The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-23

next she saw Mahoney. whereupon MI.
Campbell made an objection to the In
PRODUCTION Of any testimony relating To
SUBSEQUENT events, and arRued that the
state would have to rely on one act ana
could not bring subsequent acts into
the case. He cited a number of author
tiles. and as the questions raised ap-
peared to be very important to the
case, the further arguments were con-
tinued until I O'Clock and the jury was
excused until 2 o'clock In the after
noon.
After the arguments. Judge Clancy
ruled that all that was necessary to
make case against the defendant was
to prove the age of the girl and the act
complained Of. and that testimony as
to subsequent acts vas not admissible,
though II might be shown that they
had been together afterwards for the
purpose of showing their intimacy ana
as n corroborating circumstance. The
witness then resumed her testimony
and said that after the assault Ma
honey said that II her father caught
him he would tell him to shoot him. as
he deserved IL. The witness testified
about being taken to the CABINS OF
Jack Rand and Billy Booth by Ma
honey. The latter had shaved on his
mustache and she had been provided
with n suit Of mems clothes. She was
arrested while at Booths cabin and
confined in female department of the
county fail. When Mahoney was
brought back he vas put In a room
oyer the one occupied bv herself. one
day some one raped on the water pipe
above and Edith Sommers answered II.
and a prisoner named Kelly replied
that Mahcney wished to talk to Nellie.
The latter went to the barred window
and Mahoney talked 10 her. but she
could not understand him and he old
her he would send n note down to her
In the evening. In the evening a book.
containing n letter. was let down 70
the window by n string. The letter old
her to deny everything and stand
pat" Mahoney promised her money.
and asked her to remember her prom
Use not to tell anything. The witness
testified about Mahoney climbing In at
her window at her home on one occa-
sion. and about hiding In n closet a
number OF times when he was there.
once about two weeks after the as
sault.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Cavanaugh.
the girl. said she visited Mahoney's
house between the time OF the attempt
ed assault on Christmas night n his
subsequent visit to her a few weeks
later. She said she didn't tell her faith
er of the assault. she was
afraid.
Mrs. Jane Doyle. grandmother OF the
Corbett girl. testified that the girl was
born on the day that President Garfield
was shot and the defendants attor-
neys admitted that Garfield was shot
on July 2. 1881. The witness said she
knew the girl was born on that day be-
cause she vas present.
Mrs. Buckley testified that she was
present on an occasion when Mr.. Cor
bett took Mohaney to task for being
in the house and having climbed In the
window. Mahoney admitted that he
had climbed in ut the window. but said
he raped on the door and there being
no response he went In at the window.
He wanted to get a paper and found
Nellie hiding behind the door.
Several other witnesses testified for
the prosecution. after which the state
announced the case closed and court
adjourned for the day.