The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-23
ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE
John Bloor IL Ready to Take His
Medicine.
HE SEEMED TO ENJOY IT
Disbarment Proceedings Are Instituted
Against Him-He Threatened Pur-
cell-He Had the Audacity to
Sound the Supreme Court.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, March 22.-"T am innocent.
but III tax my medicine. When I
nave serve my time l expect to remain
in Montana. for / don't consider my
self a criminal. No. l ave nothing
else to say for publication"
John Bloor, the secretary of the Mon
tana senate, convicted of secreting the
salary bill and sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary, delivered himself of
the above this afternoon in the county
jail in respons to questions from the
Standard reporter who called to inquire
il he had anything to say through the
columns Of the Standard. Efforts to
draw the convicted man out and ascer-
tain h prompted him to commit the
act which brought so much trouble
upon his head, were not successful. II
Bloor has any idea of 'squealing' ne
did not betray 1t. He was as coJi as
though he never heard of such a place
as Deer Lodge. He laughed and rack
ed jokes, and appeared perfectly at
ease.
Asked IL he proposed to seek a par
don, he said IL such a thing was at
tempted ii would probably be done by
his friends. The pardon proposition did
not seem to interest him. for he quickly
changed the subject. In with
Deputy Sheriff Andrews he left for
Butte tonight. Bloor said he hoped to
ave a chance to attend to some BUSH
ness matters after reaching Butte to-
night. AS soon as these were attended
TO, he would be ready to leave for Deer
Lodge on the early train tomorrow
morning.
The convicted man arrived from
Butte this afternoon i'm custody OF Dep
uty Sheriff Andrews. He was taken at
once to Department ]. Of the district
court, where. nearly a year ago. he was
tried and convicted. I. j. Walsh. one
of his counsel. was present, and so was
County Attorney Purcell. Judge Smith
was called in and the time for reaffirm-
ing the sentence of n year was at
hand. The county attorney informed
the court of Bloor's trial n convic-
tion and Of the recent decision of the
supreme court affirming the same. and
asked the court to enforce its decree.
Without going through the formality of
sentencing Bloor again the court made
the following order. which was entered
upon the record:
I'm his cause the county attorney,
the defendant and his counsel, appear
ed in open court this 22nd day of March.
1898. 1t appearing to the court that
the remittitur has been received from
the supreme court, together with a
certified copy of the entry of Judgment
of said court, wherein Ii appears that
the order n judgment of this court of
conviction against said defendant. and
sentencing him to A term of n year
in the state prison has been duly
affirmed by the supreme court, 1t is
now hereby ordered. on motion of the
county attorney. that the original judg-
ment of this court be forthwith en-
forced and that the sheriff of this
county Immediately take said defend
ant and forthwith deliver him to the
proper officers of the state prison at
Deer Lodge i'm accordance with the
commitment heretofore issued in this
cause a copy of which, together with a
copy of this order. shall be warrant of
said sheriff for so doing"
This ended the proceeding. As Bloor
left the court room he Kissed at the
county attorney, II hope to be able to
see you again" Afterwards he said he
meant nothing and hoped the reporters
woul not construe what he said as a
threat against the a who had been
Instrumental i'm placing him behind the
bars. When Bloor completes his sem
tence and endeavors to resume his
chosen a~vocation, he will find that
John Bloor, attorney at law" will not
go. at least not in Montana. Bloor had
hardly left the court room before Dis
trict Clerk McRae commenced to pre-
pare the papers that will result in his
disbarment. In accordance with sec
ton All of the civil code, the clerk GER
tiled up 10 the supreme court the cir
cumstances in the case. The certificate
viii be considered by the supreme
court in a few days, and the law which
forbids a person once a convict from
ever again practicing law. carried out.
1t has leaked out that Bloor when here
last Saturday made an attempt to
ascertain from one of the justices how
his Ease would be decided by the SUI
preme court. He had the temerity 10
boldly ask the Justice for the desired
information as though 1t was no I'M
common thing to make such a request.
He was repulsed and rebuked In a
manner that he will probably never for
get.