The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-14

order on Eva smith for xl5 more. He
was provided with a copy of the inter-
rogatories sent to h Seattle notary.
n the two attorneys assisted him In
preparing nswers to them. Mr.. Booth
wrote out some OF the answers. The
witness studied the questions N an
swers. and tried to commit them to
memory. He was told to destroy them
before reaching Seattle. and he did so
somewhere on the train near Shelby
He went to Seattle. and af-
ter some difficulty found the notary to
whom the commission had been issued.
but he did not have time to take the
deposition. and said he had power to
afToint q substitute. and named n. w.
Bolster. who took the testimony, and
Bacher then returned to Butte. He
said Mr.. Wines and Mr.. Booth assured
hin that they woul see him through IL
he got into trouble. The witness told
about the two letters he had received
from Mr.. Booth at Seattle. One was
written arc mailed at Butte before
Bacher lcft the city. and was intended
for his Identification as the bogus Ed
Laney. The other letter was about the
revolver which John Hawkins. the muir
dered man. was supposed to have bor-
rowed from Ed Laney to kill Shafer
with. The make OF the revolver was
unknown to Booth at the time Bacher
lief. the city. and he was to find out and
write To Bacher at Seattle. The gun
was understood 10 be either a Colts or
a Smith & Wesson. and IL IL should
turn out to be a Smith & Wesson Mr..
Booth would use the wor Boise. Ida
no.: IL a Colts then he would use the
words San Francisco. Calf" The let
ter said "the man was IS years % age.
and was last seen at Boise. Idaho"
which gave Bache the cue that the
gun was a 3S-caliber Smith & Wesson.
Bacher said he was not I'm the city
when Hawkins was killed. and the facts
were told him by Wines and Booth.
who told him what to swear to in his
deposition.
They knew that you swore falsely"
asked Mr.. Stapleton.
YES, sir
They asked you to go to Seattle for
that purpose?"
Yes. sir. m for no other"
do you know anything about re-
hearsals between the defendants and
some witnesses as to what the witnesses
should testify?"
Yes: after ] got back from Seattle.
inc they knew that / had made the de-
position. they had several rehearsals.
1t seems that they wanted Eva smith
to testify that a gun was jerked out Of
Skaters hand n thrown on the focr;
that she picked Ii up. wrapped 1t H. a
ifs&i Nv oltt t'on ~ w INV 80 v
of the French woman Gabrielle. The
T.ench woman was to testify that she
received the gun n kept IL until Eva
got cut OF Jail. and then turned 1t ever
To her. This was rehearsed repeatedly
at my house n at Eva Smiths mouse.
and. l think. at the French woman's
house. I acted as a sort of Instructor.
Eva Smith was to commit II to mem pry
as l had committed my testimony"
Bscher said IL was necessary to pro-
duce a revolver to substitute for the
one used by Shafer. Mr.. Booth came
to him with a white-handled. new gun
and requested him to take IL out and
fire II Off. so as to make IL appear as
having been used. Bacher said he
went down to the Colorado smelter and
crawled into a pipe or culvert n shot
II of. He then took IL back to Booth
and Wines, but they said II could not
be used. as II smelled too badly. The
trial had been going on for several days.
The u was put In a stove to dry. but
the longer II was kept in. the more IL
smelled. 1t was determined IL would
not do to use at the trial. and shortly
afterwards Booth turned up With an
other gun. and said he had gotten Ii
from Ed Rose. a pawnbroker. That
gun was used at the trial, and the
county attorney suspected that some-
thing was wrong. and started an in
vestigation. A few days later Gabrielle
went to Bacher's house. She said the
county attorneys were at the house n
had accused her of perjury. She was
under the impression that Booth had
been arrested, and she wanted Bacher
To skip put. While she was talking
Wines and Booth came in and aues-
toned her as to what she had told the
county attorney. She told them what
the attorney had said, and Booth re-
piled:
"D-n what the county attorney SAID.
What did you say to them"
Gabrielle said she had said nothing,
and Booth said that was all right.
Bacher SAID Wines and Booth worked
on his sympathies for Shafer. n got
him to testify falsely.
on cross-examination by Mr.. Scallon,
the witness said he went to Seattle de-
liberately to testify falsely, and came
back and instructed Others to do so for
the purpose of helping Shafer. He
said he was willing still to do all he
could for Shafer. The first Interview
he had with Vim and Zoe was at
his house. and they told him that there
was nothing wrong about making the
depc siticD. They told him there was
no sucn thing as perjury In the state of
Montana. and he believed them.
II paid them my money. and they
gave me such advice as that" said the
witness.
The next conversation he had on the
subject was the following day at
Booth's office. m Booth told him there
was no harm i'm making the deposition.
as the matters he was to testify to We're
facts.
II don't know n different yet" said
Bacher. He told me a very plausible
story, and IL looked all right"
When next did you see Mr.. Booth"
1.-THE nex day, at his office"
"Who was present at that time?"
Mr.. Wines, Mr.. Booth n Eva
Smith"
The witness said the question Of ex-
pense wa discussed. and he thought
II would take about 500. Booth gave
him $50. and old Eva Smith To give
him ST. more. The first suggestion that
he should go to Seattle was made to
him on a Sunday. and or Monday he
told then he would go. On Tuesday
they told him they would have the in
terrogations the next day. On Wednes-
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