The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-17


stories on the ground that her head was
! ratified just as if she had a big water
| fall in it. Tillie is a Swede and speaks
| English with frequent breaks and de-
| cided accent
Beginning her testimony, she said she
| had previously lived in Great Fails,
| coming quite recently to Anaconda.
| Three days preceding the shooting she
went to Saints cabin to cook for him.
! She remembered the night of the trag-
| edy but could not even approximately
fix the hour. There had been some peo-
pie at the house early in the evening,
but she was sick and went to sleep. She
was awakened by Santi walking the
floor and talking to himself. She went
out into the kitchen to wash her hands
and found Santi alone. She told him
not to talk so loud, as he would dis
turb the neishbors He answered her
that he would talk as loud as he
pleased as he paid his rent. He then
took off his shoes and coat and was pre-
pairing to take a smoke before going to
bed, when there came loud noise on
the door. as if some one was knocking
with a club
who is there? What do you want?'
shouted Sant going to the door.
There was no reply. Then Tillie Carr
said
For Gods sake. go and see who it is
Il thought it was a policeman said
Tillie in explanation. SAINT went to
the door and l went into the bedroom.
+ Come and show YOURSELF some one
shouted, and then l heard talking, but
couldn't distinguish the voices, as there
was a roar like a waterfall in my head.
l looked out from the door of my room
and saw Santi standing with a hand
and foot pushed hard against the out
side door
Then I heard some one shout 'dago,'
and it seemed just outside the door.
Santi then left the door and went into
the kitchen, coming back directly with
something in his hand. I only saw the
end Of it and it looked like revolver
Jesus Christ, what are you going
| to do? l asked him, but he gave me no
answer. He stepped to the door, opened
| it and looked out, both up and down the
| alley, and then took step outside. He
switched the revolver from one hand
| to the other and held it right up into
| the air.
Here the witness stopped and hest
| tated. Every eye in the court room
| was upon her, necks We're craned for
ward eager that not a word should be
| lost, and the prisoner watched with
| rigid attention. She was coming to the
climax of her story.
| "Well,' said Mr.. Duffy. go on
|
almost imperceptible tightening of the
lips, Tillie took up the thread of her
story. Previous to this her eyes had
| looked straight at the county attorney.
Now, as she began to talk, she dropped
| them, and said:
Il went to the door and looked out
over his shoulder l saw a man stand
! ing in the alley near Mrs. Kirby's fence,
| to the right of the door. He was large
| n,,I ha1 m II
his two hands in the pockets of the
coat and as l looked I saw one hand
| move back of him and then reappear
with something bright in it, Sant fired
in the air.
/ She got no further. This was an I'M
expected sensation. Mr.. Duffy was on
/ his feet in a moment.
| why didn't you give this testimony
when you We're before the coroner?'
he asked.
"They didn't ask me-" was the retort,
as Tillie 4mopped her forehead with a
handkerchief Besides l was half crazy
I didn't remember-my brain was rat
tied as if I had a waterfall in my head
Mr.. Duffy. after objections from Mr..
Oles, proceeded to lay the foundation
for the Impeachment of his own wit
ness. She acknowledged the signature
to her previous testimony, but pleaded
her old excuse She acknowledged that
she had been out of Jail one night since
her arrest on the night of the shooting,
but denied that she had seen or talked
with anyone concerning the tragedy.
When the first shot was fired she ran
into the bedroom and didn't come out
until she heard Santi coming in. she
looked into his face to see If he was
hurt but not word was said. He left
Immediately after
Mr.. Oles then took the witness. He
elected the fact that Santi said after
he was called a dago: I'm show you
what kind of dago you have to dea
with" She also stuck to her story OF
Hamilton's gun. Nothing further was
brought out and she stepped down.
DR.. Spelman was the next witness
called. He testified as to the character
of the wound inflicted on Hamilton
The point of entrance of the bullet was
at the side of the nose and the exit Was
on the side of the frontal lobe OF the
brain. Death was caused by acute
septic meningitis. The wound received
from the bullet was a mortal one.
Upon cross-eXamination DR.. Spellmal
said that at one time he hoped for tn
recovery of the patient, as sometime
happens in wounds to the frontal LOBE
of the brain. 1t was bare chance
DR.. Stephens was then called to tn
stand He said that Inflammation of tn
| Draln was the cduSe ol
death and described the autopsy.
A map of the locality, was then in
troduced by the state and marked eX
hbit A w. B. Pinegar, county sur
veyor, testified as to it's accuracy.
Frank McNally, Waterman in tn
city Jail, was one of the first to fin
Hamilton's body. The feet We're to
. ward the fence. He was bleeding pro
, fusely. He, with others, took Hamil
ton out to the street and put him o.
. a wagon to be taken to the hospita
Couldn't tell which way he was go
ing when he was shot. He was foun
about 10 feet from Santi's cabin. Nc
Nally fired two shots in the air t
draw the attention of officers.
,, Mrs. Jennie Kirby was then called b
the state. She is a colored woman, an
at the time of the shooting was i
Mrs. Besmans cabin, which is mex
to Saints. She said she heard tn
knocking on the door and immediate
ly afterWard heard Santi say: IF an
one comes knocking on my door T.
shoot him. | nav the rent"