The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06

their lodging place for the night OF the
murder from some place, which they
declined To give. to the VIII house.
where they engaged a room for one
night. They We're there before and
after the murder and both were seen
by the Iandlady, but their friend and
anbi witness. Mike Dreamer, was not
seen there at any time. The evidence
shows that the defendants did not
wear mackintoshes when they were
seen going to the scene of the murder.
but they did wear them when they left
the scene, which jnstiiies the conclu-
sion that Moody took the dlsguises 10
the scene of the murder when he was
seen there several hours previously,
and concealed there by him, or that
the men had an accomplce who carried
the mackintoshes. Sigmund Meyer,
disinterested witness, testified that "a
short while before the murder he saw
Moody and F'raney within two short
blocks Of the place where the murder
was committed and going in the dlfec-
ton of IL. That is a strong circum-
stance 10 show that they were present
at the commission of the crime. They
had just sufficient time to reach the
place where their pal was waiting Tor
them with the mackintoshes or To get
them where they had previously been
concealed Another strong clrcum-
stance against the defendant is his
emphatic denial that he ever wore a
macintosh. He recognized the inn
portance of il, and did not want II TO
he known that he had worn anything
To compare with the attire Of the two
murders. Afterward. however, when
he was recalled to the witness stand,
and had seen the witness from Ana
conda who had known him to wear
macintosh only a few days before the
murder he modified his statement and
said he had at some time worn one.
, Tla.ar. .aAv1 n
old macintosh. The friend and boon
companion of the two defendants, Mike
Dreamer. testified that he had an old
macintosh during the time he was de-
tanned in the county Jail as n witness.
He was released from the Jail on the
2lst of May, four days before the muir
der. He said he had left his macldn-
tosh at the jail and later took it to his
cabin. lie couldn't account for IT after
that and couldn't produce It, il was
just such a macintosh as was worn
by one of the murderers that night
These matters concerning the mackin-
toshes are patent facts and show that
the robbery had been long planned and
prearranged and If their intended vic
Tins had not resisted the robbery
would have been successfully carried
out but resistance was offered. and
cold blooded and dastardly murder was
committed.
How did the mackintoshes and re-
volvers get away? The murderers had
ample opportunity to dispose Of them
or they had an accomplice waiting for
them at some point. Where was
Creamer that night? Nobody knows
but himself and Moody and Franey
There are circumstances in this case
that point To Dreamer as the accom-
plice and confederate of this defendant
and Moody. He disappeared for some
time after the murder. He may have
been the man who got away with the
mackntoshes and reVolVers, though he
was not necessary for that, as there
We're many sewers, vaults and other
places of coneealment along the route
over which the two murderers ran. We
have not only one of the murderers in
the man here on trial, but we have both
of them in the witnesses who appeared
on behalf of the defendant who would
do anything on the stand to shield
themselves"
Both Franey and Moody swore posi-
lively that on the day or night of the
murder they were not west of Main
street In swearing to that they swore
that the witnesses Halter, Meyer,
Lewis and Henry Kroeger testified
falsely and committed perjury. and
contradicted those who identified them
generally.
Mr.. Baldwin. referring again to the
testimony of D. y. Dickinson. said
that the only thing brought out at the
trial in an attempt to discredit that
testimony was the talk OF this fellow,
Thresher." in his address To the jury.
Thresher had for a long time been
Dickensons counsel and went about
the state pleading Dickenson's cause
and innocence, but now his tune is
changed and he discovers thai his for
mer client is the most abandoned per
juror and criminal
Baldwin Gail a
not only have no inducemeut offered
him for testifyins, but he was given
To understand that the state did not
want anything from him but the truth.
DickensonS reticenee in teStifying and
his demeanor while on the stand must
have impressed the jury that he WAS
telling the truth Counsel for the de-
PENDANT spoke of the improbability OF
Ffaney making contidant of Dicllen-
son and making n confession To him
of the crime he had committed. but
there is nothing uncommon or unlikely
about il. The highway robber and
murderer is considered by the criminal
class high above the common herd of
petty larceny thieves who usually fill
prisons. and when Franey got into
Jail he wanted To let the common class
there know the high position he occu-
pied and the rank he was entitled 10
as criminal. lie placed reliance on
ibilbi dillb1lS lilltAtS lIlil Ills DDdSlS
would not be repeated or betrayed,
but murder will out" and there is an
other old maxim which SAYS that from
the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh," or perhaps the defendant
has been engaged in crime SO long that
the promptings of his conscience have
become somewhat obtuse.
Mr.. Baldwin devoted considerable at
tention to Lawyer Thresher, who. he
said, had insinuated that the county
attorney and Neno's attorney. l.. W.
Toole of Helena, had induced Neno 10
testify falsely for pay or promises of
reward. and had also charged that the
associate counsel for the state was
working for a reward and that his fee
depended on a verdict of guilty Mr.
McClernan called Sigmund Meyer a
monstrosity, and said that this jew
would not only sell his Christ for 50
pieces Of silver. bur would throw in the
II apostles for good measure. II can
not see" said MIR. Baldwin. how these
gentlemen can expect To acquit their