The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-29

man was who was to go with him, and
Lucey said the man was drunk, and
Lucey told him they wouldn't go till
the next night, but Reagan said they
would go without him. Reagan had gone
to the bank in the afternoon to get
some money to pay his expenses to the
Occur d'Alenes and to pay her for
board he owed her, but he reached the
bank too late and had to borrow $25
On redirect examination the clothing
taken from the body of the murdered
man We're identified by Mrs. Reagan.
The pockets of the coat and pants were
turned inside out, and the vest and coat
had been ripped along the front seams
with a knife, indicating that the muir
derer had made a search for money
which he thought was hidden some
where. On recross-examinat by Mr.
Cason the witness said Lucey also
| called at the house in the afternoon
| and had talk with Reagan on the
outside. When they went away in the
| evening they went alone. There was
| no other man in sight. In answer to
| question by juror Mrs. Reagan said
| both men were sober and that she did
not know whether or not Lucey knew
| that Reagan didn't get his money out
| of the bank.
| W. w. Pennington, the county sur
veyor, was the next witness and testi-
fed relative to a map he had made of
the scene of the murder in Silver Bow
canyon. He explained the map to the
jury, showing the railroad tracks, the
creek the spot in-the creek where the
body was found, the place where the
first struggle between the murderer
and his victim occurred the fence
through which the body was dragged
and the two bloody pieces of rock with
which Reagan's head was crushed be-
fore. the body was thrown into the
creek
Maggie Dennehy, the next witness,
testified that she was at the Reagan
house on West Copper street on the End
of last September when the defendant
arrived there. He came about S:20
O'Clock. She knew him as Dan SuIli-
van. He remained only about 10 min
utes and said he was going to the
Occur d'Alenes. Miss Dennehy gave
the same account Of the preparations
Cor the trip testified to by Mrs. Reagan.
David Hoge, who lives near the Blue
Bird mine on the road to Rocker, tes-
tilted that he was in the Blue Bird sa-
loon about II o'clock on the night of the
End of last September. While he was
in the saloon a man came in and bought
| a bottle of whiskey and went out with
it. A few minutes later he came back
in company with another man. The
shorter of the two was the one that
first came in. The witness identified the
photograph of Patrick L. Reagan rs
the short man. After getting the bottle
of whiskey Reagan said he was going
out to see if they could catch a train
for Anaconda. When the two men
came in they said they could not catch
a train, and Reagan suggested that
they go back to Butte and take fresh
start in the morning, but the other
man said they would go on to Silver
Bow Junction and stop at the boarding
house of Mrs. Copsey Where they could
get a bed for the night. Hoge said
that in his best opinion the taller of
the two men was the defendant. On
Cross-eXamination the witness adj
| mftted that he was not altogether posi-
| tive that either the defendant or the man
he identified in the photograph were
| in the saloon. He said that he after
| wards saw Michael Reagan, brother of
the murdered man, and said he looked
| like one of the men who was in the
| saloon at Rocker that night. The wit
ness did not at that time know that
| Michael Reagan was a brother of the
dead man. The men in the saloon were
not under the influence of liquor. Be
sides the pint flask of whiskey they
| bought several glasses of beer.
M. j. Kehoe. proprietor of the Blue
| Bird saloon at Rocker, was the next
| witness, and testified about the two
men coming into the saloon. The smaller
| man first came in and after buying g
flask of whiskey he inquired if an ore
| train was going to Anaconda that night
| and the witness informed him there
was not. He went out and soon re
turned with another man and said they
| would have to go back to Butte, but the
other man said they would go to Silver
Bow junction and stop at Mrs Copsey':
| place. Kehoe said the photograph O
Reagan looked like one of the men II
the saloon and the defendant very mucl
resembled the other To the best o
his knowledge and belief Reagan ant
Lucey were the two men in the saloon
Dan Donovan testified that he lived
Mike Reagan's house and roomed witt
Patrick L. Reagan, whom he hat
known for 20 years. He never knew
Lucey and never saw him until abou
a week ago. The day Reagan left N
borrowed s25 from the witness. TIT
latter gave him $40 gold piece and
$40 bill and got back a 80 gold piece II
change from Reagan.
John A. Martin testified that he wa
at lakes Shiffman's saloon on tn
morning of Sept. g.
do you know this defendant aske'
Mr.. Connolly.
Il saw him tSere."
"When did you first see him ina
II saw him come down the rallroa
track from the canyon toward the sa
LOOM" g..
"How far away was he when you mrs
saw him?"
" "Perhaps 500 feet or more.
"Did he have anything in his hanos !!
"He carried a yellow satchel. $ ~
The witness said he had stopped g
shiffnlan's saloon that night and &c
M in the morning to go out Tor SON
water when he saw Lucey coming dow
the railroad track.
Iucey came to the door of the saloo
ard Martin admitted him. He had
bruise on his left cheekbone and tn
wound was swollen. His clothes wer
torn and soaking wet. Lucey asked fo
drink and put up a $40 gold piece j
payment for it. and Martin called Shift
man to change it. Lucey said he wa
wet and cold and Martin built fire
the stove and Lucey dried and warme
himself He looked sober when h
came into the saloon, but he was nc
sober when he left, as he had quite
number of drinks there.
What, if anything, did he say as