The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-11

no one seemed TO think OF n. The wit
ness thought when the shooting cum
menced the men were after the ballots
and he grabbed for them
Mr.. Connolly here took a hand In ex-
aiming the witness and asked: Did
Andy Higgins. one Of the judges. live
In the prec!nct?"
II DON'T never knew him."
Mr.. Connolly next asked the witness
TO give the politics OF the judges n
describe their positions at the time OF
the shooting. He said Higgins. Shu-
grow and Ford were populist-republi-
a n and Jerry Sullivan inc himself
were the democrats. Jerry Sullivan
was calling the ballots. witness was
watching and Shugrow and Ford were
doing likewise. Higgins was lying
down in the corner. Shugrow and Ford
were nearer the door han the witness.
Asked IL the desperadoes were young
or old. the witness said they certainly
were not boys. Asked II he vas sure
the man O'Leary grappied with was
the one who fired the two shots. the
witness said he was very sure of H..
The witness stated that at the time of
the shooting the ballot counted were
2l5 for the democratic ticket and IL for
the fusion. Anyone who so desired to
could find the count. The witness said
he a considerable trouble with Hig-
gins during the day. Higgins offered
to bet at n time that Tom Kinds
would get IS votes In the precinct and
after the counting commenced he re-
marked that IL looked as though Kinds
was not as strong I'm the precinct as he
thought he was. Witness did not see
any great amount of money displayed
at the polls during the day. The wit
ness did not think h desperadoes had
the appearance of w~orkingmen.
nr ID Ghoo.a. Al. $500. r..
sician, was next called. He testified to
making a post mortem examination on
the deceased. He found a bullet wound
In the left hip and he traced the course
of the bullet up through the body, pass
ing through the liver n lodging under
the right arm.
Thomas T.. Castle was one Of the
ferently from the witness Sullivan. He
said the desperadoes came in and
all up to the Judges, passing
O'Leary before the leader gave the
command to put up their hands.
O'Leary grappled with him; there were
two shots fired, one striking O'Leary.
Then came a third from behind, evil
IDENTIFY from the second a BY this
time the judges m all were down In a
corner In a heap, scared to death. Wit
ness confessed he was badly scared and
thought there were more than three
shots fired. He said they sounded like
a bunch OF ~firecrackers. Witness also
differed from accounts in the color OF
the masks. He was sure they We're
not white. Witness said Higgins dis
played a roll OF bills a great many
times during h day and said he did
not expect to live in this country any
longer and had a ticket to go on. Wit
ness was under the impression the des-
peradoes were a couple OF the crowd Of
boys who had hung around the polls
all day n hat their purpose was to
get Higgins money. He thought they
were both very young.
At this time, as the other witnesses
subpoenaed were not present, an ad-
journment was taken TO tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The jurors who
are sitting in the case are: r. F.. Con-
mole. Charles Ray. ID. J. Giard, p. Grefig,
T. Il. Henderson, Adolph Reichle.