The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-29

~ attorney OF silver bow COuHts. Ribh
tana. and G. II. Connolly. chief deputy
county attorney of Silver Bow county.
Montana, TO the house of the said Mary
Dunault, alias Gabrielle, and there in
the presence of the said Mary Dunauit
and the parties last mentioned above.
accused her of falsely swearing to the
matters testified to by her In the trial
OF the said Joseph Shafer. That the
said Mary Dunault stoutly denied her
guilt. That this interview took place
at about $50 or 10 o'clock in the even
ing. TIVE two and three weeks sub
sequent to the said trial of said Jo-
seph Shafer. That on the same even
ing that this affiant called on the said
Mary Dunault, the said Mary Dunault
went TO the house OF the said james
w. Bacher and related the circum-
stances of the visit of this affiant. and
told the said Bacher hat the said af-
FAINT, as county attorney of Sill
yer Bow county, knew all abou1
the said gun. and advised the
said Bacher to leave the city
of Butte. Montana. That a Few minutes
after the visit of the said Mary Dun
ault to the house of the said James w.
Bacher on said evening. the said Ed
win =. Booth came to the house OF the
said James w. Bacher and called the
said Bacher out, and together the said
Bacher and Booth went to the mouse
of the said Melvin l.. Wines and woke
Z the SAN NlntS up. lbat nv
James w. Bacher, the said Melvin l..
Wines and the said Edwin S. Booth
then returned to the house OF the said
Bacher. where, i'm the presence OF the
wife of the said Bacher. the said Mary
Dunault repeated what she had told the
said Bacher concerning the visit of his
afiant to her house on that same even
ing. That thereupon the said Melvin
l.. Wines advised the said James w.
Bacher to leave the city of Butte. That
during laid interview the said Mary
Dunault, otherwise known as Gabrielle,
told the said Edwin 5. Booth no to
worry about her, for she would not tell
anything she knew in regard to the gun
or anything else.
THAT at the time of the ~coroner's in
quest on the body OF the said John
Hawkins, the state was represented by
G.. p. Connolly, the duly appointed.
qualified and acting chief deputy
ty attorney of Silver Bow county
Montana. That the said Edwin ).
Booth in person appeared at the said
coroner's inquest on behalf of the said
Joseph Shafer. That during the said
inquiry the said G. p. Connolly raised
the gun from the table upon which 1t
was lying. and which was testified TO
by witnesses had been taken from the
deceased John Hawkins Immediately
after the shooting. and inspected the
same. That there was no N sitting
at the said table but the said &. T..
connolly and the said Edwin s. Booth.
That the said G. Z. Connolly, after no
ticing certain conspicuous blood marks
on the said gun, replaced II on the Ia
BILE and proceeded with the
ton OF witnesses. h ~thereupon the
said Edwin S. Booth picked up the
said gun, and while the said c. +. Con-
oily was examining the witness held
I it in his hands and under the table.
/, That within two or three minutes
4 thereafter the said gun was replaced
upon the said table by the said Ed
$ win S. Booth i'm the same position as
z when taken up by the said Booth, and
4 the said &. Z. Connolly then noticed
that a long blood mark on the barre
of the said gun had been cleanly wiped
of the said gun. That thereupon the
: said c. Il. Connolly, within "A few min
q utes thereafter. and upon a recess be
[ ing taken. called the attention OF the
Il coroner of Silver Bow county, Mon
e tana, j. A. Tremblay, in the presence
h of the said Edwin $. Booth, To the cir
d cumstance of the blood mark beint
n wiped off of aid gun. whereupon tn
q said Edwin $. Booth said that he die
: not wipe off the said blood. That tn
i said c. +. Connolly then showed tn
coroner. in the presence of the said Ed
win s. Booth, a large spot of blood ol
= the INSIDE part OF the CyiinutI VI vi
u said gun, which a heretofore es
y capped his attention. for the purpose o
= better identifying the said gun, II be
!. ing testified to by the witnesses at tn
said inquest that while the said gu
was i'm the hands of the said JOSEF
. Shafer blood from the head of the sal
40 John Hawkins a run down over tn
m said gun while the said John Hawki
NJ was in the act of w%renching the sal
"A gun from the hands of the said JOSEF
So Shafer. That upon the following morn
Id ing, upon the resumption OF the sal
IN hearing and inquest. the said blood
ps mark had been removed.
err That affiant and the petitioner here
i'm has in his possession at this tim
ar what he believes to be ample evidenc
er To support each and every one of tn
re allegations hereinbefore set forth in re
tn spect to the conduct of the said Melvi
e, l.. Wines and Edwin $. Booth. Tha
affiant believes, and therefore a
Id leges and charges, after a full an
II, complete investigation of all of sal
IS, matters, that the act of the said Eo
ne win :. Booth at the coroner's inque:
ne aforesaid, i'm removing the said bloc
,r' marks from the said gun, was the in
IN tial step in a series of overt acts dor
III in pursuance of a conspiracy forme
between himself and the said Melvin
Wines unlawfully to defeat the ends
justice i'm the said case of the state
a, Montana against Joseph Shafer. in pul
"a suance of which said conspiracy all Il
r acts h~ereinbefore alleged We're done.
.s- Wherefore. your petitioner pray
that "A temporary order. directed TO II
said Melvin l.. Wines and the said Ec
he win :. Booth. may issue out of tn
ia honorable court, citing them to apps
and show cause. II any cause they hav
ne why they should not be disbarred fro
n practicing law in the courts of the sta
of Montana and their names stricke
of from the roll OF attorneys of tn
he court"
as Frank T.. Corbett has been retaine
lat as counsel for Wines and Booth i'm n
case pending i'm the district court
ell which they are charged with suborn;
:. ton of perjury. The accused were
I'D court yesterday to plead. but Mr.. Co
he bett announced his intention of filir