The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-26

what?" asked the stenographer Il
can't take Swede."
Emil Anderson testified that he also
saw Nelson at the Mountain Home sa-
loon
when was this?' asked Mir. Con-
molly
THE night that MIR Yonson got in
suited
Got 'insulted'
Yes
when next did you see him?"
Il see him at the vail.
Oscar Anderson said he. too. was in
the saloon with Nelson. Among the
other Swedish mon there were Emil
Anderson, Sven Swenson, Ole Swan
son, Chris Yonson Nels Olsen, ERIK
Erickson, silver Stiverson, Abb Nc
Clernanson, Swan Williamson, FRED
Ritchieson and a few others The wit
ness said he went with Nelson to call
on some ladies on West Granite street,
but the ladies were not at home. so
they called on some others. Anderson
got badly mixed up in his testimony
and frequently contradicted himself,
and Attorney Forestelle finally at
tempted his rescue by objecting on the
ground that Mr.. Connolly was "ha-
RAISING the Witness" but the objection
was overruled.
The witness said that while he and
NELSON were NlSiliIlS llltit iias iAi&'ANp
an officer came to the door and called
for Gus Nelson and told him he was
wanted for the murder of Gus Johnson.
Nelson said "all right ana left the
house and went away with the offfcer
j. II. Movers also saw Nelson at the
Mountain Home saloon and testified
that the game of cards broke up at 20
minutes to o'clock. He had never
seen Nelson before, but Holman told
L.; he descendant the
Andrew Barlow, the seventh allbi
witness for Nelson, testified that he
left the saloon at > or 10 minutes 10 .
O'Clock that evening. The witness got
the most of his information from Hol-
man. his partner in the saloon bust
ness
John Freeman. a red whiskered wait
er at the boarding house where Nelson
boarded testified that he saw him there
about o'clock
Otto oman also gave some alibi testi-
mony for Nelson. and then the defend
ant, Herrison. was put on the stand
and told the jury that on the day and
evening of the assault on Johnson ne
was in his room in "A lodging house over
Reeds livery stable, and did not leave
the room from about o'clock until 1870
o'clock, except three times. Once he
went out for beer another time Tor
meat and the third time for some clay
pipes.
Mrs. Herrison. wife of the defendant,
and box rustler at the Casino theater,
corroborated her husbands testimony.
She was with him in the room and took
particular notice of the time.
c. j. Butler. proprietor of apartments
in the livery stable, testified that he
saw Herrison there at $3.50 o'clock.
Hattie Johnson, who lives at the
same place said she saw Herrison at
20 minutes after ) O'Clock on Dec. >.
She knew it was on the 9Th of Decem-
Der because some one had a baby on
that day.
Laura Graham testified that she saw
Herrison at the livery stable lodging
house at $50 o'clock, at 10 minutes to
6, and again at 6:15 o'clock. She was
certain as to the exact minutes because
she always has her supper ready at =
o'clock. She knew Ii was the 9th OF
December because she had been UP all
the night before. The witness said she
was a dressmalxer and that her nus
band worked for Paddy Shea and
| Johnny Welsh.
Mrs Katie MeGann was sick in bed
and remembered seeing Martin Henri
son at $50 o'clock. She didn't remem-
| Der thing of what they had been talk
! ing about at the time except that Mrs.
Herrison wondered what time IL was
and someone said it was $50 o'clock.
Peter Barrenstein said he was a bar
tender at some saloon on South Main
street and that he knew Herrison by
sight. Between 10 minutes TO , and lo
minutes after Herrison came into the
saloon after some beer He knew it
was that time because he, too, looked
at the clock and made a mental note
of the time indicated
Peter Harris, the next witness. said
he saw Herrison at the lodging house
between 10 minutes before and or 10
minutes after O'Clock. He knew the
time because he. too, had taken look
I at the clock.
Lou Gunderson. the Meaderville
merchant. testified that Herrison's rep
I utation for peace and quiet had always
/ been good Judge Clancy took hand
! in the examination and gave his deffni-
! ton of the meaning of the word COM
| munity." He said it was IA neighhor-
hood in which people intermngled, Wis
| tied the sick and drank beer togeth-
! err" After giving this definition the
\ judge asked the witness as to the de-
| PENDANTS reputation in the community
| in which he lived, and Mr.. Gunderson
repeated that 1t was good.
Robert Cruikshank and David Gilbert
| also testified that Herrisons reputation
was good, and then the defense an
| nonnced the close of its case.
| Mark Drumm. Standard reporter.
was called as witness in rebuttal TO
! impeach Herrison. and testified that
! he saw the defendant on the night he
was arrested. and he then said he had
not been out of his room but once all
| that day. Bert II. Smith, reporter for
\ the Miner. also had an interview with
| Herrison. and the latter told him he
1 had not been out of his room from
o'clock until in the evening.
| o. j. Neustrom testified that he saw
| Nelson. one of the defendants, at j
minutes after o'clock on the evening
of the assault. and he wore a gray hat,
such as described by the witness