The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-04
N THE DISTRICT COURT
William Gill Enters q Plea of Not
Guilty.
INSANITY THE DEFENSE
The = OF George A Shook VS.. the
Oty OF Ansconda-The Plaintiff
Tells How the Accident
Happened.

william Gill was brought into the
district court yesterday morning to
plead to the information filed agains,
him charging him with the murder OF
Patrick Welsh. Mr.. Duffy, his attor-
ney. first filed a motion to quash the
Information, for the reason that the
same had not been verified and that
the defendant had not been arrested on
. verified complaint and had had no
preliminary examination. But the
u overruled this motion, the SUI
preme court having only recently
passed upon the question. T%hereupon
the defendant demurred to the infor-
nation n this was also overruled.
Then the defendant pleaded not guilty
and the court announced that on next
Monday he would cal the case again
for the purpose of setting II for hear
Ing. 1t Is probable that the cause will
be set for trial about Nov. Is. at the
next term of court.
From an intimation made by the de-
fendant's attorney in the court yester-
q morning, it is probable that the
defense will be insanity. 1t was stated
by the attorney that correspondence
would rave to be had with relatives in
the East. and that dispositions would
have to be taken, inc from this IL Is
inferred that the early history of the
defendant, as well as his family history,
Will be gone into In order to show a
tendency in the mind Of the defendant
towards insanity.
The case of George A. Shook against
the city, which was begun Saturday.
was then resumed with the plaintiff on
the stand. The gist of Mr.. Shocks tes-
timony was 10 the effect that he was
riding with ordinary care at the time
OF the accident. 1t was so dark at
the washed out bridge that he dfd not
see IT and was thrown headlong into
the ditch and was unconscious for some
time. After a while he came to him
self n crawled to a cabin close by.
n then lost consciousness again and
remembers nothing that happened un-
I'll the next morning. He was in bed
10 days and suffered from severe head
aches, which have never left him. For
two weeks he spat blood inc his weight
has been reduced from ia to 126
pounds.
The Clague brothers. to whose cabin
Shook crawled that night. testified to
finding him and carrying him home. |
They said there was no light on the
bridge at the time.
DR.. Lesser testified that he was called
at the time to visit Mr.. Shook, and
found that he was suffering from con- |
cuesion OF the brain. The injury would
possibly prove permanent.
Doctors Rockefeller and Raw testified
h q they had examined the defendant
several times and were of the opinion
that he had suffered a fracture OF one |
the tables of the brain. The injury |
was liable to result eventually in epii-
epsy.
Assistant Superintendent Garde was
called to the stand and testified that
he saw the bridge the night of the ac-
and that there was no lantern
on II or neal IL.
At n afternoon session of the court
Colonel O'Leary. for the city, outlined
the defense, and for his first witness
put Chief White on the stand. He tes-
tined to the fact that he went to the
bridge after being notified that the
food had washed IL out, and arranged
a horse n planks SO that the street
was obstructed. and on ton of this
placed q lantern. This was the night
before the accident. and the light was
left in the charge OF Mr.. weigreen TO
be put In place the next night.
Chief White said. in relation to the
electric lights on near by streets, that
hey would throw light nearly a block.
This was not quite the answer that
Colonel O'Leary was after. and he be-
gan to lead the witness. Mr.. Rogers