Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-22
He is Supposed to Have Partlc-
ipated in
AN EARLY MORNING HOLD-UP
Evidence Against Him All Circum.
stantial, But 1t is Fairly
Strong.

The trial Of the case of the state against
John Moore, known among his associates
and friends as Hot Water SLIM" be-
cause he is slender and once lived in Ne
vada, was commenced in Judge Clancy's
court this afternoon. h charge against
the defendant is highway robbeEy-he is
alleged to have been one of two men that
on the morning of December %, 1898. held
up the inmates of the Copper State saloon
in South Arizona street and robbed the
cash drawer of about SO in cash. One of
the trio was James Quinn. While they
We're at work a policeman appeared upon
the scene and shots were exchanged, at
ter which the highwaymen retreated
from the firing line. Like a raw hand at
the business Quinn took refuge in a shed
near by and was captured, but his part
ner escaped. In Judge Clancy's court a
short time ago Quinn plead guilty with
the expectation that ne would be spared
the painful humiliation of sufferingth the ex-
IRENE penalty for his deed, but the court
was inexorable and gave him the limit,
twenty years.
Two weeks after the holdup Moore was
arrested in a lodging house at C~enterville
and given quarters in the county Jail. Of
ficers had suspected him Of being the Sec
ond man, but did not happen to run
across him. Less than an hours Tina was
consumed in securing the following j ury
to decide the prisoners fate: Thomas F.
Casey, Edward Huddleston. A. J.. Wickes,
Charles II. James, Thomas w Williams,
John S. Clapp, W. K. Packer, Peter Nc
Dap,p,nft A ,tb11~ NcE1o ri MI Dennis Sn1.
livan, William Hill and Edward Ward.
The state is being represented by the
county attorney and his chief deputy and
the prisoner by G.. w. Taylor.
In making the opening statement to the
jury the public prosecutor said he expect
ed to show that prior to the robbery the
highwayman had changed their outer
clothing In the shed where Quinn was
caught, the object in so doing being to
confuse anyone with whom they might
come in contact in the raid. Quinn was
short and Moore tall and slender and the
former had donned a long coat and the
latter a short one. They had, he further
said, stayed at the Workingmen's home
at the northwest corner of Main and
Platinum streets before the robbery and
had there given their names as John w.
Mackey and James G. Fair although
their display of money had not warrant
ed them in assuming these financially IL
lustrious titles.
Samuel H. Harris, night bartender at
the Copper State saloon, testified that he
remembered the appearance Of two
masked men at the saloon on Christmas
morning. The drawer had contained
about 500 prior to their entrance and 50
after their departure. He had not given
the money to the intruders, bu consid-
cred 1T useless to display an attempt to
prevent them from taking it, as both
We're armed. The tall man was in the
lead. Both walked the length of the room
and one commanded him to elevate his
hands. A minute or such a matter later
eight or ten shots were fired.
Harris further sale he had seen Quinn
after the latter was captured. Moore's
size compared favorably with that of the
taller of the two.