The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18
THE DEFENSE IN THE
WINES AND BOOTH CASE
The Two Respondents in the Sensational Disbarmsnt Proceedings
Told Their Stories to the Hsfsrss-Thsir Testimony
II . Plea Of Ignorance

M. L. Wines and e. 8. Booth. the two
respondents In the sensational disbar-
ment proceedings. told their stories to
! Referee A. J.. Campbell yesterday. and
were on the witness stand from . o'clock
In the morning until $50 In the evening.
In brief, their testimony was q plea Of
ignorance that any perjury was COM
| mitted at the trial Of Joe Shafer, whom
they defended for the murder of John
| Hawkins, and that IL ]. w. Bacher went
to Seattle and made a false deposition
he did SO without their knowledge. con-
| nivance or consent. There was a
array Of dates and names presented by
the w accused attorneys thai added
weight to their testimony n contra
dicted hat Of The prosecuting witnesses.
There was also some testimony given
yesterday hat reelected somewhat ON
the county attorneys ONCE. Mr.. Con-
| molly, the chief deputy, who instituted
all the proceedings against the two at
torneys and who was most affected by
| yesterdays testimony. ic somewhere In
| the East, and has been absent during
| all the proceedings In both the criminal
and disbarment hearings. The respond
| ents stated yesterday, however, that
they would not ask to have the case
closed until Mr.. Connolly returned n
had an opportunity to give his testi-
mony.
e. s. Booth was the first witness on
the stand and his examination lasted
from 3 o'clock in the morning until 8 In
the afternoon.
Mr.. Booth said he had lived in Butte
going on IL years. He had heard the
testimony of all the witnesses against
him. and said he was one of the at
torneys employed to defend Shafer.
He was out Of the city on the day of
the killing of Hawkins, but when he
returned Eva Smith asked him to rep
resent her in the case.
You know Mr.. Bacher, do your
asked Mr.. Corbett.
Mr.. Booth said he first met Bacher
about a week after he had been re-
tanned in the Smith case. Bacher called
at his ONCE and introduced himself n
said Shafer had once done him a favor
and he wanted to help Shafer finan-
cially. Bacher said he came to Butte
from Kansas City. The next day
Bacher and his wife returned to the
Office and met Booth and Wines. Both
acher and his wife said they had
money and hat they came from Kan
sas City for the purpose of assisting
shafer. Bacher took a great interest
In the case and hunted up witnesses,
and the attorneys saw him nearly every
day.. He knew everything about the
case that the attorneys did. They con-
sidered him their client. as he put up
the money. assisted in the preparation
of the trial, and did all the outside
work. The inquest showed
that there were three or four white
men in the saloon at the time of the
murder and the attorneys searched for
them and Bacher conducted an inves-
tigation for the missing men. He was
| a., tkA at,y r@nrn -xrarxy time the Cha
fer case came up and every time an or
der was made. n was present when
Judge Clancy issued the commission
to a man named RunnelIs at Seattle
to take the deposition of the alleged
petitioner, Ed Laney. Mr.. Booth said
written at Seattle telling what he knew
about the murder n stating that he
could not AFFORD to return to Butte, but
could be caught at Seattle up to Nov.
10. The facts were communicated to
Bacher, and he wanted to knew what
could be done. Booth said the only
thing that could be don was to have
the mans deposition taken. The fact
that Hawkins had a gun when he came
into the saloon was first conveyed to
him by Eva Smith. The officer who
made the arrest took a gun from Haw-
kins. Booth said he never kept copies
of correspondence In relation to the
Shafer case. and had lost the letter
from Laney. Bacher knew all the facts
of the gun as well as all other facts of
the case. The ~interrogations for the
deposition were prepared in the Office
of Booth & ~Cavanaugh. and they were
discussed there in the presence Of
Bacher, who was entirely familiar with
them.
do you know that Bacher went to
Seattle in connection with the deposit
tion?"
.J 40 pofo
do you know that he did go?"
IT do not"
What did you do to influence him to
II never spoke to him In my life about
him going to Seattle"
Mr.. Booth said that q day or so after
he received the letter from Laney.
Bacher came to him and asked what
could be lone about getting the mans
testimony, and wanted to know IL he
could not be brought to Butte. Booth
told him there was no money available
for that purpose. and hat the only way
to bring him back would be to send a
man to Seattle to hunt him up. A day
or two later, and before the commission
was issued, Bacher said q friend Of his
was going to Seattle and would look
Laney up and bring him back. That
was all that was yer said about that
matter, and Bacher never mentioned
It again. The witness denied that he
had ever had a conversation with
Bacher, In which 1t was suggested that
he should represent Laney, and he
with him for a cipher code by which he
should write to him At Seattle and de-
scribe he u regarding which he
should testify in his deposition. Bacher