The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-01

Did you not figure out the aIibi be-
fore the murder was committed
No. sir; il had ! would have set the
clock slower" replied the witness.
For that reason You know that the
alib was not arranged beforehand"
Yes. sir
The witness said that he stood near
i the corner of Main and Broadway for a
long time enjoying the night air and
watching some advertising stereopticon
displays Franey and Moody were with
him part of the time and then went
away and were gone II or 20 minutes.
| but they came back about $40 or Oils
o'clock. Moody went away again and
went south on Main street and was
| gone 10 or Is minutes. When he re.
| turned he was accompanied by Attorney
| Morrin and the latter invited them into
| the brewery to have a cigar They also
| had several beers and then Creamer
| discussed the Casey case with Morrin,
| who was attorney for Casey, while
| Dreamer was witness for the state
| Moody was a witness for the defense.
'Morrin tried to impress upon mo how
| easily man might be mistaken i'm the
| identification OF another" said Dreamer
Il agreed with him. for | would not
swear positively as 10 any mans iden-
tity, although ! picked Casey out from
80 other prisoners.
Estimated the Time.
Inc WltnesS SAID ne dld not know eN-
actly what time il was as he did not
look at any clock and only estimated
the time. He said he did not see Paul
kroeger in the brewery and would not
have known him if he had seen him.
Creamer and his party remained in
the brewery about 10 or Is minutes
Attorney Morrin went out first and
Creamer. Franey and Moody went cut
shortly after. Moody asked Dreamer
To go with them to their room and
rush the can" Dreamer refused to go,
yet he accompanied them and when
they reached the VIII house he was
again asked up to their room and he
went and they rushed the can"
f'raney went after the first can
with money given him by Moody. The
can" used was a water pitcher. They
drank up the first pitcher of beer in
about Is minutes and Moody went after
another, and they emptied that one in
five or ten minutes. and then Moody
went after another and they drank that
in about 10 minutes.
who went after the fourth pitcher?"
II don't remember the fourth
Did you put both these men 10 bed?"
mo. sir.
Were they so drunk that they
couldn't get in bed themselves"
The men were slightly under the in
fiuencc of liquor"
Did they go to the bed or did the bed
follow them about the room and pick
item up?"
They went to the bed"
Were you pretty FULL too"
Il was as sober as | am now
What did you think about their ac-
ton in going TO bed while guest was
present in their ROOM
Il thought it was a very sensible
action"
The witness said it was about n quar-
ter to II o'clock when he left the room.
In going to the room from the Will
house they went up the rear stairway
because Moody wanted To avoid the
landlady for some reason or other,
rs it not a fact that You tried to
make a sneak into the house and came
down the alley?"
mo, sir
Moody had on light colored felt hat
and Franey wore dark one, said
Creamer which Is the same description
given by young Lewis of the hats worn
by the two men he followed from the
scene of the shooting.
The next morning Dreamer went TO
the court house to testify in the ease
and met Moody in the corridor and
joshed him about being arrested He
said that was what came of being under
suspicion and having been mixed up in
the Clancy case.
You skipped out Immediately after
Moody's arrest, did you not?'
Il left town five days afterwards to
look for work"
You read in the papers at the time
a man who was around with Franey and
Moody that night was arrested?"
Yes, sir
Franey's Hand Helpless.
Creamer said Franey's right hand
that night was SO helpless that he could |
not lift a glass of beer with il.
What is your rea! Nance asked Mr.. |
Baldwin.
Michael Creamer."
What other name have you been
known by?"
None other
Cant recall some other name?"
mo. sir: it's name | was never [
ashamed Of"
Mr.. Baldwin asked Dreamer if he did +
not wear dark colored macintosh on
the night of the murder. lie said he did
not and had not worn one for some time
before that time. Mr.. Baldwin referred
to a deposition made by Dreamer IN the
Casey case for the purpose of contra
dieting his statement that he never posi-
lively identified anybody under oath.
The court sustained an objection to
The question. That's no way to prac-
tee law, Mr.. Baldwin" said the Judge.
The deposition itself was offered in
evidence and of course was ruled out as
irrelevant.
occurrence on the night Of May % 90
No, sir
You heard that there was murder
that night"
mo; | did not hear of il until the
next morning. | did not talk to anyone
on the way home"
Creamer said he did not know where
The murder was committed aud did not
know where Crystal and Park streets
and the Parochial school were.
You say, on your cath. that FTaney
and Moody we're with You and not out
IF your sight that night from S clock
until 1915 o'clock. except when they
we're away for few minutes about
, clock?"
Yes. sir said the witness. holding
Ip his hand, Il swear to that.
Were these two men out of your pres
snce long enough about 10 o'clock to
walk down Main street and west on
Park street as far as the Parochal
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