The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-06

lie saw lie TROUBLE pGIWeSfl fteSl6y anu
Currie. He saw Hesley strike Currie
with club. and the event occurred
almost on the corner of Arizona and
Platinum streets. He saw Hesley
strike Currie twice. Hesley knocked
Curre down with the club and then
struck him again, the witness said. He
struck Currie on the head both times.
After he hit Currie with the club he
said, Because a man lives on Mahoney
street you needn't think he runs -
house." the boy said.
Currie lay Son the ground with one
hand under his head after he fell the
witness stated.
In the Characterization of the boy
he said that Hesley's remark was made
after his scuffle with Connors. He
could not be sure of this, however. 1t
might have been made after Hesley
struck Currie. The witness said that
Hesley clinched with Connors and they
fell. the former on top. Hesley then
struck Connors in the face with his fist.
They rose and Hesley made the re-
mark quoted.
w. r. Greek, a carpenter, was the
next witness. He lives in the neighbour
hood where the tragedy occurred He
saw man going for a policeman on
the night it happened, and two men
running, one after the other. He fol-
lowed the two latter and saw them on
Platinum street. A third man was
holding one of them there. The man
who was held had stick in his hand.
The other man went on down the
street and the. man with the stick was
released by the third man and followed.
The witness followed the two, but did
not overtake them in time to see what
occurred between them. He met the
man with the club. who was Hesley,
was lying on the ground. Connors
came up and spoke to Hesley, and
Hesley told him to go ON and mind mis-
business; that he did not have any
thing against him and did not want
any trouble. The next thing the wit
ness saw was these men fighting. The
very brief cross-examination ELECTED
nothing.
Jack Day, who lived with Clifford on
Ohio street southwest of Hesley'ss
house, was called next. He was with
Clifford "a the night of the killing, and
Platinum street and the third man
stood between them he talked to Hes
ley. There was a stick of wood at the
spot and the witness handed it to Hes
ley, who said he would take it home
for firewood. The witness told Currie
to go away or he would get into trou-
BILE, and Currie went on down Plati-
mum. Currie came back and said he
would have his hat or know the reason
why, and then went down the street
again. Then Hesley went after Currie
with the club in his hand Hesley ran,
and the, witness, who came after him
with others. saw him knock Currie
down with the club when he overlook
him near the corner of Arizona street.
The witness attention was distracted,
so he did not see how many blows We're
struck. He heard Hesley tell Connors
to go about his business. Connors in
sisted upon talking and Hesley fought
him. Hesey went home laughing and
joking along with the witness and 9TH
ers, while Currie was taken into the
Copper State saloon.
In the short cross-examnation the
witness said that he had talked to MIS-
Hesley about the case.
Officer James Burns testified that he
arrested Hesley at the latter's house;
that Hesley was not drunk, and that
the club shown by County Attorney
Connolly in court was found by him
at Hesley's house.
In his opening statement Mr.. Kirk
said that the state had presented GER
tain external facts and circumstances,
but that one fact had been omitted,
and that the evidence of the defense
would have to do with that fact. He
said further that Hesley was a sober,
hard working man and that Currie and
his friends came to his house much
under the influence of liquor and that
at a late hour he tried to get Currie
to leave. Currie used vile language TO-
ward him, and told him it was 1lole
of his business whether he left or not.
He finally got Currie outside the house.
Currie came back and he went for a
policeman. He could not find an off1-
Ger, and when he returned he found
Currie talking to his wife. Curr1e
showed fight, and then began the race
which ended in Arizona street and Cur
rie's death Mr.: Kirk said he expected
la hnr iaia
Mr.. Creek, the first witness for the
defense, swore that the club in court
was not the one Hesley had in his hand
the night of the murder. and d. Dora's,
a merchant, and J. d. Dawson, chief
clerk of the M. o. P. smelter testified
good George English, foreman of the
smelter, and John Davis gave similar
testimony.
Bessie Hesley, the 15-year-old daugh-
ter" of the defendant, testified that her
father came home at o'clock and ask
ed where her mother was, and she
went out and found her mother at
Mrs. Decker's.
The defendant, John Hesley, next
took the stand and testified that on the
day of the killing of Currie he came
home from work, got supper, went up
town and returned. At or O'Clock
Currie, whom he had met only once
before anu Hdu not dSheu IlIl " HIS
house. came to his house with Con-
nors and Counnehan. The latter
was drunk. Connors went out and
got beer.
What did you do with the beer?"
asked Mr.. Kirk.
"Well, we drank the beer" said
Hesley.
Hesley testified that Mrs. Decker
came to the house door after going
home and told the man that he was
hard working man and that it was
time to go.
What did you do?'
"Counnehan and Connors left"
What did Currie do?"
He sat still He wasn't ready to
go. He talked to my wife. He lean
ed over the table and talked to my
woman. l told him to go instantly
He asked me what in - I had to do
with the house. I got pretty mad, and
1 opened the door and told him to 60
I reached for him, and he struck me-
Then he went out. He said he would
fix me He came back again and