The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-01
HOW COLE CUT MOORE
Says He Did It With His Little
Composing Rule.
NOT WITH A SCALPEL
Cole Is Convicted OF Assault in the Third
Degree and Gets on With a SEN
tence of Six Months-He
Thanks the Court.

G. j. Cole. a printer. was tried be-
fore a jury in Judge Clancy's court
yesterday on the charge of assault in
the second degree. committed with a
surgeons scalpel on +. J.. Moore, an
East Park street lodging house keeper,
and the jury convicted him of assault
in the third degree. The court gave
him the limit n sentenced him to six
months in the county Jail, for which
Cole expressed his thanks.
Moore. he prosecuting witness, tes-
titled that Cole and his wife had
roomed at his louise at $50 East Park
street prior to April %. and that Cole
owed him W. on the date mentioned
Cole came to the house for an insect
powder sprinkler which his wife had
ieft there. Moore gave ii to him. and
then they had some words and Cole
called him a name. Moore ordered him
to cave the house and took him by
the arm and pushed him toward the
door, whereupon Cole flashed a knife.
a small scalpel, and slashed him across
the face, across he nose and over the
left eyelid. Another slash cut his
trouser leg.
f. A. Sawyer and another witness
NhaN haNN htdlh Nbt S1uillt IL
the hall and went out. Moore was
calling for help and said Cole had cut
him. They separated the men and
found that Cole had a bloody knife IN
his hand.
DIR. Shultz testified as to the nature
OF the wound and said that. basing his
opinion on Moore's description of the
pain he suffered, the mans eye vas
probably sightless. The doctor also de-
SCrihpn the wpannn with which the in
jury had been inflicted. but which has
been missing for sometime, the sup
position being that Deputy D'Gay Stiv-
ers took ii with him to the Cuban war.
The defendant, Cole, testified that he
cut Moore accidentally with a printers
composing rule which he was carrying
in his hand. He said he went to Moore's
place for the bed bug killer and also %
tell him that he would pay him some
thing on his account in a few days. He
walked about FIVE blocks and carried
the printers rule. an engravers' tool
and another small instrument in his
hand because there was a hole in one
of his pockets. He said Moore called
him a vile name and threatened TO
throw him downstairs and grabbed him
by the neck, whereupon Cole jerked
loose n threw IN his arm to ward
off a blow and accidentally cut Moore
across the face with the printers rule.
He said it was not until Moore and
Sawyer and several others jumped IN
him that he pulled out his scalpel and
threatened to use it If they did not let
him alone, but he did not use ii.
George Dutton and Mrs. Cole also
testified, after which the arguments
were made. Mr.. Thresher, attorney
for Cole, testified to the jury abou the
custom Of printers and the wonderful
little implement, the composing rule,
which he said was always kept with a
keen edge and was employed for all
kinds of mechanical. agricultural AMI
domestic uses. Mr.. Connolly suggested
that Mr.. Thresher be placed under oath
If he was going to testify. and then
MI. Thresher spoke of some of Mr..
C%onnolly's questions asked on cross
examination as to Coles custom about
carrying his implements of his trade
always in his hands, n Mr.. Thresher
said the questions were silly and alb
surd. Mr.. Connolly in reply said he
thanked God hat he was not RESPONSE
BILE to Thresher for his actions.
The Jury was out about IL minutes
and brought in a verdict of assault in
the third degree. Cole asked to be
sentenced at once and he was accom-
modated.
Moore claims that the sight of his left
eye was entirely destroyed n his right
affected by the injury.