Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-15
KEEFE GETS
THE LIMIT
His Burglarious Visit to the
Southern Hotel
SENDS HIM 10 DEER LODGE
For Five Years.-He Was Convicted OF
Burglary Ten Years Ago.
Served a Year,

William Keefe has decided to leave
Butte and take up his residence at Deer
Lodge, In arriving at this decision he
| had the able assistance and counsel of
Judge Clancy. who thought that jewelry,
money. stocks, bonds and red hot stoves
belonging to residents of this district
would stand a better chance of remaining
, undisturbed if Mr.. keefe could be kept
away from them.
A few months ago keefe entered the
Z room of a commercial traveller at the
Southern hotel and attacked the contents
of a valise. While engaged in the work
the occupant of the room dropped in and
caught him at it.
He did not at that time have Keefe ar
rested. Shortly after this Keefe was taxi
en- in by the police and on being searched
a lot of valuable jeWelry was found on
his person. 1t was not then known where
he had stolen it, but after a description of
the articles had been published some of
the property was identified by people who
had lost it. A charge of burglary was
placed against Keefe-the Southern hotel
invasion.
In the district court last week he plead
W ollt " AN 800
set today as the time for passing SEN
tence upon him.
Mr.. keefe,' said he, as the prisoner
stood before the bench, this is the day
set for %disposing of your case. Have you
anything to say in opposition?'
mo your honor" was the response.
1T is my duty to inform you that only
a few days ago you changed your plea of
not guilty to one of guilty. The records
of this court show that in 1889 you were
convicted of burglary in the day time and
sentenced to one year in the penltentlary.
You served your time. There have been
cases in which men, after having been
punished for the commission of crime,
have attempted to reform and follow
some honorable occupations; but in your
case it is different. You came out of
prison and drifted back into the old
groove. The court is bound to take judi
cial notice Of these things. The punish
ment for the crime to which you have
confessed is from one to five years in the
penitentiary. In view of your past rec
ord | will give you the maximum punish
incentive years at hard labor" -
Keefe looked disappointed, but said
nothing. BY pleading guilty he expected
the court to let him down easy.
When the trial of Joseph Shafer for the
murder of John Hawkins in an East Ga
lena street saloon was commenced ir
Judge Clancy's court yesterday 1T was
supposed that at least a day would be
consumed in securing the requisite twelve
men, hut three hours sutficed for The
work. A few of those called into the box
said they had been members of the pane
from which the first jury was selected
and were excused on the GROUND tina
their Familiarity with the various phase:
of the case disqualified them from serv
ing as members of the present one. The
names of the jurymen who will decide tn
fate Of the prisoner are Max Lalande
John Mitchell, William White, H. M. Ed
wards, Edward Hyland, w. X. Parker
William r. Tonkin, Thomas r. Casey
Dennis Sullivan, Charles H. James, Den
mis- M. Smith and edward Ward.
DR.. j. S. Hammond was the first wit
ness this morning. He said he had hel
an autopsy n the body of the murdere
man and found one wound in the add
men and several on the head. There wa
quite a large cash over the left ear an
another over the right ear. There wa
only one fatal wound and that was in tn
abdomen. 1t had been made by a bulle
t DR.. Shultz also described the wounds
and Henry w. johnson detailed the fats
+ meeting of Shafer and Hawkins and tf
circumstances of the killing. Ate
{ Shafer fired the fatal shot he and the vic