Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-27
They Pleaded Guilty to the
Crime of Horse Stealing.
COOK BEATS THE CITY
The Jury Instructed to Return a
Verdict in His FavOr--LiQuOr
Men Fined.

Mike Shea and Richard Dryer are vlr-
tually on the road to the reform school,.
The former is Is years old and the latter
II. A short time ago they went out to
Rocker and stole a horse belonging to
E. T. O'Brien. They We're arrested and
arraigned before Justice Nicho Satur-
day afternoon.
Are you guilty or not guilty?" asked
the justice, addressing Shea.
Il am guilty, sir" was the prompt re-
sponse.
And you, Dwyer?"
II am guilty, too"
The boys were then remanded to Jail
until today, when they We're again taken
before the court and told that the re-
form schoo would be the best place for
them. Then they We're returned to jail.
On the recommendation of the justice
the county attorney will file a complaint
against them and in a few weeks they
will probably be sent to Miles City.
In the suit of the city against l.. E.
Cook and others, the attorney for the de-
PENDANTS made a motion this afternoon
for the court to instruct the jury to re-
turn a verdict for the defendants and
the motion was sustained.
Judge Nichols has rendered a decision
in the case of the State against Thomas
F. Courtney. the groceryman, charged
a retailers license. The fine imposed
was $25. An appeal is to be taken. There
are five other defendants and the de-
cision governs their cases.
Mary E. Reilly filed a suit today
against the Eschle Plumbing company to
recover Judgment for $25 for alleged
damages sustained by her by reason of
trespass on her premises. She alleges
that on the oath the plumbers entered
the premises and tore up the foor. She
further says the defendant is insolvent
and asks the court to restrain it from
further encrOachment. Judge Clancy
has ordered the plumbing to
appear before him at 9 o'clock on De-
ember Is and show cause why it should
not be done.
TWO complaints were issued by the
county attorney today. one against Lille
Wesley, charging her with petit larceny.
and the other against a man named Bell,
who is accused of having stolen a gal,
lows frame valued at SIS.
In all probability Henry Bourassa, the
youth who stands charged with two
burglaries, will be sent to the reform,
school instead of the penitentiary. To-
day one of the men whose place of bust
ness Bourassa robbed, called on the
county attorney in mpa with a rela-
tive of the boy and said he was perfectly
Wiling to let the youth down easy if the
prosecution would consent. Mr.. Com
molly told the callers he would see
about it. ~
In Justice Bliss court this afternoon
Joseph Hannigan of Gregson Springs
was bound over to keep the peace. his
bond being fixed at. 5000. He was
charged with having pointed a rifle at
his wife.
Charles II. Smith has been appointed
admlnlstfator of the estate of David r,
Williams, one of the Montana volunteers
who died in the Philippine islands. The
estate consists of $500 on deposit in ono
OF the Butte banks and 5000 due from,
the government. The appointment was
made at the request of the parents of
tne dead man, who reside in McAdoo pa
young Wfllla1ns was a resident of Walk
erville when he enlisted.
c. j.. McRae, John McRae and Allen
Fisher have been appointed by Judge Lind
say to appraise the estate of John 4
Kennedy, dead.
The judge has also selected H. c.. Saw
age, A. c. Bingham and August Leese
To perform a similar service in the mat
ter OF the estate of Phillip J. Rumbeck.
dead.
A motion for Judgment on the p1ead-
anss in the suit of the Bells against Dr
Campbell was argued in Judge Iindsay's
court Saturday and taken under al.
visement.
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