The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-17

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Larrsy and other owners OF the ware |
that were blown up.
',On thursday or Friday before the
murder I met Riley on Granite street
and he told M he had looked for en-
ployment al the Heinze company. Butte
& Boston and Anaconda company and
could get none. He said Largey was
Madison county. He said he was going
down to ask for a Job and II he did not
get II some one would drop pretty
quick. He frequently came into the
store and said II he did not get money
or work pretty soon some OF the =
would drop. He a these threats .
dozen times or more"
Did not the loss Of his leg form the
subject OF his ak"
mo, II seemed to be money"
The witness said hat On the day that
Mr.. Connell left Butte. on Dec. IL. Riley
came into the ONCE and said II was
pretty cold and he had no overcoat-
Mr.. Cornell told him to 30 out into the
store and get n and have II charged
to Mr.. Council. He a been in fire.
quently before and got from IS to $40
been in the store about 100 times after
the explosion. He always acted very
calmly and was not a bit excited. In
October or November. 1895. he also
threatened MIR. Connell personally.
c. D.. Joslyn Of Deer Lodge testified
that he saw Riley in that city in the
fall OF 1897 and had a number OF con-
versations with him. He was mining
in the n~eighborhood OF Deer Lodge. He
said he lost his leg in the second ex-
~plosion, which came from the ware
house of IN Butte Hardware company.
He told the witness about holding up
Mr.. Connell at the point Of a u and
compelling him to give up money.
He told that several times" said
the witness. when he left for Butte
ne said they had to take care of him or
there would be trouble. I told him that
a man in his position ought to lay up a
nest egg, but he said that when his
money was gone he would get more"
Mr.. Joslyn said Riley acted deter
mined and he concluded that the man
meant what he salt and he warned Mr..
Conner the next time he saw him. He
acted very coolly about 1t.
Cool and Calm.
Did he not appear particularly cool
and calm?' asked Judge Clements on
cross-examination.
ITO threaten a mans life Is a cold
blooded proposition In itself and don
know tina he was uncommon'y cold
about it,"
"Did he complain about the loss of
his leg?"
yes. he talked about that"
Did he say his leg bothered him a
great deal?"
yes. he said il hurt him."
Martin Pishkur, one of the jailers OF
Silver Bow county, was the next VIII
ness. He said he had known Riley
about a year m a half. At the time OF
the murder the witness was walking
mast the bank and heard the shots. He
stopped and saw Riley come out with a
gun in his hand and started west.
Pishkur went after him and placed him
under arrest. The witness took the gun
away from him and escorted him 10 the
county jail.
the iail?'' asked Mr.. Stapleton.
.I wanted to find out what was the
trouble and he said he did not have time
to tell me, and that he would tell all
about II when the time came
Pishkur had q very short memory ana
could not remember much or what riley
had said either on the way TO or at the
Jail.
Mrs Carrie b. Glenn, the next witness.
said she went into the bank TO transact
some business and had barely got inside
when she heard a shot fired. Ii was imme-
diately followed by another n then
Riley started for the door. Mrs. Glenn
was standing at the paying %teller's win
dow and Riley passed behind her and
stopped and pointed the gun over her
shoulder and fired at Mr.. Holmes through
the window and then went out. Mrs.
Glenn said the gun seemed to almost
touch her ear.
Charles C~openharve. reporter for the
Standard at Butte. testified that he knew
both Riley and Lsrgey. He saw Riley at
the county jail about an hour after the
killing. on the nth day OF January. !sss.
The witness produced a copy OF the
Standard containing an i1t srview Re lad
had with Riley.
Judge Clements objected to Mr.. CO.
penharve reading from the paper for the
purpose of refreshing his memory. but
had no objection to his referring TO IL Tor
that purpose.
Continuing hi. testimony. the witness
said that IN the Interview Riley started
out with the time of the explosion three
wears before. He said he had gone to
ConnelI, Kenyon and Largely for work,
and had gone around town looking Tor
work; got money from Connel; alsa S15
from Largey and the rest: went 10 Larfey
and told him he had heard that he had
bonded a mine in Madison county. Largey
said the papers had lied. that he had not
bonded a mine. and said that II he came
there bothering him any more that he
would send him to the penitentiary. The
reporter asked Riley II he went In there
WIN the ultfttioh VI iAiAh "he
first said mo" Then he said he went
there with the intention of killing him II
he didn't get work.
Riley asked II Larsey was dead and
then said he did not fire at the clerk, but
saw him coming toward him and thought
they were going to get a gun. and he shot
TO scare him. He said he had threatened
Largey's life and that he said the would
make II just as expensive for him as he
cauld. He said he had often threatened
Largey, and that he went to the bank for
the purpose of getting employment or
! killing him: that he made up his mind to
kill him when he threatened to send him
to Jail. On cross-exsmination the witness
said the interview was held In the jail.
| Either the jailer or sheriff brought h:-
ley TO jail. He appeared just about ~ he
does now.
"Did he not state IN that interview that
! he presented a paper to Mr.. Largey?"
asked Mr.. Clements.