The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-24

could have been asked and answered
n not appear in his transcript.
Attorney John Il. McClernan. was re-
called and his attention called to a
statement made by Mrs. Bacher that
Wines had told her in his presence that
her husband had not been in Seattle.
Mr.. McClernan denied that Wines had
made any such statement. On the
contrary. Mr.. McClernan got that in
formation from Mrs. Bacher herself.
and that he in turn told Wines.
George A. zoe of Missoula testified
that n morning during the Shafer
trial he met Booth and the latter asked
him to go with him across Missoula
gulch to experiment with several guns
he had. They went to an old shaft
house and Booth fired several shots at
a piece Of cloth.
NJ. l.. Holland testified that he was in
Booths ONCE during the progress OF
h Shafer trial and heard Booth say
that he believed that Eva Smith lied in
her testimony at the trial. There was
nothing unusual about his manner when
he made the remark. He simply said
in a casual way that Eva Smith had
testified and he believed she lied, but
that he thought the jury would believe
her. The witness said that while he
was in the office Booth did not say that
sNo piifiNt a z ptNtN tIoh III hau
expected her to. The witness said he
thought that occurred in the afternoon
and evening of the day on which Eva
Smith had given her testimony. Hol-
land was in the Office when Booth came
in and asked him how the trial was
progressing. He replied that Eva Smith
had testified and hat ne believed she
had lied.
M. L. Wines was recalled and was
qckcd ahQrf tho cfafauanf pf Mr. Com
molly that some of the witnesses had
been approached in the jail. and he said
that so far as he was concerned he
never called On any Of the witnesses
and in fact had kept away from the
court house purposely. Mr.. Wines also
testified that he had Investigated the
matter and learned hat Ed Rose left
Butte on Feb. q, which was eight or
line days before Bacher was arrested.
Mr.. Wines again went into the whole
matter Of the Laney deposition proceed
ings In court and reiterated that a let
ter from Laney was produced and that
he had offered to put up half the ex-
penses of bringing Laney to Butte. Mr..
Wines took up more of the testimony
of the prosecution and argued II to show
that Ii could not be correct. He said
Bacher testified that the name of Ed
Laney was not agreed upon as the one
he should assume until the evening be-
fore he left Butte, while the fact was
that the name Of Ed Laney had been
public property for some time prior to
that day.
Max Goldstein. a pawnbroker. was the
next witness and said he was running
Ed Roses shop, and that Rose left
Butte on the 9th Of last February, on
his way to Russia. He had been talking
about going home on a visit for three
ear or more n he finally got ready
to go n went away. on Sunday to ac-
commodate the boys who wanted to es-
cort him to the depot.
Stenographer Wilson was instructed
to produce his stenographic notes of Eva
Smiths testimony. and he went away
to do so, but did not return. and after
waiting an hour or more for him, the
attorneys agreed to close the case. When
the testimony a been Transcribed the
case will be argued by briefs and the
will probably make findings of
facts and conclusions OF them and re-
port them to the supreme court.