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

well. naturally when / met him on
the street I know that he had a little
more of a pleasant expression and 1ov-
iaI EXPRESSION than he would have
while being in . cell In Jail. but so far
his conduct was concerned. at n
time he was sitting and talking and at
the other we was walking n spoke 10
me 10 he passed"
''On these occasions when he was In
Jail did he appear to be excited. or did
he appear to be cooly'
M impression was that he was very
And he manifested an unusual cool
ness. did he not?"
mo, sir. he might manifest an
usual GOODNESS for people OF some tenn
permanent"
You say that hi only told one story.
told II directly. promptly and vigor-
ously?
He made q demand and stayed with
it,"
That seemed to be the burden Of his
thoughts. did IL not?"
Il don't know what his thoughts
were, i simply know that that was the
topic of the conversations"
He INDUCED in very few words and
they were direct and to the point?'
Yes. sir, he wanted money"
He generally repeated the same con-
versation and there was very little
change in the conversation
Yes, sir, In those conversations he
demanded or requested money. or
whatever way you might construe It
when you undertook to discuss this
subject he seemed to direct his lam
guage n his thoughts to h same
conversation each time. did he not?"
He didn't discuss the question. He
simply told me he wanted these
people to do. He said IL they would
do as he said, all right. i told him I
would get him out IL 1t was possible.
He told me then what he wanted, and
1 said l will go to Mr.. Connell and Mr..
Clark and endeavor in every W pos
sible to get them to do something for
you"
Now you at that time knew what
he was arrested for, for making
threats?"
Il don't know of my own knowledge.
only i know that he was confined in
jail. but OF the facts / didn't know any
him about of my own knowledge"
III that was true, IL was your duty
to see that he was put under bonds?"
mo, sir"
why were you anxious to get tina
man out?"
For the reason hat / sympathized
with him; second, that I didn't want
totS ~ ~ poN ,'oiltN II
! could prevent II. and third. hat l
didn't want. the general public of Butte
to go oun saying that that man had
been injured and thrown In jail: insult
upon injury, you might say"
You had some apprehension. did you
not. that he might hurt somebody"
II had very serious apprehension
after 1 talked with him that he would
kill somebody unless they did some
thing for him, which | succeeded in
getting them to do. that is partially"
But in that respect he was different
from any other MANI"
Not from any other man ] ever met,
no. sir"
Have you ever met others like him p"
II have been raised on the Pacific
coast and have met many, but not very
many like him There are man who
would threaten every day and never
would carry II into execution. and other
men lead one to believe that they will
carry il into execution"
"What was there about him specially
that led you TO believe he was in earn
est ?"
The fact that he was cool, deter
mined. courageous and sane"
That Is your opinion as county at
torney?"
mo, sir; that was my opinion based
upon some slight examination and with
my acquaintance with him at the time"
But as county attorney o didn't
think It proper at that time TO express
yourself as to the state Of his mind?"
Il don't remember whether l thought
II prope for me to express myself or
not. I don't know what / thought the
proprieties were"
AT that time. Mr.. Wines. wasn't the
firm in which you were connected en-
ployed by the company for defending
these suits?"
NO, sir: ] was never employed in
them at all. They offered employment
to my f'ther. who way a partner of
mine. which he refused until after the
grand jury, or until after the coroner
| jury. had thoroughly Investigated the
matter. and not until the grand jury
which had been called for this purpose
had thoroughly investigated II and had
refused to indict them: then he went
in, which was perhaps a little unbecom'
Ing. yet. at the same time, there was
! nothing which j could see which could
be construed as anything dishonorable
He went into the case in conjunction
with Mr.. Forbis and others for one par
of the company for the purpose OF en-
deavoring, IL possible, to throw som'
of the liability upon the company o.
which Mr.. Largely was a member and Il
see IL possible that they were not en-
tirely thrown upon the other company
II was something in which I had NJ
connection whatever"
las county attorney you have au
thority to file informations direct with
out the Intervention of the grand jury?'
There has always been some ques
ton in my mind Al to the legality o
that. / ave lone IT,"
THAT is, you file information direc
against a common offender
Not usually. OF course, where
thought justice demanded It; where
party was accused Of a felony I woul
let him have an opportunity to com
forward with his witnesses"
That is on a preliminary examine
tion?"
Yes. sir, wherever I could do so with
out a great deal Of expense to tn
county"
During the time that you were coun
ty attorney you at no time filed any In
formation against these people who wer
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