The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-24
PRISON DOORS YAWN|NG
Two More Arrests for Perjury in
the Skater Case.
A CONSPIRACY ALLEGED
New and Startling Developments in the
Case-Mr. stapleton Says He Has
Evidence Concerning the Gun
Produced at the Trial.

The plot is thickening, the evidence is
accommodating and the prison doors are
yawning wider for the alleged conspira-
tors who c~oncocted the so-called per-
tured testimony by which an effort was
made to sav the neck of Joe Shafer,
the murderer Of John Hawkins. Two
more arrests for perjury were made
yesterday by the sheriff at the instance
Of the county attorney. and AL Ford. a
co-defendant of Shafer. and Mary De-
mont, or Dunneau. better known as
Gabrielle, a Canadian-French resident
Of East Galena street. are behind the
bars OF the county Jail. Gabrielle, an
article of commerce, was a witness for
the colored defendant. and IN import
ant one. too, but Mr.. Stapleton and Mr..
Connolly both declare, without going
into all the details, that Gabrielle swore
brazenly to a falsehood. Eva Smith, the
big black wench, also a co-defendant of
Shafer, who was let off with six months
in the county Jail for assault in the
third degree. will also be arrested for
perjury as soon as she completes her
present Jail sentence. j. W. Bacher. the
bogus Ed Laney, who made the per-
jured deposition at Seattle. is also I'm
Jail yet. and is awaiting transportation
to Washington to answer for his crime
there, but his going has been somewhat
delayed by some new and startling de-
velopments.
The states evidence at the trial of
Shafer was that Hawkins, unarmed and
i'm a ~peaceable manner, entered the
Swim saloon on the morning of the
murder and Shafer walked up to him.
put a gun against his abdomen and
shot him. Hawkins. a big. powerful
man, took the gun away from him and
backed out of the saloon n had IL in
his possession when the police arrived.
The only defense that could be put up
vas an effort to prove that the gun
taken from Hawkins vas his W and
that he had il in his hand when he en-
tered the saloon. To make that defense
stick. another u was produced. ac-
cording to documentary and other evil
dence in the possession of the county at
torney. as was Introduced by the de-
Tense, as the Weapon used by Shafer.
Eva Smith testified that after the
shooting she picked the revolver up and
wrapped it in a handkerchief and took
IL TO the den occupied by Gabrielle n
told her to keep 1t. Gabrielle testified
that she did so, and afterwards re-
turned il to Eva Smith. Ford testified
on the same subject. but Bacher went
to Seattle and under the name of Ed
Laney mad a deposition that he had
loaned the gun to Hawkins found in
his hands, but made a fatal mistake in
describing the weapon. n the county
attorney got his first clue to the niger
in the woodpile. Mr.. Stapleton says he
has indisputable evidence that the sec
ond gun offered at the trial by the de-
Tense was procured for that purpose ex-
prossly and hat neither Gabrielle, Eva
Smith nor Ford ever saw IL until they
concocted their evidence. The attorney
said the disclosures of the alleged con-
spiracy had just begun and that from
now on they would unfold regularly.
Gabrielle had not been behind the
bars half an hour before a dozen men
were at the court house anxious TO put
up bonds for her. Among the number
was Adolph Pincus, who called with
Attorney j. l.. Wines. Mr.. Pincus Of
fered any sum and said Gabrielle had
$4,000 worth of property in Butte and
as much cash and could put up any
bond Of ready money. but the county
attorney was not ready to take the wo-
man into court and have her bonds liked
and therefore she was compelled To
spend the night in Jail.