The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-15
THE EVIDENCE IS ALL IN
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Mrs. Bacher's house after Bacher was
arrested. h thought IL was a shame
that he should be in Jail. She a II
her husband was sent to the peniten-
tiary. the others would go. too. Cavan-
augh told her hat SO far as he was
concerned. she could tell all she knew,
Booth made a similar assertion. She
said her husband had stood by Wines
and Booth, and they ought to stand by
him now. h thought they could get
him out on n III they wanted to.
MI. Cavanaugh said he had dis
cussed the case with Wines and Booth
after their arrest. and Mr.. Scallon said
the defendants authorized him to tell
all that was said during those CONVEX
s%ations. but the witness said he could
not remember that anything I'm partic-
ular was said.
informed agains jointly with Shafer
and Eva Smith for the murder of John
Hawkins. was the next witness. He
testified that he left Butte three days
after the shooting, but was brought
back afterwards. e.,
did you eve have any conversation
with Mr.. Booth in reference to your
testimony in the Shafer case?"
Yes. sir"
Did you have also a conversation
with Mr.. Wines?"
Yes, sir"
did you testify in the case?"
In answer to several questions by Mr..
Nolan, the witness said after he was
brought back to Butte he was in need
of an attorney. and Mr.. Booth called on
him, but he sent for Mr.. Wines. and
the latter tool the case. MIR. Wines,
however. suggested that Booth be re-
tanned also, n he was. They on
suited, and Ford stated his case to
them.
They told me my statement vas too
long and round about" said Ford. and
they told me to make 1t short and to
make 1t shorter. and to the point. They
made IL out that way, and i testified
so on the stand because IL was short
err"
The witness said the attorneys did not
tell him to testify to anything regard
ing a gun I'm the possession of Hawk
ins. except that they understood that
Hawkins had a gun.
II did not see the u in Hawkins
hand, n did not testify that / did
said Ford. IT testified that a man
came in the Swim saloon and told Shat
err that Hawkins had got a CUR from
him. I did not know the mans name,
but Mr.. Booth told me his name was
Laney. but ] did not know 1t myself,
and did not testify to it
Ford said that while he was In Jail
Booth came In n exhibited a white
handled gun to Shafer, and told him
thai was his gun, or that was to be
his gun
What was 1t you testified to on the
stand that wasn't true?" asked Referee
Campbell at the conclusion of the di-
rect examination by Mr.. Nolan
Nothing at all, sir" replied the black
man.
ON cross-examination Mr.. Corbett
asked him why he was now confined in
the county Jail.
For perjury"
'In what case?"
I'm the Shafer case"
The witness said ne had only one or
two conversations with County Attor-
ney Stapleton regarding the perjury
cases. and did not tell him what he
would testify In the Wines and Booth
case. He declared that Wines and
Booth never suggested to him to testi-
fy to anything that was not true In
the Shafer case.
III there was anything wrong about
It," HI said, II didn't know IL. / tes-
titled only as I had II pictured out for
my own satisfaction"
Mr.. Nolan questioned him as to what
he did testify to at the Shafer trial.
dlta alNtl Nhta a.1 -
Mr.. Nolan submitted to him an afii-
davit he had made I'm the Wines and
Booth case some time ago, and asked
him IL he had made IL. After he had
read il over. Ford said the affidavit
represented the facts as nearly as he
could get at them.
The affidavit set forth the testimony
Ford gave at the Shafer trial. He said
that a man did come into the saloon
to warn Shafer that Hawkins was look
ing for a gun. and Booth told Ford that
he should testify that Hawkins got n
gun from a man named Laney. and that
he was going to kill a Niger before
morning. Ford said he thought Booth
knew better than ne did. and he was
willing to testify that way. as Booth
had investigated the case. and his
knowledge was more reliable.
Then IL is a fact that you did testify
to some things at the trial that you
did not know of your W Knowledge
sale Mr.. Nolan.
"If did / don't know 1t. i testified
as near to the truth as / could, and
as l had things pictured out to me-"
Ford said the affidavit correctly rep
resented the conversation he had with
Mr.. Booth. He said the AFFIDAVIT was
read over to him by Mr.. Connolly. and
then he read IL himself to see that II
was correct. m then he signed II.
Attorney Bernard Noon. the next wit
ness. testified that he made his ONCE
with Booth and Cavanaugh during the
Shafer trial. One morning he went
into the Office N found Eva smith,
Bacher and MIR. Booth there. Mr.. Booth
had a gun in his hand. and the witness
took IL and asked Booth II Eva Smith
was sure she could identify Ii. Booth
said she could. as she had a 1t for
two years. Noon handle the gun to
Bacher. and the latter looked at II. ana
then incurred: Where in - did you
get hat gun" ~whereupon Booth told
him to shut up.
Joe Shafer, the convicted murderer
of John Hawkins. was put on the Wit
ness stand and testified that Booth had
talked TO him several times about the
missing witness. Ed Laney. First
Booth said that Laney was In Boise.
Idaho, and then In Seattle, and that
he had sent Bacher there, and that II
was all right.
Die you have any conversation with
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