The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-22
BUTTE News.
HOW SHAOWELL DID IT
Eye Witnesses Tell All About the
Murder of O'Connor.
ROW AT A CARD TABLE
A Jury IL Quickly Secured and the
Trial OF the Gambler Is Expedi-
tiously Proceeded With Main
Facts Admit of No Dispute.

The trial of G. r. Shadwell for the
murder of Martin j. O'Connor was be-
gun in Judge Clancy's court yesterday
afternoon. the jury having been com
pleted at the morning session of court.
II is composed of of Joseph :. Swazze.
Ed Sweeney. Peter McDermott. Her
bert Davis. w. H.. Axtell. Samuel Hick-
lin. c. NJ. Strowbridge. J.. NJ. Barber.
A. w. Buse. Thomas Davis. w. J. Bar
nett and Joseph Lally.
When court convened in the after
moor c. p. Connolly made the opening
statement for the prosecution and said
the evidence would show that ON the
morning of Jan. IL. in the rear of a
saloon at No. 10 East Park street.
Shadwell and O'Connor. with several
other men. were engaged in a game OF
cards. O'Connor accused Shadwell Of
cheating and told him If he did il
again he would take a hair To him.
Shadwell got up and went out. leaving
his coat and chips behind. About II
minutes later he returned and took his
seat and called for his cards. O'Con-
nor told him he could not play any
longer and Shadwell replied that II he
could not. no one else shout O'Con-
nor then said IL was time tn close up
anyway and reached across the table
~ dAltI III II tdihEs hIlt1tbBtii
Shadwell jumped up and pulled "A big
revolver. which he had concealed un-
der his front waistband. O'Connor,
recognizing the danger he was in,
grabbed up the table me used II to
protect his body. and with one hand
tried To reach Shadwelrs revolver. but
did not get IL. ShadwellI fired, the bull
let striking OfConnor on the chin and
CHANGING passed through his neck. kill
ing him almost instantly. Mr.. Con-
molly said that IL the state proved the
facts outlined. he would expect n YER
dict of guilty of murder i'm the first de-
gree.
Joseph Clancy was the first witness
for the state. He testified that he was
in the saloon of Kelly q Egan. the
scene OF the shooting. n was watch
ing a game OF poker In which Shad
well. O'Connor and two other men We're
engaged.
State whether or not there was any
trouble between the players, and tell
lust what happened" said County At
torney Stapleton.
Well. these -four men were playing
and O'Connor said To Shadwell. IT !
catch you doing that again. IN give
q a hair over the head A little
while after that he again said. I've
spoken to you before like a gentleman.
and II you cannot play square, you'n
nave 10 leave the table.
The witness said Shadwell got up
and went out and Clancy followed and
told Kelly, n OF the proprietors Of
the louise. that he believed there was
going to be trouble Shadwel returned
about 10 OIL 20 minutes later and want
ed To play again. but O'Connor told
him he could not. and Shadwell re-
piled that II he could not nobody else
could. and he grabbed the cards from
a man ma pn.l Inhn1np and nsI.pn,r
reached over to get the cards and said
IL was time To close up the game.
Shadwell pulled up his vest and drew
a big old-fashioned ~ caliber revolt
Yer. and holding IL with both hands.
pointed IL at O'Connor. The latter
ducked about and got behind Johnson
and Shadwell moved the gun about
with both hands. trying to get at
O'Connor. johnson jumped out of the
way N then O'Connor tipped the
table over and tried To get behind IL
and was stretching out his hand to-
ward Shadwell when the latter fired
and OConnor fell on his face To the
floor. and when he was turned over ne
was dead. Shadwell tried To escape.
but the men in the saloon held him
until the police arrived.
ON cross-examination by Attorney
Thresher. the witness said that he.
with about FIVE others. was taken to
jail and held there eve since as a
witness. He said the card room Of the
saloon was separated from the saloon
by a board partition. He expected
trouble when he saw Shadwell go out.
so he remained in the saloon because
he wanted 10 see IL.
Thresher asked him II O'Connor did
not say something about a gun and tell
Shadwell to prepare himself. as he
might get IL at any time. but Clancy
aAs1 - ILL., -
that he heard everything that was said.
Shadwell was dealing. n when
O'Connor told him he had to quit
cheating or he would get a chair over
the head he stopped dealing and looked
at O'Connor. and Their got up and went
out. OfConnor was pretty drunk. Mr..
Thresher asked the witness how long