The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-08
THREE CRIMINAL CASES
Complaints Were Filed by the
County Attorney.
ONE CHARGES SHOOTING
Rosario lie Wire Accused of Pumping
Lead Into a RAGS Horse MAJ
Jaeger Must Also Face
the Music.

Chief Deputy County Attorney Con-
molly issued complaints in three Grim
inal cases yesterday, one against Ro-
sario lie Wire for the shooting of the
race horse man Jordan at the Fountain
road house the night before, another
against John Blewett for obtaining
money under false pretenses, and a
third against j. w. Jaeger for disturb
ance by making life miserable for his
divorced wife.
TIE complaint against lie Wire
charges him with assault i'm the FIRST
degree and was filed at the solicitation
Of lie Wires attorney. John N. Kirk,
who desired to get his client out on
bonds. The facts in the case were fully
published In yesterdays Standard.
Jordan went out to the Fountain with
a woman and there became engaged in
"a quarrel with her. lie Wire interfered
in the woman's behalf and Jordan drew
"A knife and attempted to cut him,
whereupon lie Wire got his gun and
fired three shots, one of which entered
Jordan's right thigh and caused him to
bt Sthl L ne upSfildl. Inc iOlIlIldllll
was filed in Justice L~aurandeau's court,
where lie Vitre was subsequently ar
raigned and released on bonds
The complaint against John Blewett
was filed at the instance of Mrs. Nellie
Driscoil, the woman who was shot by
her husband, ID. a. Driscoll, at Center
vile, some weeks ago. Mrs. Driscoll
has completely recovered from the eff
fects of her wound and, accompanied
by her husband, visited the county at
torney's office yesterday. She told Mr..
Connolly that her husband had two min
ing claims, the Ben Franklin and the
Blue Dick, in the Neihart district. At
the time of the trouble between herself
and husban the time for representing
them came around and she had $3.50 with
which to do the representing. Blewett
visited her at Murray X Freund's hos
pital and wanted to DO the representing.
She told him to go n see her husband,
who was then in the county Jail. and
If IL was satisfactory to him she would
give him The money and let him go out
and do the representing. Blewett went
away and came bach n said he and
seen Driscoll and that the arrangement
was satisfactory to him. Upon this
representation he was given the $3.50
and had not been seen since. After Mrs.
DTiscOll recovered from the effects Of
her injury and her husbaud had pro-
cured his liberty by furnishing bonds
for his appearance, Mrs. Driscoll one
day mentioned the matter of Blewett
representing their claims. To her sur
prise. her husband knew nothing about
the deal she had made. When DrisCOll
informed her Blewett had never been TO
see him she related the circumstances
of the transaction and they at once be-
came suspicious hat Blewett had cheat
ed them out of their money. After taxi
ing steps to ascertain whether or not
Blewstt was representing the claims,
and being unable to learn anything sat
isfaCtory. they decided TO take legal
steps against Blewett.
The arrest of j. w. Jaeger was sought
for his having made things very uncOm-
Portable for his divorced wife and her
friends IN night before. Jaeger is the
man mentioned in yesterdays Standard
as Gagger, who sent to Anaconda for
his ex-wife, telling her he wanted to
give her some money. When she ar
rived i'm Butte he Immediately COM
menced making trouble. She went to
the home Of william Haskins at ITO
South Wyoming street and he followed
and tried TO force his way in, cutting
a screen door and otherwise conducting
himself in a manner calculated TO in
timidate the household. \ complaint
charging him with disturbing the peace
was 6lpd