The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18

said that when he left Butte the make
of the gun was unknown, but II was
supposed to be . Colts or Smith 4
wesson. II 1t turned out to be the
latter. the words Boise, Idaho" would
be used, IL q Colts. the words san
Francisco" would be employed. Mr..
Booth denied that any such thing had
ever occurred. He did not see the gun,
and II developed at the Shafer trial
Wesson.
What have you to say about Bacher's
statement as to such arrangement ever
having been nader"
That Isn't true. There never was
such arrangement at any time"
Bacher testified that Booth came to
his house and first suggested the per-
tured testimony on the evening of the
Nth or 2sth Of October. Booth denied
It. and said that on the night Of the
18th no went to the theater with his
family to see Louis James. In the aft
erUoon OF the 26th he went to Helena
and returned on h evening of the 27th.
state II at the time mentioned or At
any other int In your presence. such a
suggestion vas made to Bacher."
Il made no such suggestion and none
was ever made by any one In my pres
ence."
What did you ever say and what was
said In your presence to Bacher that
there was no such thing rs perjury In
this slater"
Il never said such a thing and II was
never said In my presence. / know bet
ter and think every other nan in the
state knew different"
Tn witness denied that he ever gave
Bacher q copy OF the LAney ~interroga-
tories for the purpose of familiarizing
himself with them. or that answers
were prepared for them. The interroga-
tories and Laney's probable answers
were generally discussed in Bacher's
presence, however. Booth related the
facts of the proceedings relative to the
issuance Of the commission for the de-
position When he asked for the COM
mission he had the Laney letter in
court, but the county attorney nor the
court cared to see II.
Never to this moment has ne told
the witness In answer to a question as
to his knowledge Of the fact that Bacher
had been in Seattle and made the depo-
sition in the name of Laney.
In regard to the alleged bogus gun
secured from q pawnbroker and intro
duced in evidence in the Shafer trial
Booth said that he first got a gun for
the purpose Of having shafer illustrate
just how the shooting was DONE. The
weapon was white-handled. shafer and
Ford were brought into the jailer's Of
fee n Booth gave him the revolver
and told him that was his gun and he
should use IL as he did at the shooting.
Booth represented Hawkins and they
went through the scene of the shoot
ing, Booth using q backing brush as a
gun. Booth denied that he ever gave the
gun to Bacher to experiment with or
shoot 1t Off, or that 1t was afterwards
placed In an oven to BAKE 1t and make
II look old. The u was never out of
Booths possession until after the Shafer
trial and was then returned to the pawn
broker. A doctor at the trial testified
tina the flesh of Hawkins body was
powder burned, and then Booth went to
guns. and with a piece Of cloth he
went U to an old shaft
house west of Missoula gulch to
demonstrate whether or not powder
would go through q piece OF cloth and
show on the board back OF 1t. An
other gun mentioned was the n Eva
Smith claimed she picked up on the
floor OF the saloon and used to peck
at Hawkins. She had used a razor for
that purpose, but. Said Booth. she per-
sisted in the story that she had used the
gun. The attorneys did not believe her
story, and Booth got another gun and
took 1t home n tried to cut. a coat in
to strips. as Hawkins coat had been
but. but he failed to make any impress
sion on Ii. He convinced himself that
a coat could not be cut with a revolver,
but as the French woman. Gabrielle,
c0rroborated Eva'e statement tina she
brought a revolver to her house after
the fracas. Eva vas put on the witness
stand. and testified that she cut Haw-
kins with the revolver she picked up on
the floor. The last revolver which the
witness hnrrnunA from panA a-A al
legged to have been secured for the pur-
pose of introducing In evidence in the
Shafer trial. the witness said he still
had in his possession at his home, and
would produce II. The revolver which
was actually introduced at. the trial
was produced by Eva Smith as the one
she claimed to ave picked up on the
floor OF the Swim saloon, where the
murder occurred. Booth said the only
suggestion he ever made to Eva Smith
regarding her testimony was that she
shouldn't talk SO much. but tell her
story as briefly as possible. She was
a nervou and excitable woman. and he
told her to make her story short. n to
tell IL only In answer to questions asked
her. No witness was prompted to tes-
tify to anything. The witness never
suggested to Al Ford that ne should tes-
tify that Ed Laney came into the ga
loon before the shooting ARRAY n
warned Shafer that Hawkins was look
ing for him with a gun. and he did not
so testify at the trial OF Shafer On
the contrary. he said ne did not know
the man, and doubted IL he could iden-
tify him IL he should see hin again. Mr..
Wines had no knowledge whatever
about the witness experiments with the
guns he borrowed from the p~awnbrok-
ers. George Cook. he said. went with
him to make the experiments. Cook
Is now out of the city. and is located
at Missoula. Bacher and his wife tes-
tihed that after the county attorney had
started IN investigation Of the perjury.
Mr.. Wines advised Bacher to skip out,
and that Mr.. Booth told him to remain
Inc see the matter through. Booth de-
MED that any such thing had happened.