The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-18
ANACONDA news.
! DOLAN IS DISCHARGED
Jury Finds Him Not Guilty of
Beating a Woman.
VERDICT Is A SURPRISE
Defendant Rs-Arrssted at Ones, Charged
With Disturbing the Peace-Court
and Police Ofhcsrs Incsnsed
at the Verdict.
VERDICT IS A SURPRISE

Not guilty. was the verdict rem
dered yesterday afternoon by jury
in the police court in the case of Thorn
as Dolan, who was charged with as
saulting Matte Anderson in the bad
lands. The verdict was great sur
prise to nearly all present. When it
was announced it caused Magistrate
Kennedy to exclaim:
well, that beats anything I ever
heard of in all my life. The officers
may just as well inform the secretaries
and toughs who frequent the bad lands
that they can beat the life out Of the
women across there and ask for an in
telligent jury and be discharged"
Thomas Dolan, the accused, has been
arrested several times in Butte and
Anaconda on charges of woman beat
ing, and each time he pleaded guilty
The jury was composed Of c. I'll. Will
iams ]. B. Gnose, William G. Haynes,
John Kane, H. o. Kennedy and Steve
Horvath. Attorney G. M. Sawyer ap-
peared for the defendant.
Matte Anderson, the woman who
was assaulted, testified that late on
Tuesday night Dolan went to her cabin
and tried to break in the door, but she
refused to admit him. She then went
out and he followed her into an alley,
where he struck her in the face, leaving
black and blue mark on the cheek,
then held her down on the ground by
placing his knee on her stomach. On
cross-examination she admitted that
earlier in the evening he had left an
overcoat in the cabin, but she declared
that he had not asked for it when he
returned and beat her.
Officer Mayhem testified to having
heard the Anderson woman scream and
to have run to the point in the alley
where she and Dolan were scuff1ing.
.'Dolan had her down on her back
the officer testified, land was holding
her down with his knee in the pit of
her stomach"
Lille Livingston testified to having
seen Dolan dragging the woman i'll a
rough manner. Il went at once and
found Officer Mayhem to tell him of
it." she said.
May sheehan testified that she had
heard the Anderson woman scream. IT
ran out said she, land found this
man holding her down. She was
screaming Historically, I asked her
what was the matter. but she was too
historical to reply Just then Officer
Mayhem arrived and took the man OFF,
while I assisted Matte to her house..
A barkeeper testified to having heard
the screams, but &he had not seen the
trouble.
The sole witness for the defense was
the defendant. II have been working
up at Trail creek for about 40 days"
said he, "and came down Tuesday. In
the evening I went to this woman's
cabin. I have known her long time.
/ left my overcoat at the cabin. I re-
turned several times during the even
ing to get it, but always found the door
locked. She opened it and I was about
to step in when she slammed it in my
face. I went around to the front door.
She was just coming out. When l
asked her to go back and get my over
coat she would not, but started to run.
picked her up and carried her ways.
I didn't think she was mad at first, but
she was struggling and yelling, and
when I saw she was really mad / set
her down. She struggled to the ground
and in doing SO her face struck the
cap of my knee. At no time did I
strike her at al"
On cross-examination Dolan. who is
of great size and bears a surly coun-
rested in Butte for striking woman
and had pleaded guilty He was asked
if he had not been convicted in Ana
conda Also in April last of beating
woman in the bad lands and served
As days for it.
II don't know" said he. II had
fuss with a saloonkeeper and l pleaded
guilty to two charges. 1 don't know
which one I was sentenced for
When the jury brought in its verdict
even the counsel for the defense looked
surprised. Members of the jury said
afterward that they had been infiu-