The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-02
worth that Butte was a great gambling

place.
City Detective Jerry J. Murphy. the
next witness, related the circumstances
of Mason's arrest He said that Lacey
and a man named Lyons, fellows who
had been hanging about the race track.
were suspected of the robbery, but they
did not show up again at the track
and a search about town was made for
| them. and one day Lacey, Mason and
Travis were seen going up to the st.
Charles lodging house on Main street,
and the witness and Captain Dawson
| followed them and the watch was found
and the arrest made as stated in Trav-
is deposition. At the JAIL Lacey ac-
| cused Travis of being afraid and called
him a pickinniny. Travis said he knew
| nothing about the affair and did not
want to get mixed UP in it. Mason
claimed that he bought the watch from
a tramp for 81.
Captain Dawson gave similar testi-
mony and then Mr.. Connolly announc-
ed the close of the states case.
Mason, the defendant, was put on the
stand and said he came to Butte on
the 9th of July, the day before the Re-
ception road house robbery. He said 1t
was the first time he had been in Butte,
and did not know where the road hous-
es WERE Mason said that on the night
of the robbery he was around the sa-
looms and gambling houses with Lacey
and several other friends. He denied
that he went with Travis to an old
mine in the west end of town or that
he picked up watch there. He said
they visited a dog show and on their
way home Travis asked him what time
it was. and Mason took out his watch
and told him, and that was the only
watch incident. AT the time the Off
GERS came kto their room, Travis was
looking atNhe watch and threw it UNI
der the bed clothes, where it was found
by the officers. Mason denied every
thing that Travis had testified to, and
said that he bought the watch from
a stranger in the Combination gambling
house, or rather loaned man 81 on it.
Before Mason began to testify, his CO.
defendant, Lacey, was brought into the
court room from the Jail and heard
the story told by Mason. Mr.. Connol-
ly made the request that Lacey be TAX
en- out of the court room While Mason
was testifying, but the court denied his
request. The defendant said that all
the time he spent in Travis company
did not exceed a half or three-quarters
of an hour
On cross-exam ton, Mr. Connolly
asked Mason if he had ever been con-
victed of felony, and he stated he had
not He said he was a native of New
York and was bricklayer and street
payer by occupation Mason named
three or four men with whom he claim
ed to have been at the California brew
cry at the time of the robbery. The
men he named were the same who had
sworn to an alibi for the fellow Lyons
at the preliminary trial, but who did
not testify in behalf of Mason at that
time. Mason said he did not hear of
the Reception road house robbery until
the 18th of July when he was arrested.
He remembered that he was in the CAL
ifornia brewery on the night of the
hold-up, because Eddie Martin, one of
Lyons alibi witnesses was reciting
Shakespeare and others were singing
and having a good time.
| r. S. Deshon, the second witness for
the defendant, testified that he was
with Lacey, Mason and Lyons at the
| California brewery from 10 to 12 o'clock
on the night of the robbery. On cross
examination, Mr.. Connolly asked the
witness if he mentioned that Lacey and
Mason were with him at the brewery
when he testified at the preliminary
hearing to prove an alibi for Lyons.
Deshon tried to argue with the county
attorney and said he was not suppos-