The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-10

three still worse and so on aid DIT.
Carberry.
James Fliptcraft. a waiter at Han
sens. said he served Forvoley n the
woman with drinks a number of times
and heard Forvolev ask Hansen To take
care of him, and he gave him his money
for safe keeping, and n put 1t in
the saloon safe. The witness heard
Forvoley. the next day, say To Bar
tender McGinnis hat he had left MS
money with Hansen and that he need
7 ed some of IL.
James Kelly. one of the defendants,
was next put on the stand and said he
had seen Forvoley and the Bowers
woman in the saloon. n Forvoley
bought drinks about every eight MIN
utes. lie asked for a drink. and with
Hansen and the Bowers female. was
shown upstairs. Forvoley then asked
Hansen to take care of his money, ana
he counted ont S56S.
Jansen. the other defendant. testi-
fed to about the same facts. He said
ForVoley was drunk n asked him TO
take care Of him and his money. The
defendant took the money and put II
i'm the safe. Hansen aid that when
Forvoley and Detective Murphy called
for the money. Forvoley was the first
To speak to him and said he was broke
and had been waiting two our for
the money. Mr.. Murphy then asked
the witness IL he had any money be
longing to Fcrvoley. and he replied
that he had, and then got it out Of the
safe.
q. on cross-examination by Mr.. Con-
molly the witness said his saloon had
been connected with the cribs on the
row by an electric bell system, but THAI
the bells were only used to order
drinks. He admitted that the chief II
police had recently cut out all the bells.
'Iln Won nat know as "A fact that me
bells were used to let your place know
when one of the cribs had caught a
man with a roll?"
NO. sir"
Hansen's testimony closed the case
for the defense. and Thomas Boyle, city
taller. was called i'm rebuttal. He SAID
tha Josie Bowers said at the Jail. when
she was arrested for the robbery. that
she and F~orvoley and Hansen were in
a room and Hansen demanded Forvol-
cy's money and he refused to give it
up. Their Kelly and another a
rushed i'm and she knew there was go
ing to be trouble and she left. The last
she heard was Forvoley asking Han
sen to- give him back his money.
II. ]. Walker, city license collector.
testified that he was present in the city
Jail when the Bowers article made the
statement testified to by Jailer Boyle.
That concluded the testimony, n NV.
Wines for the defense said he was will
ing to submit the case to the jury with
out argument, but Mr.. Connolly was
not willing to do so, and the court linn
tied the speeches to half an hour on
each side. Mr.. Connolly quoted the
Bible about the man who fell among
thieves and about brazen women, and
then he referred to the notorious and
lawless career of Hansen and the char
acter Of his witnesses. Mr.. Wines told
the Jury that If a man can be convicted
on such testimony as that brought
against Hansen no man would be safe
and every nan on the jury could be
sent to the p~enitentiary. Mr.. Wines
also quoted Scripture, or at least he
said IL was Scripture, to the effect that
it was better that 80 guilty men should
escape than that one innocent man
should be convicted.
The case was submitted TO the jury
about 4:30 o'clock i'm the afternoon and
a quick verdict of acquittal was conf
IDENTIFY expected by the defense. The
state. on the other hand, from long eN-
]perience in de3ling with the Hansen
class Of people, and uncertain juries, eN-
pected nothing IN particular.