the iatte~ 81
leges that such claim is subsequent and
subject to the lien of the p~lain.iff. The
mortgaged property Is valued at $500.
n judgment is asked against the. de-
PENDANTS, Mary Devine. Mary L"ury
and Annie Anderson for s2ss. IS and for
an attorneys fee of SIS. The court is
asked to decree the claim of the &C.
fendant, Maher, to be subsequent to
hat of the plaintiff.
George Heneault yesterday com
menced a suit against John McInnerny
for LOIS claimed to be due FOR Ia Dor
performed for the defendant between
Nov. 1. 1896. and July 10. 1898. and for
the rental OF a horse n wa An
attachment was issued.