The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-18

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Wednesday morning. All the testi-
mony Of the state in chief and the de-
Tense was put in to-day. and there will
be very little rebuttal. The defense
was somewhat uncertain. No state
ment was made outlining what 1t would
be and the testimony hardly disclosed
what Riley depended OF to save his
neck. There was M evidence on the
question of insanity and only a few
| witnesses would even venture the opin-
ion that Riley acted queer. To Judge
by the number of crippled victims Of
| Butte's great powder explosion who
| were on the witness stand, II looked as
| though the defendant had to rely en-
| tirely on the sympathy he could arouse
in the breasts Of the Jury. To the sur
| prise of some, the defendant was not
| put on the stand to testify In his own
behalf.
Among the testimony of most inter-
est given yesterday was that of ex-
| County Attornew NJ. L. Wines of Butte,
| who gave evidence that for Vol two
| years prior to the murder Riley had
been bleeding and threatening to kill
the men whom he considered RESPONSE
BILE for his crippled condition. Mr..
Wines also gave some testimony on a
few other subjects that will be of spe-
cial interest in Butte, as it tends to
answer certain old criticisms and make
clear a few things that were never
clear before.
At the request Of the defendants at
torney. Judge Smith made an order
that the s~tenographer provide the de-
Tense with q transcript of the testi-
mony as the trial proceeded, and II was
1850 IA
cial stenographers, James p. Supple
and Arthur A. Pelletier. taking and
transcribing the evidence in turn.
Mr.. Wines was the first witness
called when the trial was resumed
this morning. His testimony, prac-
tically in full, as taken by Stenog-
rapher Peletier, is here given. After
stating that he was acquainted with
Riley and a known Mr.. Largey, the
examination proceeded as follows:
What. IL any threats or CONVERSE
lions, menacing conversations, did you
have, or did you e. Mr.. Riley engage
in prior to the 18th day of January.
1882" asked Mr.. Stapleton.
Not very Immediately prior. ] had
several conversation with Mr.. Riley
during. I think, November, 1896"
Were those conversations relating to
Mr.. Largey?"
Yes. sir; Mr.. Largey and others"
will you go ahead and tell the jury
in your W language Just h those
were?'
"As nearly as I remember. I had met
Mr.. Riley a time or two, n I nae had
some conversations with him relative to.
as he claimed, his rights with respect
to his injuries, n the compensation
he should receive for 1t. After that
time word was sent to me that he was
in the city Jail. OF course, as to the
direct facts of why he was there, I
l knnU nnthinO nf NV nun knnuylad0a
except the accusations made against
him He was held there for making
certain threats. went to see Mr..
Riley. and I explained to him that I'M
der the peculiar condition of our stat
ute at that time, unless his stage In
life was such as to enable him to give
a bond, he might ave to lie in Jail
a long time. I said to Mr.. Riley at
that time that certainly it was not right
for him to talk abou killing anybody;
that hat wouldn't do him any good:
n that i desired, IL there vas any
way possible, to see him get out of Jail.
The people who were interested in the
powder companies were very DESTROYS
of not having him in jail. and that they
simply wanted me to talk to him and
see IL he wouldn't listen to reason. Mr..
Riley said: If they don't want me
here, they can take me out said
But they don't dare TAX you out as
long as you remain in this frame OF
mind. AS long as you are threatening
them with bodily injury they don't dare
take you out He said: I will get
out sometime; they will either do what
l want them to, or some n Ill get
hurt That was the conversation at
that time"
WAS there any other conversation
IT went to see Mr.. Connell. then, to
ask him to do something for Mr.. Riley
and / also saw Mr.. Clark In Mr.. Con.
nelrs office. and told them what
thought of the man. At any rate,
had several conversations. that is,
jail before he was finally released. and
IL I mistake not. why. from that time
I didn't see him for some little period
OF time; later on. again, after that,
saw him and asked him how he wa.
getting along. and I don't remember
that he made IN replies that are a
all material in this matter"
DO you remember in any of thes'
conversations except what you hav'
told of any threats or menace mad
against Mr.. Largey?"
/, Yes, sir. went back and told MI
Riley tina his demands were Of sucl
, a character that I could not accomplish
. them: first Mr.. Connell said that h
was willing TO do SO. but THAI i coul
not accomplish them, and that MI
/ Clark seemed to tie the matter up. HI
then spoke of Pat Largey. I can't Civ
you the exact words. He said 1t mad
no difference who did it for him. pro
vided 1t was done: II not. some on
would get hurt. That Ii the substanc
Of it,"
Characterization by Judge Glenn
! ents:
I AT that time you we're county at
torney, were o not?"
: Eyes, sir. / was. Mr.. Clements"
"Mr. Riley knew that. did he not?"
II am sure I o n Know"
How long had you been acquainte
with Mr.. Riley?"
II had been acquainted with him bu
a very short time"
What did he ak about in thes
conversations aside from his referenc
to the powder companies. You may te
the jury whether or not he didn't in h
conversations refer to his personal In
juriesY"
That Is what he referred to. Ths