The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-16
SDDIe AGAINST SMITH
THE INQUEST CONTINUED
WYtneuDn oaw blood On His Hands
when He IVES Arrested for the
Rochesssr Burglary Visited
- eosue OF n Murder.

The inquest into the death Of Ethel
GU was continued last evening before
yvssioe OF the Peace L~aurandeau. act
sne rs coroner. Several witnesses were
examined. after which another adjourn
ment was taken. as there were several
witnesses who were unable TO attend,
md II II desired TO make the inquiry as
thorough as possible. As at the previous
pewiou. the evidence was strong. cir
cumstnntiaIly, against the accused a
smith, but nothing of direct nature to
conuect him with the crime was brough
ont. ms most incriminating piece OF
evidence against Smith yet brought TO
ltGht came out last evening In the state
mcnfs Of three of the witnesses who said
they saw blood on the mar hands
when he WAS arrested for the burglary
Of the Rochester hardware store. The
principal witnesses were examined al
most exclusively as to their knowledge
= the circumstances attending the ar
"a Of Smith, apparently on the ac-
capted theory that he committed the
crime. The jury visited the scene of the
murder yesterday afternoon and inves-
ftgnted the surroundings. The members
"a not, from their examination, accept
The theory put forward the night be-
fore tina the child was murdered In
the adjoining barn and then thrown into
the closet.
Policeman Pat Leyden was the first
witness called when the inquest was re-
sumed. He told OF the search he had
made for the child and OF the later cir
cumstances Of the mother discovering
the body. His evidence threw no light
ou the inquiry.
John L. Thompson. foreman of the
Carroll Lumber yard. told what he
knew, beginning with the discovery of
the cache Of stolen hardware in the lum
her yard. II was about 5:45 o'clock
when he found a parcel which proved
20 contain cutlery on the end OF a pile
Of lumber. Just before the hour OF 8
O'Clock the witness saw a man pass
from the direction OF the closet. where
the deceased was found, to the lumber
pie. He went etwee two piles, and.
bending down. picked up what appeared
70 be a pair OF o~veralls. When he saw
witness he dropped what he had In
his hands. The witness went home 10
see II the officer he had summoned had
arrived. He found Sergeant Leyden at
the house and told him he thought he
had the hardware store robber corralled
and they went 20 the lumber yard. The
fellow was stin between the lumber piles
anu otlttf Acyutn dittcttu I'M ~
asked him what his name was and he
said Higgins. He swore and cursed vio-
lently and when Onscer Leyden OBJ
served blood on him he said he had
been ffghtfng with the boys" He war
given in charge Of a citizen to be held
while h officer made a further search
for plumber. and as soon as the officer
turned his back he made a break TO get
away. He was r~ecaptured n hand
CI1TQd m a UoDop whaal Witness oh
served that he had blood on his face and
hands and on his clothing. When first
seen by Oficer Leyden the man had his
vest u~nboftoned and was fumbling with
his pantaloons as though trying TO but
ton them. When arrested he appeared
very much excited and out Of breath as
though he had had a recent encounter
of some kind. A juror asked IL the
pair OF overalls the man had been seen
20 pick up had ever been found. Wit
ness . q part OF the stolen cutlery
had beer found wrapped up in them.
Another juror inquired as to the blood
on the mans face. The witness said IL
was fresh and the fellow appeared as
though he a engaged in a rough-and-
tumble fight. The man referred to by
the witness is Charles Smith, the man
accused OF the murder.
William c. Carroll. manager of the J.
r.. Carroll Lumber company. was next
called. He told Of being informed on
Thursday by Ras Rochester that his
hardware store had been robbed. He
suggested looking around in the locality
OF Che lumber yard. as ii was a common
thi5E for thieves to cache stun I'm that
locality. Witness told his employees
about the robbery upon returning to the
yard and toward the evening, when
witness again visited the yard. a pack
& Of the stolen cutlery had been
found m a man had been caught and
was han TO a wagon wheel. ON
the hand cuffed TO the wagon wheel
the witness saw blood. He also saw
blood on his face. a slight stain, but un-
doQbtedly blood. He also had blood on
his clothing. The man was very much
huftered and appeared to have been
engaged In a struggle. shortly after
the officer left for the station with his
prisoner witness met Mrs. GIL, who said
her child was missing. She was afraid
some harm had befsllen the girl. but
witness hardly thought so and tried to
reassure her. He aided thereafter in
the search and saw the child in the
vault when found Judge Laurandeau
asked IL the blood on the prisoner
looked as though il had come from his
nose. and the witness said Il did not.
Hugh Mcmillan. a teamster living at
- South Ohio street. was stationed by
Foreman Thompson of the Carroll lum-
Der yard. for whom he drives. to watch
the supposed burglar while Mr.. Thomp-
son vent 10 his house 10 meet the off,