The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-30
on THE STAND
They Bitterly Accuse Each Other
in Court.
CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Tho Case ooss 70 h District Court II
Grew Out Of . Row at the Casino.
-Four Psrsons Mixed Up
In It.

Two st~ep-brothers. one the
the other the accused. faced one an
other in a criminal action in Justice
Laurandeau's court yesterday after
noon and hurled bitter invectives at
one another. As a result of the heal
ing the accused brother will have to
stand trial in the district court on the
serious charge Of assault in the second
degree, with the contingent possibility
that he may be sent to the p~enitentiary
on the evidence of the accusing rela-
tive. II was in the case In which
George Andrews and Teddy Ryan
were accused OF committing an assault
with deadly weapons on Dan O'Donneil
and J. w. Kenney at the Casino thea
ter on the morning Of Nov. IL.
Dan O'Donnell and George Andrews
are step-brothers. Andrews being COM
monty known as George O'Donneil.
from which fact IL is generally sup
brothers do not get along well togeth-
er and the police register has frequent
ly contained the entry for their arrest
for fighting. O'Donnell Is employed at
the Casino theater and his step-brother
has been wont to max the place one
OF his chief haunts. Teddy" Ryan
was also employed at the theater. The
facts leading up to the prosecution
were held incompetent and were not
admitted In evidence. but they were
these:
Andrews. on the night Of the 18th Of
tbs month. was at the theater as usual.
He played a nickel-in-the-slot machine
and won s1.65. but the machine was out
of order and failed TO shell out the
nickels. Andrews called on the house
to pay and the house refused. Then
there was trouble. but nothing serious
occurred till later in the night. Ryan
came into the deal by asking Proprie-
tor Kenney OF the theater on the same
night for money to pay his rent.
Kenney claimed Ryan was already In
arrears. and refused TO let him have IL.
Ryan demanded a statement OF his ac-
count, which was also refused, n then
there was more trouble. resulting In
Ryan being discharged and Dan
O'Donnell assigned to his duties. IL
appears Ryan and Andrews met in
front OF the theater at an early hour in
the morning and discussed their mu-
tual grievances. Whether they were
there with the design of getting even
or not was hard to judge from the evil
dence at yesterdays hearing. as the
prosecuting witnesses claimed they
were. while the defendants denied H..
At all vents they were there when
Kenney and O'Donnell came out of the
theater to go home in the morning. and
observing the fact. O'Donnell and Ken
ney armed themselves with an iron
chisel and a piece of gas pipe. An al
~tercation ensued and Andrews and
Ryan were arrested for assault In the
second degree. IL being charged that
Andrews welded a knife while Ryan
carried a cobblestone. The accused had
thFfr nralfpnfnorN hearing h0fDrp IIS-
tice L~aurandeau yesterday afternoon,
Attorney c. NJ. Parr appearing as spe-
cial prosecutor, while the
conducted their w case.
Kenney inc Dan O'Donnell were the
witnesses for the state and told the
same story. They were not allowed 20
detail the circumstances leading up TO
the occurrence, and conining them
selves to the assault. said they started
to leave the theater about 6 o'clock
the morning OF the 18th. They saw
Andrews standing on the walk, as they
believed. waiting for them, Andrews
having in his hand a knife and Ryan
a rock. They went back n got an
iron chisel and a piece OF iron pipe,
each taking one. Then they sailed
forth. They were met by Andrews and
Ryan and m exchange of words that
would not bear reproduction ensued,
during which Andrews made a vicious
slash at his step-brother with the
knife. That was about all h assault
consisted of. as Andrews did not sue
coed I'm cutting O'Donnell and there
was no evidence of Ryan attempting to
use the rock. The only other overt
act testified to was that Andrews and
Ryan followed O'Donnell and Kenney
up the street. threatening them. An
drews cross-examined his step-brother
very rigidly n there were frequent
colloquies between them in which they
accused one another most bitterly.
Andrews n Ryan testified in their
wi behalf. denying all the allegations
OF their accusers and insisting they
had not waited in front of h theater
to get even with Kenney. At the con-
clusion OF the hearing the court OBJ
served that II was obvious a public Of
Tense had been committed. how serious
was not for him TO pass pon and the
defendants were accordingly bound
Over for trial in bonds of $500 each.
which they were unable to furnish and
were remanded TO fail.