The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-12
AS TO THE PROOFS.
Some of the Telling Truth Brought Out
at the Trial

Some of the Telling Truth Brought Gu,
at the Trial.
When Allen was brought back to Hell
ena by Sheriff Davidson he did not at
tempt to deny the killing, but insisted it
was in self-defense On the preliminary
examination he declared Reynolds
was stronger man and l was afraid of
him."
He did not deny having robbed the
corpse of the trousers, but declared the
check he had taken and to which he
had later forged Reynolds name mad
been given him by Reynolds.
Allen was bound over. Nov. 10 of last
year the trial of Allen began before a
jury in the district court presided over
by Judge Henry C. Smith. The jryy
consisted of the following: NJ. II. Root
of Canyon creek; Tom Cooney of Cam
yon Ferry; ]. Fl, Smith of Augusta, ar d
Joseph Ernest, w M. Biggs, A. j. -alig-
man, d. B. Henry, Allen Gilmour, ia
cob Tom, John Ahues, Joseph Bowers
and w. H. Taylor.
On the second day of the trial Allen
himself was the chief witness. He took
the stand early in the day and left it
cool and collected. r. P. Purcell, the
then county attorney, did his utmost to
break him down, but to no effect.
He maintained that he was fore ed 10
kill his partner in self-defense and he
kept to that idea throughout his cX-
animation. Calmly and with delibera-
ton he told the story of the tragedy;
told how he shot his partner through
the head and how, by the light Of the
camp fire, he rolled the body on a
blanket: told how the grinding of the
shattered bones in the dead mans skull
had terrified him, and how, to stop the
awful sound, he had muffied the MAIN
ed and bloody head in sack and then
dragged the body into the brush. He
admitted everything but the charge
that the killing was prompted by mo-
tive other than self-defense. He denied
he had taken the check he had cashed
at Johns from Reynolds, but could not
explain why he had robbed Reynolds
body of part of its clothing.
Did one of you remain up and at
tend to the fire." inquired ]. NJ. Glenn
ents, attorney for the defense, referring
to the testimony ofwitness Arnold, who
had said that Reynolds told him that
he and Allen would take turns watch
ing through the night so as to keep up
a good fire. '.-- 500.
mo, sir we both retired at the same
time" replied Allen.
who got up first?"
Mr.. Reynolds got up about O'Clock,
built up the fire and told me to get
up"
What did you say to Reynolds when
you got up?"
Il told him thought it was pretty
early to get up"
What did Reynolds say?'
HE said we must go over on Black
foot and look for the horses"
What did you reply?'
Il told him l didn't believe the
horses were over there"
You may now go ahead and tell
what happened" said his counsel.
When l told him / didn't believe the
horses had gone to Blackfoot he said
l hadn't half looked for them anyhow,
l said / had and he said l was a liar.
l told him he was a gentleman and he
said L was -- --, and | told
him he was another; he said, I'll kill
you and grabbed up a club and l fired,
hitting him in the head and killing him
instantly. | took one of the blankets
off the bed and rolled him over in it.
AS | turned him over 1 saw a terrible
hole in his head and was frightened. l
picked up a sack and covered up the
hole. I was so frightened / don't re-
member just exactly what l did after
that"
Allen told how he had dragged the
body into the brush after first remoy-
ing the trousers, which he wrapped ur
in a bundle with his overcoat. He then
threw the camp utensils into the brush
expecting TO conceal them so that they
would not attract the attention of any
one passing by, and, mounting his