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been trying to get the said gun all
night. and whether or not the said John
Hawkins then and there said to the
said Ed Laney that IL he saw the said
niger again he would kill the ----
sure, and whether or not the said Ed
Laney then asked the said John Haw-
kins who the said niger was he was
after. n whether or not the said John
Hawkins told him, the said Ed Laney,
II was a yellow Shafer, n
that then and there it became a mater
ial question as to whether the said gun
so gotten by the sal John Hawkins. IL
IL was gotten from the said Ed Laney,
was a black-handled IS Smith Il Wes-
son gun, Inc whether or not the said
Ed Laney had met said Joseph Shafer
and told the said Shafer that he had
better look out for the said Hawkins,
and that the said Laney had let the
said Hawkins have a gun and that he,
the a Ed Laney. did not want any
body to get hurt with 1t, and that then
and there IL became n material Ques-
ton whether Immediately subsequently
To the said interview with the said
Joseph Shafer the said Ed Laney met
the said John Hawkins and said to the
said John Hawkins that he, the said
John Hawkins. had better give him,
the said Ed Laney, the said gun, and
- nv thit otfo ia AAaN III
then said no he would not, that he was
looking for the said Shafer yet and he
was going to get him before morning.
THAT in truth and in fact all of the
said matters and things so deposed and
sworn to by the said James w. Bacher
before h said N. w. Bolster, notary
public as aforesaid, were false and I'M
true. and the said James w. Bacher
knew the said matters and all thereof
tn he false and unfrtio and thai in
truth and in fact the said defendants,
Melvin l.. Wines and Edwin s. Booth,
at the time they so solicited, suborned,
instigated and persuaded the "a
James w. Bacher falsely and corruptly
to swear as aforesaid. well knew the
said matters and things unto which
they had then and there solicited, SUBJ
orned, instigated and persuaded the
said James w. Bacher to testify to, and
all thereof. We're false and untrue. and
so the said defendants, Melvin l..
Wines and Edwin s. Booth, did, unlaw-
fully. corruptly, wickejly, feloniously,
Intentionally and maliciously, suborn
and procure the said James w. Bacher
to commit wilful and corrupt perjury in
and by his oath aforesaid before the
said n. w. Bolster, notary public as
aforesaid, the said N. w. Bolster then
n there having sufficient and compe-
o'a wv ~
the said oath to the said James w.
Bacher, contrary to the form, force and
effect of the statute in such case made
and provided, and against the peace
and dignity of the state of Montana"
Judging from the names Endorsed on
the information as witnesses, il might
be concluded that somebody has
'peached" and will turn states evil
dence. The names are James w. Bach
er. the man charged with making the
bogus deposition, and his wife. Ida
Bacher: William Parmerlee. the Seattle
attorney who was present when the de-
position was taken; Joseph f. McElroy.
prosecuting attorney at Seattle; Joseph
Shafer, the convicted man. in whose in
terest the alleged crimes of perjury and
s~ubornation were committed N. w.
Bolster, before whom the Bacher depo-
sition was taken. and the county attor-
ney. Mr.. Stapleton, and his chief dep
uty. Mr.. Connolly.
Mr.. Wines was county attorney of
Silver Bow county for several terms
preceding Mr.. Stapleton, and Mr.. Booth
was his chief deputy.