The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-30
before, and that she disrobed In your
presence and went TO bed7"

| presence and wen TO bed7"
We'll. the light was blowed u
Booth pretended to get very indig-
nant over Mr.. Connolly's character of
questions. and he said he wanted IL IN
derstood that he did not insult the girl
and did not want anyone 10 insinuste
that he did.
Don't get gay. and answer the dues-
tons asked you" said the court.
Booth her testified that the girl re-
NAMED at the cabin for a week. and
after the first night she occupied IL
alone. while he and his partner. Belch-
er. slept In the barn.
when she came to my cabin ne
said. she told me her father a
abused her and ordered her to leave
home. She asked me for shelter and j
gave II to her. She said she wanted to
stay till the trouble blew over, n she
was then going to some friends some
where"
Booth said he had known Ed Mahon-
ely for ~ OF Is years, but didn't see
Mahoney at the cabin while the girl
was there. The witness had arranged
with Mahoney to go on a prospecting
tour in Washington and was 20 meet
him in the Republic district. He denied
that he was to take the girl to Ma
honey. but said he intended to leave
her at the cabin. He didn't care hat
became OF her, as her fate did not con-
Germ him.. He denied that the girl was
sent 10 his cabin from Rand's cabin
through an understanding and to hide
her.
You are not a married man, are
your" asked Mr.. Connolly.
II am not and I am glad of II" re-
piled the witness.
We'll. there is no necessity for you
to reflect on married people," said the
attorney.
Il presume you are familiar with the
usu code of morals that obtain in a
community"
Il guess / be-" said Booth.
He was then asked IL he had not
considered the reflection that would be
cast upon the girl by keeping her in
his cabin for a week. and he replied
by repeating that he slept In the barn
after the first night. He said he did
not remember having ever seen Ma
honey in the girls company. He ad-
mitted that he was In Rand's cabin at
the time Mrs. Mahoney called there
in search of her husband n the girl,
but denied that the girl was secreted
in the cellar. He said that at that
| time he had never heard of Nellie
Corbett. He went to the door when
Mrs. Mahoney appeared, and he thought
she was a crazy person and he would
not allow her to enter. Rand then
went out and talked to her and about
10 minutes later he brought her in n
abe asked for her husband, but they
knew nothing about him. Mrs. Ma
honey saw a valise on the bed AMI
thought she recognized II as that be-
longing to Nellie Corbett. She wanted
to examine IL but Booth would not let
her do so.
why were you so anxious to pre-
vent her from looking into the valise?'
asked Mr.. Connolly.
Because | allows no one to look
into my vallse. 1t was full of my
clothes and 1 didn't want her to see
them"
Booth said Mrs. Mahoney went out
and made such a roar among the
neighbors that when she returned he
decided to let her satisfy herself and
she examined the valise n found they
were his clothes.
AT the conclusion of Booths testi-
mony Mr.. Naughton said the defense
would rest n Mr.. Connolly recalled
Nellie Corbett, and in answer to ques-
lions asked her she said she was in
Rand's cabin with Booth and Rand
when Mrs. Mahoney called, n that
she went down into the cellar and aft
or she had been secreted Mrs. Mahoney
was admitted. The satchel belonged TO
her and contained her clothes. After
Mrs. Mahoney left. Booth handed the
satchel to her in the cellar and she
emptled the contents and then the men
filled IL with other clothes, and when
Mrs. Mahoney returned she was al
lowed to examine the valise.
Where were you when she came
back the second timer"
I'm the cellar"
what was In the satchel before you
emptied it,"
My clothes"
Tha closed the evidence and brief
arguments were made. Mr.. Connolly
said that TO say the least Booths tes-
tlmony was. under the circumstances.
very flshy. The testimony showed that
the defendants a entered into the
vilest kind OF a conspiracy. He said
that some may remark that such things
were common in Butte. but IL was time
the people were given to understand
that IL should be common no longer.
The defendants should be prosecuted
to the full extent of the law. They
knew that Mahoney took the girl from
her home for purposes the vilest and
blacklist, and then assisted him In his
vile work.
Mr.. Naughton said there was moth
ing In the testimony 10 show that
Booth had anything TO do with the girl
leaving home. She was not enticed
away from home. and there was no ev-
idence to show that she a been taxi
en- away for the OF prostitu-
ton. in the absence of which the de-
PENDANTS should be discharged.
The court. however. thought there
was sufficient cause TO believe the de-
PENDANTS guilty and held them to the
district court.
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