The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-01
MR.TALBOTTSREPUTATION
Witness william Wilson Says 1t Is Bad
Admits Tha He Has Bitter Feel
ings Against Talbott-As
to Gambling.

dent of walkerville and has lived near
ly "a years in Montana. He had known
James A. Talbot some 80 cd years and
knew him in Virginia City about the
year 1865. He was running a gambling
house at that time.
Were there any girls in connection
with this joint?"
Il saw girls around there drinking
beer or anything else they wanted
''Coming down to the year 1863 in
Beartown, did you know Mr.. Talbot
there?'
Yes, sir"
What was he doing there?"
He was running a small gambling
house at that time
Where was B~eartown?"
I'm Deer Lodge county"
did you know Mr.. Talbot in Deer
Lodge in 1870 to 1872"
Il did"
What was he doing there"
Same occupation"
Keeping gambling house and sa-
loon?'
Are you acquainted with E. Warren
Toole. the Helena lawyer"
Very WE'LL
state if you ever saw him gambling
in Jim Talbott's gambling house in Deer
Lodge"
Yes, / have"
MIR. TooIe has testified that he did
not recollect of Mr.. Talbot keeping a
gambling house. but you remember see
ing him playing in Mr.. Talbott's
house?"
Yes, SIR"
when Mr.. Toole was gambling in
Mr.. Talbott's place in Deer Lodge, do
you remember whether Mr.. Talbot was
ever himself dealing faro?
He frequently dealt bank and took
a shift in the lookout chair"
Coming to the city of Butte. do you
recollect knowing Mr.. Talbot here be-
tween 20 and ZIP"
Yes, sir"
What business was he then engaged
imp
Same occupation"
You mean gambling house,"
Yes, sir"
Where was his place in Butter"
"On Main street. a little below where
the Combination is now-on the west
side"
"Dou you know Mr.. Talbott's reputa-
ton in Butte for TRUTH"
1T is no good"
You do know it?'
Yes sir"
What is Mr.. Talbott's reputation in
Butte for TRUTH
IT'S bad"
Bad"
Very bad"
DO YOU know what his reputation
was in 1892
Yes, sir"
What was Mr.. Talbott's reputation
in 1894 for TRUTH"
Bad"
DO you know the reputation of
James A. Talbot in Butte for hon
esty and integrity"
Yes, sir"
What is that reputation"
Bad"
DO you know his reputation in 1894
for honesty and integrity"
Yes. sir"
What was that reputation"
Bad"
The witness was cross-examined by
w. j. Scallon.
MIR. Wilson, when did you fall out
with Mr.. Talbott?"
"Who?'
You"
Some two or three years ago"
And since then you have had pretty
bitter feelings against him.
Yes, sir
And nave now
Yes, he treated me dishonesty"
"Did you. a week or so ago in Err
nest Lange's saloon, speak of Mr.. Tai
bott with vile and o%pprbrious cpl
thets?"
I'VE were drinking in there and /
guess l used some pretty tough lam
guage. l don't remember just what !
said. Mr.. Davis was in there. ! could
not make it tough enough. l was full.
Mr.. Talbot was not there"
What occupation have you been in
since in Montana
My principal occupation has been
mining, but | have done about every
thing"
Gambler"
Yes"
Run gambling house yourself?"
"Yes-in Deer Lodge"
Ever see any girls in your gamb-
ling house,
No sir. never. Not except decent re-
spectacle women who might have drop
ped in TO have a bottle of wine"
Then the women who visited your
gambling house were decent, respecta-
BILE women
Always"
What kind of games did you rum"
Faro principally. Sometime twenty
one. / never dealt much of anything
but faro. Those were square games.
Gambling is different now from what it
was them"
What mining property have you
owned?"
considerable. | have owned the
North Star. Big Bonanza, Black War
rior n half a dozen others. j still
control the Big Bonanza"
What property do you own now?'
Il think l own the Black Warrior
lis that in your name?"
II think il is"
What is your own reputation in
Butte for honesty and integrity"
Il always pay my debts when | have
money. / am considerably in debt. but
/ never hear my honesty questioned
state what is your own reputation
for truth and veracity. il You know"
Il have never heard any one dis
pute il. I have handled millions Of
money here and done IL squarely."
DO you think you are entitled to
rank as a man Of truth and honesty In
spite of the fact that you have run sa-
looms and gambling houses"
Yes. sir"