The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-14
did you ever mention Ed Laney to

believe i DID,
What was said between you and
Messrs. Wines Inc Wines relative to
this witness Ed Laney."
II don believe i ever spoke to them
together"
Did you ever speak to Mr.. ]. L.
Wines about this missing witness"
Il don't believe ! ever did"
The witness said the first he knew
abo the missing witness was when
tf"e attorneys told him that thsy were
looking for a white man who had gone
into the saloon and talked to Shafer
abcur Hawkins"
They said there was such a wit.
res. ?"
Yes. sir"
Did you speak to Mr.. j. l.. Wines
and tell him hat Mr.. Booth had re-
ceived n letter from this man at Spo-
kane, and hat he had written. and
was on his way to Seattle and San
u c,n't hin / ever spoke to him
IT."
Baoher said his Instructions from
Il 18th were that he should testify that
he left Butte at the close OF the races,
wen. to Spokane for two weeks, from
there to Walla Walla for two weeks.
from there to Yakima for 10 days. then
TO Seattle, and from there was going
to San Francisco, following the races.
The witness said he was not a race
horse man himself. but a boiler maker
and stationary engineer. He has been
i'm jail since March. When first arrest
I'd a charge Of perjury was preferrei
against him. but IL was dismissed and
a warrant issued for him ron Seattle.
do you expect to be taken back TO
Scatter" asked Mr.. Scallon.
Il don't know"
what do you believe about it,
my belief is that l will not-at least.
] hope not"
The witness said he had been in Butte
of and on since about Thanksgiving
day, 1892. He gave a detailed account
OF his movements since that time. His
home is in Kansas City.
How long have you been married.
81 was married in Helena Nov. 3,
1884,
The witness was asked II during his
residence In Butte his wife did not oc-
cupy separate rooms from those occu-
pied by him. and II she did not sleep
away from home at night. He admitted
that she did. but when asked why she
did that he evaded the question.
lis II not a fact that she occupied sep
arate rooms for the purpose of prosti-
tution?"
mo. sir he said. and after a mo-
ment added without a show of embar-
rassment or shame: Il don't see tnat
IT makes any difference IL she did.
He was asked If. in the conversation
with ]. l.. Wines, the latter had not
stated to him that II the testimony OF
the absent witness was so important
that "a man should be sent after him.
Bacher said nothing of the kind had
been talked about.
''Did you not in the same conversation
say that you had some money coming
from Kansas City that If the court
gave you time to get II you would your
self go after this absent witness?
mo. sir: no such conversation ever
took place"
How much money did you give TO
Wines and Booth in he Shafer CASE?
Il don't know how much i gave Wines
and Booth. but ! paid i'm all $500. but 1
gave some OF II to ~Cavanaugh."
"You must have put up most of the
money in the case?"
mo: Wines and Booth got In all be-
tween 81, 100 and 81. 200 out of the Shafer,
Smith and Ford case?"
What Is the Smith and Ford case?'
"Shafer. Smith and Ford were all de-
PENDANTS in the same case
Bacher said he had paid the money
at different times, paying from 80 cents
to $50 at a time. He pawned his dia-
mond ring to make the first payment.
When he left Butte for Seattle he gave
his wife $50 and had s103 left.
where did o get the money you
paid Wines and Booth
'Oh, ] worked around for IL. They
did not ask me where | got IT.
The witness repeated his story about
getting a gun from Booth and taking
ii down near the Colorado smelter and
~discharging il in a sewer pipe.
"when did you get back to the house.
About IL O'Clock at night
who did you find there
wines, Booth, C~avanaugh and my
wife,
What did you tell them"
Il told them / had a hell of a time
finding a place TO shoot the gun on.
They thought l was very lucky in find
ing a place of that description"
The gun smelled too much of powder
and II was decided not to use 1t. al
anyone could see hat 1t had not been
used so long ago as the date OF the
murder. and another gun was produced.
When was the other gun brought to
your" =.
O Wednesday. and on Thursday ii
was introduced in evidence
The day after the trial they became
suspicious that the gun business had been
discovered and Booth went to see Bacher
and together they called on Wines to
see wha he knew about II. and from
there they went and saw Cavanaugh.
and then went and woke up County At
torney Stapleton. with whom Booth had
a long talk, and they were still talking
when Bacher left and went home. Sub
seuuently, when the county attorney
had called on Gabrielle. the latter and
Mr.. Wines both advised Bacher To skip
out and Booth said no. but to stay and
see IL out.
Where did you get the money YOU
left with your wife when you went to
Scatter"
"Oh, l made IT,"
How long did you have it?'
IL may have had some OF II for a long
time. / am not much of a spender my
self of money"
o what do you base your hopes OF
not being prosecuted any further"
Il have got some hope in not being
prosecuted. but at the same time l
would rather be In Jail than be out and
put In my time as | have since l COM
mitted this act"
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