The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-13
BOTH ARE BOUND OVER
Mr.. Bannon and Mrs. Thomas
Held for q Serious Crime.
LIZZIE PERRY'S STORY
Mrs. Thomas Made Her Drink Beer
Which Had Been D~rugged-The
Defendants Committed in
Default of 90 900 Bail.

The preliminary hearing of Charles
o. Bannon and Kate Thomas for ac-
complishing the ruin of Lizzie Perry, a
14-year-old girl. was held yesterday
afternoon before Justice of the Peace
Burns of South Butte. Bannon and
the Thomas woman are the colored
people who were arrested a couple of
weeks & for the outrageous offense of
getting the girl drunk and running her.
The woman IA charged with the same
offense as the man under the statute,
which provides that all persons con-
cerned in the commission of a crime.
whether a felony or misdemeanor. and
whether they directly commit the act
constituting the ~offense. or aid n bet
in its commission. or have advised and
encouraged its commission, although
not present, or advised and encour-
aged children under Ia to commit any
crime. are principals in any crime so
committed.
Deputy County Attorney Stivers ap-
peared for the state and Attorney
Jackson for the defendant. At the con
clusion of the hearing the defendants
were bound over to the district court.
The first witness for the prosecution
was Lizzie Perry. the prosecutrix. In
relating her story. the girl said she
lived at 427 East Mercury street with
her sister. Mrs. Rogers: that she was
IA a old. having been born Dec. /,
1884. She said she lived with the de-
PENDANT. Mrs. Thomas. at 1903 West
Broadway alley, at the time cited in the
complaint, March l, having been put in
Mrs. Thomas charge by her father in
January of this year. When she first
went to the place. she slept with Mrs.
Thomas, but after about a week Mrs.
Thomas put her to bed in Bannon's
room. Mrs, Thomas gave her some
beer n put something white in II. she
did not know what. but she Immediate
ly lost consciousness. inc knew moth
ing until the next morning. Bannon
succeeded in accomplishing her ruin.
She reported the matter to Mrs.
Thomas, who said nothing. Suisse
quently she was again drugged and the
same thing transpired again.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Jackson, the
girl said Bannon had his hand over her
mouth and prevented her from max
ing an cutlery. On redirect examina-
ton, she said she did not want to drink
the beer. but was required to do so by
Mrs. Thomas.
o. w. Perry, the girls father. was
called. He testified that his
daughter was born Dec. l, 1884. He had
paid Mrs. Thomas for keeping the
girl.
Mrs. Clara Rogers. sister of the pros
ecutrix. testified that with the excep-
ton of interval, during which her
sister lived with Mrs. Thomas. she
lived with her. She corroborated the
testimony of her father and sister re-
garding the girls age.
The state rested and Attorney Jack
son announced hat the defense would
offer no evidence at this time. Mr..
Stivers simply stated the provision of
The court that no evidence was required
In such cases to c~orroborate the testi-
mony of the complaining witness, and
the provision with regard to principals
I'm a crime. He asked that the defend
ant should be bound over.
Mr.. Jackson held hat without cor
roborative evidence no conviction could
be had in the district court and hough
on the showing of the prosecution,
there was no reason for binding the de-
endant over. particularly Mrs. Thomas,
as there was nothing but the unsup-
evidence of the girl to show Mrs.
Thomas had put ANYTHING in her beer.
between Mrs. Thomas and
Bannon to commit a crime.
Mr.. Stivers. in replying, cited decis-
Ions to sustain his position and made
the point that no attempt had been
to the state evil
Judge Burns ordered the Defendants
bound over and fixed their bonds at
y. 900. in default of which they were
committed to the county Jail TO await
rial /