The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-07
HELD TO THE GRAND JURY
Lizzie Anderson Bound Over on a
Serious Charge.
VIOLATING POSTAL LAWS
Evidence introduced Showing She Adj
mitted Having Mailed an Obscene
Letter, but Denies Having
Written 1t.

The city police court room was Civ
en- over yesterday afternoon to United
States Commissioner Houck to enable
MIN to conduct the preliminary hear
ing of Lizzie Anderson, charged with
sending an obscene letter and picture
through the mails to Sauna Murto, a
fellow country woman. Lizzie was
bound over in the sum of $3.50 to await
the action of the grand jury. and in
default of bail is held in Jail.
Both women, it developed yesterday,
are Finlanders, instead of Danes. This
necessitated a wild and fruitless search
through Anaconda for an interpreter.
FINALLY Frank Niva was brought from
Butte properly translated the improper
letter and also translated such of the
evidence as was given in the Finnish
tongue.
The testimony of Colonel T. O'Leary.
Postmaster Alex Devine and Postof-
flee Inspector P. r. Lance went to
show that when the Murto woman had
turned the letter over to the postmas-
ter these three witnesses, accompanied
by Ida Carlson. a friend of the defend
ant. had called on Lizzie Anderson at
the home of Mrs Mary Hill, 1904 East
Third street; that when it was shown
her and she was asked if she had ever
seen it before, she said she had got
it out OF the postoffice, had read it,
erased her own name from the envel-
ope, written in the return card on the
envelope the name and address Of
Sauna Murto and remailed the missive
in the postoffice; that after making
this statement the defendant had read
and interpreted part of the letter.
17ptr hn hn ~ mr. Iun rnf
English, gave direct and explicit tes-
timony on the stand and. with some
difficulty, translated the letter as the
interpreter had DONE She testified
that when the letter was delivered to
her she had suspected it was a nasty
letter of some kind and before open
ing it had twisted it in her hands, tear
ing the envelope.
Then how does it happen that the
letter is not torn, while the envelope
is torn almost in two?'' asked Attor-
ney Walsh, who was conducting the
defense.
HUH said Mrs Murto. you're
trying to make monkey of me, but
you can't do it''-and a quiet smile
spread over the court room.
Answer my question" insisted Mr..
Walsh.
Il can answer your question all right
enough" said Mrs. Murto. Il guess
the letter didn't happen to get torn
when tore the envelope"
The defense placed no witnesses on
the stand contenting itself with ask
ing the bond be fixed at as low a fig
ure as possible. Deputy United States
District Attorney English said he
would agree to $3.50 if that was salts
factory to the court. The bond was
fixed at that sum. 1t Is expected the
friends of the woman will raise the
money.
The letter itself is an uncouth affair.
1t accuses the person to whom sent of
being limb Of the devil and then APP
plies to her several vile terms. Ac-
companying it is rude and obscene
sketch, presumably representing a wo-
man. 1.-THE picture represents you"
says an inscription below it.
Lizzie Anderson seems unable to
comprehend the seriousness of her po-
sition. She evidently is an ignorant
woman. She and the Ida Carlson men,
toned in the foregoing both have been
employed in the kitchen of the Mon
tana hotel