The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-30

thing as good joke, but when the
coroner intimated that her sense of
humor might land the whole family
in Jail she began to talk. She says
the Standard reporter to have seen
the whole affair, and Antoine Smer;ka
were both in bed and knew nothing
about the fight. She sat up alone, as
one of her children was to have been
christened to-day in the regular man
ner with, water, not with blood. She
was in the kitchen and Marhar and
Zupanchich were there. SO were the
visitors from Little Chicago. Natur-
ally. in view OF the approaching cere-
mony, the crowd was a little gay, and
there was much drinking. Marhar and
Lupanchich began to quarrel about
this money pipe dream. Zupanchich,
who was the larger man, got Mar
har down on the floor and proceeded
20 40 MIN with broken beer bottle.
When they got through with this mat
ter OF business, they stuffed the gap
IN Mafhar's throat with a wad of alb
sorbent cotton, tied his red handker-
chief about it and started him for the
hospital.
zupanchich went to his shack and
slept the sleep of the just. Koncilga
and Smerika had slept that kind Of
sleep all through the fracas, in an
adjoining room. Mrs Koncilga swept
out the broken bottles and scrubbed
the floor. Then she, too, lay down to
pleasant dreams. There was, she saws,
no blood on the floor A queer family,
Not even murder could disturb their
everyday customs.
The coroner protested that the floor
was still wet. and must have been
scrubbed since 8 O'Clock yesterday
evening. Mrs. Koncilga says not. she
scrubbed the kitchen out before going
TO bed. and smiles, and even laughs,
at the absurdity of making SO many
inquiries and SO much fuss over
dead man.
Now comes another story, and it is
drawn from the same sources through
the befogging medium Of an interpre-
ter. 1t is curious that these people can
understand questions in English, but
must have an interpreter to share the
responsibility of answers. The story
is that instead of Marhars starting
alone for the hospital, some one went
with him until they found he was
not going to last much longer. Then
they finished the job. The ground
where he lay when found showed signs
of struggle. and under the circum-
stances the story is possible. What
good is half dead man, anyway?
And why should not his friends give
him a little jolt and save the bother
of packing him 10 or II blocks to
hospital? People who think the whole
business a joke probably would not
balk at little thing like that
Another feature of the murder is the
quarrel as to which had the most
monty on his person. Why should the
quarrel end in blows at that phase
Of it? The interpreter. in translating
Koncilga's story this evening. said at
this point:
"Of course, the little fellow MAR
haD, he have most money
Apparently there was a show down.
Zupanchich saw Marhar's pile and
smashed him with the bottle. The
case is very queer one, and it is
probable that the inquest tomorrow
morning will bring out more facts.
In the meantime the officers are
searching for Zupanchich and have
wired to adjoining towns the follow
ing dispatch:
Great Falls, Mont, Oct. 29.-Want-
ed, for murder. John Zupanchich, alias
Crauzar: Austrian from province of
Grain; height 8 feet inches; weight
about ITO pounds; heavy set. brown
dropping mustache, brown hair. gray
eyes, full face; has cut in palm of
right hand, fleshy part; wore black
shoes. dark suit, light brown soft hat
He killed man at the B. & M. at 8
o'clock this morning. Arrest and WIRE
c. c. Proctor, sheriff, Great Falls,
Mont"