The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-11
THE MYSTERY DEEPENS
No Glue to the Murderer of George
Quintal.
HANSON HEARD VOICES
Some Important Testimony Brought Out
Some Important Testimony Brought Out
at the Coroner's Inquest-No Longer
Any Question as to the Muir
dered Mans Identity.

At an inquest held last evening by
| Coroner Phil A. Julien on the body of
the murdered man whose remains were
round Sunday in a gully west of the
city and who has been fully identified
as George Quintal, some new Informal
ton was brought out. From the evil
| dence there is no doubt the body is that
| Of Quintal, who was by occupation a
| blacksmith, and there seems equally as
little doubt that he was murdered and
his body either hauled to the lonely
| place on the prairie in a wagon or
| taken on the back of horse, or that
he was induced to ride out in wagon
1 and was murdered in the vehicle near
the place where the body was found.
| This latter theory seems the more like
| ~. 1t appears the murdered man went
/ from Butte, as it was established that
| he worked at the Big Hole dam. A
| man was found who gave evidence at
| the inquest which seems to leave little
doubt that Quintal was in Butte Fri
day evening. This man brought an
| other man to the city from Divide Fri
day. and, while he could not remember
the appearance of the man we'll enough
to be able to positively identify the re-
| mains, still he thought the body was
that OF his passenger. From his de-
scription of the man who rode with
him, there seems little doubt he brought
| Quintal to Butte.
This only deepens the mystery as to
the motive for the murder and the
identity of the murderer. 1t does away
with the claim jumping theory but
| places the officers more at sea than
ever, for they have about made up
their minds that the two men under ar
rest are not guilty. 1t appears from
| Of t1,r
! murder must have been committed Fri
day night. All that is known concern
| ing the murder was told in the testi-
| mony taken at the inquest.
Henry j. Callahan who discovered
the body of the murdered man, was
called as the first witness. He said he
| was on his way from his home to call
on neighbor Sunday morning, when
he came across the body. He stayed
long enough to see the man was dead,
and notified two neighbors. He next
went to Clarks barn and telephoned
the sheriff's office. Witness accompa-
MED the sheriff's officers to the scene,
ana IN the investigation that followed
place was found where the BODY had
apparently been dumped out of a
wagon and tracks in the snow showed
the body had been carried to the place
where it was found. Near by was a
wagon track and the imprint of a
horses hoof which looked like the track
of draught horse. The discovery was
made about noon Sunday In response
to questions from the coroner, the wit
ness described the. wounds on the body
and said there was no doubt they pro-
duced death. The place where the BODY
was found was about 800 yards north
east of the Britannia mine and about
2oo feet from the public road. Witness
was sure there was the track of but a
single horse. The foot prints of a man
were also found in the snow. The wit
ness expressed the opinion the murder
was committed Friday night
Deputy Sheriff ]. M. Reynolds testi-
ned that he accompanied the under
Sheriff to the scene of the finding Of
the body, upon being notified by Gal
iahan. The officers examined the local
1ty and the body and came to the con-
clus1on murder had been committed.
Inc witness found cap near the BODY
which had since been identified as hav-
ing belonged to George Quintal Wit
ness described the apparel of deceased
as previously published, also the posi-
ton of the body as it lay on the ground,
and said there was a footprint of a
man between the legs, which were
spread apart Several matches were
found by the body and the garments
were open in front. 1t was the witness
opinion that the struggle took place in
the road and that the body had been
carried. Along the track, about Is
yards, was a pool of blood and the
prints of mans hand in the snow.
indicating to the witness that the man
carrying the body had fallen. Further
along, was a track in the snow, show
ing the body had been dragged down
into the gully Coroner Julien here
asked the witness if he had any opinion
as to who committed the murder. The
witness replied he had no information
to warrant him in accusing any one
In his opinion, the wounds We're caused
by Ratchet or an axe
William Barber, a scavenger living ct
aulis ranch, was next called. He said
Callahan came to the ranch Sunday
about noon and said he had found the
body OF dead man. Witness accom-
panied Callahan, who then went for
other neighbors, Witness and neigh
Dor stayed by the body While Callahan
and Henry Hanson went to notify the
sherlff. About % yards from where
the body lay, was a place which looked
as though a struggle had taken place
Witness saw the tracks of a horses
foot off the road but no wagon track
and the horse track looked like that
of a loose horse. The track of The
horse and the track of the man tended
in the same direction.
ilShiy city SCaV6n2eT, WHO
lives near Kings brickyard, was called
by Callahan and notified of the finding
of the body. He gave the same testi-
mony as the preceding witness and said
he heard voices passing Friday night
between 10 and IL o'clock They sound
ed like the voices of men uuarreling
and he thought the men We're in a wag-
on. AT all events. a wagon was pass
ing and stopped near where the body
fhn,, I
of the horse found near the body. might
have been that of a horse which had
been ridden there to see if the man was
dead. The witness wife also heard the
voices. They sounded as though the
people were going from the city toward
Silver Bow. Witness had thought al
the time of the discovery of the body
that the murder had been committed
Saturday night but he now thought it
must have been Friday night
Witness looked for the track of the