The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-24
ONE RED BULL CALF.
Twenty Witnesses Tell What They Know
About It-Boulder News.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Boulder, May 23.-Boulder has been rev.
cling in the luxury of another calf case
An animal valued at about SIS brought 20
witnesses from the valley to Justice
Sweets court Monday. John McCauley
was the complaining witness. He said
that he missed a red bull calf from the
range last fall; had previously missed
others and marked this one so he would
recognize it anywhere; with other wit
nesses he had placed a silver dime dated
1874 under the calf's hide; he let it stay
there to see what they intended to do
with it. he went there and asked Mr..
Wickham, sr., if they had any strays
about the place: said they had not; the
calf was kept there during the winter
and in the spring was branded with the
W;ckham. jr., brand witness went there
a few weeks ago and took the calf out
of the field and drove it home; called the
stock inspector for this district. who ex-
tracted the identical dime that had been
placed there Other witnesses for the
state were Thomas McCauey, Will Nc
Cauley. James Ryan. George Fourier,
John Collins, John Brady and William
Murphy. Collins, stock inspector. test-
fed as to finding the dime, and it was
presented as exhibit a. he said he
hoped the lawyers, Lyon, Purcell and
Hay. would not hold it out to buy beer
with the court reached for the money
and said that he would attend to that
matter himself.
2. Wickham. jr.. was then called in his
own defense: he said that the calf came to
his premises and that he took it in, as
cold winter was coming on. Being un-
branded he thought the calf might be one
of his: he told several neighbors about
the possession of one red bull calf, but
dis no one claimed it he kept it during
| McCauley came and got it without his
consent. but if he owned it. all right; he
had a bin against the owner for IS for
| wintering it. Other witnesses called by
| the defense were w. W. Dawson, j. Ed
mission. John Flood. William Flood, M. F.
Quinn, John Smith, P. Wickham, sr.,
| George, DUNN Frank Nlckharn and Dixie
| Smith tH'he court took the case under
| advisement until evening. and then rem
| deIed decision acquittng Mr.. Wickham.
| Only one fight has occurred over the mat
| tie" thus far. out it is early in the season
| yet.
There was much disappointment here
| this morning on the receipt of photo
| graphs of the man in California suspect
| ed of being Rice, the absconding books
| keeper who took $500 from the Gaffney
| Mercantile company. The description
| heretofore furnished of the man who wae
| being Swallowed led every one to believe
| that he was the man wanted, but the IifGs
ture convinced Mr.. Gaffney ands Shef1n
| Sherlock otherwise. While the man hpa
| is not Rice, he is evidently a crook, as Ire
has changed his name three times on his
way down the coast from Seattle to San
| ia Monica.
John Curtis of Butte was here Sunday
| accompanied by his son, George D., a
| mining engineer: ]. H. Johns, an assayer
| at Walkerville, and H. s. Kinney, assay.
| e'- for the Alice company. They made ar
| inspection of the old Mollie McGregol
mine. about four miles northwest OF
| Boulder, with a view of reopening it. The
| property has been closed down for about
| p years. but shows some good ore and is
| likely to become producer again.
]. H. Day has taken a bond for one
year at $4,000 on two mining claims three
| miles south Of town. belonging to Messrs
| Miller and Crale. From slight develop
| ment of the claims he gets an assay
| showing Is per cent. copper and small
| values in silver and gold.
| John Berkin left here Sunday for Chi
| cago, where he goes on business connect
| ed with the sale of the old Broadway
mine at Silver Star in Madison, county
| He has it under lease at present and Il
| shipping some very good ore. 1t is alst
| under bond to Messrs. Berkin, Gaffne!
and Tracy, and it is likely that sac
| will be negotiated.