The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-19
REFORM SCHOOL CASES
Martelle Is a Boy Tramp and an
Ex-Convict.
HE SERVED FIVE MONTHS
Was Arrested for Burglary in Butte
Few Days After He Was Pardoned.
Fred Collishaw Is Anxious to
Go to the Reform School.

piODdois NC Stlil " the Stlfooi.
One of them is Nicholas Martelle. boy
tramp and ex-convict. and the other is
Fred Collishaw, who has lived in Butte
for number of years. Both are un-
usual and peculiar cases. ,Martelle
says he is II years of age and looks like
a Spaniard or Mexican. He admits
having served a short term in the Deer
Lodge penitentiary, having been sent
up from Yellowstone county for grand
larceny. He tells the county attorney,
however, that he was innocent, and
was guilty only of being caught in the
company of thieves. He served five
months, and then the governor par
dcned him out and told him to come to
Helena and he would secure him a job.
AS soon as he was released from the
penitentiary, however, he fell into bad
company again and came to Butte,
where he burglariZed the residence of
Fred Prusch on West Granite street.
For that he is in Jail now. He tells the
county attorney he has been tramping
as long as he can remember; that he
does not know where he was born, or
who his father and mother are. His
earliest recollection is that he was
backing boots in some Eastern city,
from which place circumstances shifted
him westward.
strange. His father died some years
ago and his mother married Thomas
e. Coliishaw about eight years ago,
and she also died shortly afterwards.
since which time he has been in the
charge of his stepfather, for whom he
seems to have great affection, which
appears to be returned by the step
father. The boy is Is years of age, and
he refuses to go to school, yet he is
n n as a % aIn
the request that he be sent to the re-
form school so that he would be COM
PEELED to learn something and be kept
from going to the bad, which he fears
he will do if not restrained In this
he is endorsed by his stepfather, and
both for a month or more have been
calling on the county attorney two and
three times a week. asking him to file
complaint and send the boy to Miles
City. The boy has never been arrested,
but reports regularly and urges the
county attorney to hurry up the hear
ing, as he is anxious to go to the re-
form school.
An information will also be filed to-
day against John Sullivan, who, by
impersonating another man named
Casey and giving an order on bis pay
at one of the mines, secured a lot of
goods.
H. NJ. Nelson, charged with passing
"a fictitious and worthless $50 check on
the proprietors of the Monogram. will
also be Informed against for forgery.
G. r. Shadwell, who shot and killed
Martin O'Connor at a gambling table,
was brought before Judge Clancy yes
terday afternoon for trial, but the
session of court was taken up in an
effort to secure a jury. and was not
completed when court adjourned, and
the case was continued until Monday
morning. Mr.. Stapleton and c. p.
Connolly appeared for the state, and
Lawyer Thresher for ,Shadwell. The
defendants mother and brother sat by
his side during the progress of jury
empaneling. When court adjourned
over half the peremptory challenges
had been exhausted, but there remain
ed only eight more names in the jury
box, so It is hardly likely that a jury
will be obtained without the issuance
of a special Venire.
Judge Clancy yesterday morning
empaneled a new trial jury. Out of the
venire of 100 names issued the sheriff
had secured services on 81. A. Pincus
and j. NJ. Barber were not on hand
when court opened and attachments
were issued for them, and when they
appeared they We're fined S. each.
Thrty-two were excused for variety
of reasons. Joseph Casera was one of
the men excused. He said he could
not understand the English language
and could not read or write It.
You are not crazy and fool in the
bargain, are your" asked the court,
but the venireman could not under
stand the question. The following men
We're retained on the panel: J. w. Gill
ligan, Samuel Picklin, e. E. Paxson,
w. III. Hornbeck, A. F. Bray, Thomas
Davis. Richard Woolcock Marco
Mautz, r. j. Thomas, Ed. Sweeney.
John Barrett. George C. Frederick, r.
M. Calkins. Patrick O'Leary, John
Bret, Ed. Mahoney, Timothy Delpon,
T.. n. Dunkle, Joseph S. Swazee, d. J.
Henneberry, John Gilbert. r. Fl. Green,
Con Connors, Pat Holland, Charles
Mattson, William Hodge. j. H. Beck,
Con Sullivan, F. X. Giard, NJ. Genz-
berger, Joseph Lalley. c. NJ. Strow-
bridge. Richard Gribble, Thomas
Thomas Wadsworth, Morris Conway.
w J. Barnett. A. w Buse, A. K. Blu
chanan. w. II. Axtell, f. a. Nichols,
James Driscoll, William Hogan, George
g. Beckwith. Peter McDermott,
Thomas Barker. J. Nj. Barber.
The following matters are set for
healing III JuuSc l1lihSds
ment of court to-day:
Estate of Michael Cannon. petition
for letters; estate of Dorinda E. Haw-
ley petition for letters; estate of Will
lam n. Mitchell. petition for letters;
estate of James O'Donnel, settlement
of account; estate of Miles Hogan, pc
tition to set aside estate; estate of
William Harris, settlement of account
and objections: estate of a. J. March
fCr 10, 10
of Sabina A. Hale. settlement of ac-
count and objections; estate of VI. Z.
Flynn. settlement of account and OBJ
jections; estate Of u. l.. Harris return
of sale of real estate; estate of q. \.
Flanders, settlement of account; Par
rot Silver & Copper company VS.. sam
uel Dodge ct al: ID demurrer: ~
motion TO file amended complaint:
State of Montana VS.. Simon Haus-
worth ct al, demurrer; City of Butt
VS.. Thomas r. Kinds. order TO snow
cause: Charles r. Dickprn1an vs. @