The Anaconda standard., 1899-06-06

persons in your favor, l am considered
as nothing. What hurts my feelings
is to hear that you are anxious that
the trial shall take place soon, so that
you may leave this place. This is a
pleasure that you enjoy when | come to
see you. In case my visits should not
be agreeable, I shall not bother you
told you that what 1 wanted from my
family, it is all ready. If l want to
make them enter on the first of May
or the first of October. To-day l shall
see about your business; if you are free
in this month, then / shall retire with
my family and then for myself and
two children somebody will provide and
| shall gladly leave Butte without look
ing back, and for me all shall be all
right. If the rocks had spoken of your
affection for me, l would not have be-
lieved it. l never thought that a man
like - should trample a person in
this manner. Your heart is not beating
for me. After slandering me and hav-
ing me pointed out by everybody, to
have come to this point, what shall be-
come of me and the children? / ask of
you favor, not to hurt your feelings:
/ would like to have your opinion of
this treatment and whether l deserve it
or not. Use me that courtesy. I have
shed blood for you and would sacrifice
my life if everything was over.
Goodbye to you, love of my heart!
I would thee Heaven would enlighten
my mind, so that I could forget that
person that did not love me. He
speaks only for his interests and for his
sympathies. but his heart does not beat
for me. Poor, disconsolate, too late to
know. Excuse, I am --
Il advise you not to listen to any
body Reflect that if l undertook to
have the lead in this affair. it means
that I shall do all that is in my power.
The one that gives the most bother
must always be Conta (James) Giaco-
mo. He goes around saying if it had
been him, he would have you out. He
thinks that justice is as he speaks, but,
instead. it is all the opposite: must give
him time. Versallad is still at the hos
pital. I have seen him and spoke to
him. He thinks to be able to come out
soon, but he is very feeble Concerning
the compromise, the lawyer don't
want it,
The letter was given for publicat ton
only in consideration that the woman's
name be withheld. A portion of the let
ter is also eliminated for the reason
that it reflects seriously on several per-
sons who are implicated by the woman
In the alleged "doctored" defense and it
would be unfair to thus imp}icate them
In what might be serious matter upon
her bare and unsupported statement.
The letter was intercepted about two
months ago. 1t was written in italian
and afterwards translated. The wo-
man herself took it to the county Jail,
enclosed in bundle of papers, which
she desired delivered to Jim Quello.
Jailor Martin Pishkur opened the bum
die and discovered the latter and re-
tanned it, although the woman offered
him $50 for its return to her
One of the last witnesses for the
state was John F. McAvoy who testi-
fled that he lived about rs feet south of
Bertoglio's saloon, where the shooting
occurred. He was awakened by the
first shot and started for his front door,
but before he reached it. two more
shots had been fired. Just as he got
outside. the fourth shot was fired and
he saw a man lying on the ground in
front of the saloon, and two men were
standing almost over him, and he saw
one of them take two more shots at
the PROSTATE form anad then the two
men started to run away, and McAvoy
recognized the two defendants. They
said something in Italian. and then
laughed. McAvoy quickly shut his
door and went in thhe house because
he was afraid of the two men, as some
time previous they had fired several
shots through the door of his house.