The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-27
He HAS MANY FRIENDS
They Will Not Believe That Bauer
Is a Guilty Man.
UPRIGHT, HONEST, SQUARE
Many Witnesses Testify To the Good
Character of the Defendant.
A Victim of Circum-
stances.

The preliminary hearing of David
Bauer was begun yesterday evening in
Justice Traps court, and after the
complaining witness had told his story
and many friends of the defendant tes-
tilted as to the good character of Bauer.
the case was continued to Friday
morning at 9 o'clock. The story told
by Evan Roberts is substantially as
follows:
Last Thursday morning about 1
o'clock he was going to his room at
NO. 'S2 South Main street, when a man
attacked him from behind, striking
him in the neck with his fist. Roberts
was felled by the blow, and before he
could recover his bearings, the thug
put arm round his neck. and with
the other went through his pockets,
taking $S.25, in denomination, a s. bill,
six silver half dollars and a silver two
bit piece. The man then broke away
and started Town the street and Rob-
erts pulled himself together and started
out after a policeman.
He found Officer O'Meara up the
street and told him that he had been
held up. He gave the officer a vague
description of the highwayman, saying
In court that he described the man as
being light compleNioned, light, heavy
moustache n a long nose. The off,
GER. armed with this description. went
down towards Aluminium street and ar
rested david Bauer, a bartender at the
Casino saloon on West Park street.
officer O'Neara testified in effect that
Roberts told him that he had been held
up and that Roberts told him his as
sailant was a light complexioned man
NHtN n 1fnA
He went down the street and saw
Bauer hurrying away. He called to
him to halt and arrested him, took him
TO the station, where he was searched.
a So bill, six silver half dollar and a
$40 bill were found on his nerson. There
was ais a dim in his vest pocket.
The defendant Bauer also testified
and said that he did not hold Roberts
up; that he saw, at a distance, a scuf-
fe, n instead of going over to where
the disturbance was going on, he avoid
ed the trouble by getting away from
the scene, and when he heard the foot
steps of the policeman pursuing him.
he, thinking IL was a thug, %uuickened
his pace for home. This action Of
Bauer led the officer to think he was
on the trail Of the hiEhwayman. and
when he saw that his man was n light
complexioned person. with a long nose
n light colored m~oustaChe, he. Of
course, supposed hat he was on the
right trail ,rBut there were q dozen or
more witnesses yesterday, besides
many spectators, friends of the defend
ant, who viii never believe hat Mr..
would stoop TO the crime of rob
berry. The witnesses testified as To the
character of the defendant, and all
agreed that he was an upright, honest.
man in every sense of the
word. rt
The case was continued to Friday
at Z o'clock, when il is under
the state will introduce rebuff
tai.
1t is generally believed now that
Bauer is the victim of circumstances
and that Roberts assailant is yet to be
found. Roberts has been i'm the city
about two weeks. coming from Chicago.
He told the court Yesterday that ne
Chicago with about $50 and that
the highway man took all that he had
left.
Attorney w. f. Howell conducted the
prosecution and Attorney Thresher the
defense.