The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-15

Oabrfel1e's houDA md she cane down
to my house n aid b thought Mr..
Booth had bean arrested. M. Wines
and Mr.: Booth 9 came in: and my
husband asked what he had better DO.
Mr.. Wines said he had better skip out.
but Mr.. Booth said oh. no. he had better
stay"
~Did you have any conversation with
Mr.. Wines about your husband getting
into troubler"
Yes. SIR"
when was that?"
Before my husband went to Seat
what did he say,"
HE said there vas no such thing as
perjury in the state and that he would
stay by my husband till the burnt An
ish."
did you have any conversation with
him after the Shafer trial?"
what did he say about your husband
being In trouble then. or about some n
s~Quealing?"
he said he thought his friends
would b. the arst to break down. and
1 thought he meant that I would be the
first to give II away"
Mrs. ach said she saw Eva Smith
rehearse her testimony very often. and
saw Gabrielle practice her role once.
Where are you living now ?" asked
Mr.. Scallon on cross-examination.
AT log South Wyoming street"
Did you also occupy a on the
other side Of the street at the same
timer"
Yes"
What is the number of that placer"
"One hundred and seventeen"
What did you use the house fort"
Different things"
"What different things?"
WELL" said Mrs. Bache after long
hesitation, Il used to run . sporting
house there for a while"
Your husband knew Of this?"
"Yes. he knew of II. He was in jail"
He knew Of IL before he was in Jail,
did he not?"
Yes"
The witness said her husband gave
her $50 before he left for Seattle. Mr..
Wines had given Bacher $50 to pay his
expenses. and when Booth heard Of II
he said he was never more surprised In
his life.
Did you come on with your hus-
ing Mr.. shafer."
Certainly"
"were you interested in shafer's
case?"
Yes, sir; very much"
Mrs. Bacher said she and her hus-
band called OF Booth they same day on
which they arrived in Butte to see about
the Shafer defense and to agree on the
amount of money they should pay.
Bacher said ne could not afford to pay
more han 500 or $50.
How much did he finally agree to
pay?"
He only agreed to pay $50, but they
finally got betwee $3.50 and $500 out
Of u.s."
..D.a -. L. -.- -A ~.
Mel Wines. after your husbands arrest,
ask him to get a man named Page TO
go on your husbands bonds?"
mo; he had been to see Mr.. Page.
and I told him that Mr.. Pages prop
erty was SO heavily mortgaged that he
couldn't GO On anyone's bond"
Didn't o ask Mr.. Wines to get
some one to go on your husbands bond
with a view to having him skip out ?"
mo, SIR"
Did you not also say to Mr.. Wines
that you would say anything and do
anything to get your husband out Of
jaii?"
mo, sir. I said I would not see my
husband go to states prison II l could
prevent it,"
The witness said she had talked to
Mr.. Wines about getting her husband
out of Jail on bonds. and Mr.. Wines told
her not to talk to him. Al he didn't know
h to do. He old her he could prove
that Bacher was rot in Seattle by a re-
ceipt he nae for $50 dated on Nov. 2.
bur she didn't ave h receipt. He ad-
vised her to get another attorney, as II
wouldn't look well for himself or Booth
to show up at the court house. and she
consulted Attorney John b. McClernan.
She denied that she told Mr.. McCier-
nan that II they did not get her hus-
ban out Of Jail she would swear against
them. h said she told Mr.. McClernan
that the county attorney was after
Wines and Booth and not after her hus-
band.
"Is your husband out Of jail nov
II think he Is He went home to din
ner with me-"
He was not taken back to Jail this
morning.
What were your relations with Shat
er that you took such an interest In
him7'
my mother was a slave holder. and
he was ~raned-his people were slaves
in slavery"
How old II hef
"Thirty-one years old"
He was not q slave. hen"
mo; his. people were my mothers
slaves. He was not born in slavery"
Attorney Miles CavanauEh. who at
first had been associated with Wines
III oOOtu III IA ouaICI CASC. WaS nv
next witness. and testified As TO his ac-
quaintance with the different parties
mixed up In the case. He said he was
present in court during the whole trial
of the Shafer case, and made the OPEN
ing statement and outlined the testi-
mony that was to be presented in the
case. He got the facts from Mr.. Booth
and Mr.. Wines.
do you ~recollect about being on the
streets with Mr. Booth with reference
to getting a revolver"
Yes. sir"
Detail fully the affair about that re-
volver."
II was on Park street with Mr.. Booth.
and he said he was going in . pawnshop
to get q revolver. I remained out
side, and while he was in Mr.. Wines
came along and1asked me where Booth
VISA and I told him. and he went In,
too"
Did they get the revolver"
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