The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-12

membered talking to the defendant iE
Helena in the early part of August.
He said he did not He was asked il
he had not told the defendant that his
(the witness) wife was going as dele
gate to the A. o. r. W. convention at
Butte, and that at that time the de
PENDANT had shown him some A. Q. y.
w. papers. The witness said he re-
membered no such occurrence or con-
versation. He was then asked if. in
conversation he recently had with the
defendant in the Jail, the defendant had
not told him certain things that he (the
witness) had said in Helena, showing
positively the conversation had taken
place. The witness said he had HAD
the conversation in the jail, but that
he could not recall any conversation
in Helena with Dotson and did not
recollect ever having seen him before.
The defense here called for the pa
pers which were in Dotson's grip, but
there was a delay in securing them.
stand aside for a moment said Mr..
Trippet to the witness Then to Bailiff
Walsh Call Dan Watson and William
Bradley, prisoners from the county
Jail"
The bailiff returned presently with
the message:
Ihey are eating now"
That don't make any difference;
bring them up anyhow said the court.
After another short delay the men APP
peared, still chewing.
Dan Watson took the stand FIRST. II
have been acquainted with the defend
ant in the JAIL said he Then MT
Irlppet handed him the piece of writ
ing which had been shown to the hand
writing experts the day before and
which they had said bore a marked
similarity to the writing of Dotson.
hot Il h.,
downstairs in the Jail at the request
OF Dotson l do not recall the date"
There was no cross-eXamination.
Bradley took the stand and briefly
identified the second slip which had
been presented the previous day to the
experts, as having been written by him
SELF in the county Jail at the request
might have been written by Dotson.
The defense here offered the two slips
in evidence ''aS comparison
AS an exemplar?" asked Mr. Duffy
NO replied MI. Trippet "as a COM
parison esta bHshing fabrication. The
writing in the book is a fabrication
The experts said the man who wrote
those entries in the book made these
writings"
They did not" said Mr.. Duffy. There
ensued lively verbal scrap which was
quelled by the court. The objection to
the admission of the slips was over
ruled
Dotson Takes the Stand.
Then came the defendant himself to
the stand. His demeanor was COO, and
confident, and he maintained 1t through
the long and searching cross examina-
ton that followed his direct eXamina-
ton. Before taking the stand he spat
a quid of tobacco into a cuspidor. At
f1rst in the stand he sWayed his chair
from side to side, but finally grew stu.
Thefe was no trace OF the great strain
he was under to be seen in his attitude.
He faced the jury calmly.
On direct examination he said: II had
copy Of the entries in this book given
me BY my attorneys. l gave this copy
to the prisoners who have just testified,
and at my request they made copies.
came to Washington gulch some
time from the 18th to the 18th of July
IN spring wagon which bore a cover
held up by four bows. These bows were
held in staples and riveted
WY home is in South Dakota. My
family consists of wife and nine chill
dre1.
Between July Is and 90 / first mel
Chadwick a his cabin. Cachelin intro
duced me. At that time there was no
general conversation / next saw Chad
wick week later at the lower end Of
his field. I was panning dirt. He asked
me what ] was getting and / told him
nothing to amount to anything. He
asked me where l got the dirt and |
told him. Benson was with me at the
time. The next time l saw Chadwick
was the night before l left, or two
nights before, when | went to his house
after milk. He and his hired man were
there. got the milk"
Are those the only times you saw
Chadwick to talk to him?"
These are the only three times I saw
him to talk to him."
Did you propose to him or say any
thing to him about robbins Eugene
cu ut.
robbing him."
II left there July so in the same
wagon in which l had come. 1t was
covered with heavy muslin. resembling
canvas, and the black spot on the top
was piece Of oil cloth put there to
keep out rain. 1t was nut there when
left South Dakota. Yes, have seen
other wagons fixed that way. 1t was
about o'clock on July 50 that I left
American gulch."
The witness described in detail the
route he had taken to Helena. Oliver
Benson, he said, was the only one with
him on the trip. At Helena. he said. he
went into camp between the railroad
track and the garrison. He was
stranger in Helena, he said, and while
he saw many people there he did not
know their names.
Had Two Camps.
I'VE camped there" he continued.
until the morning of the 18th. We
were not in the same spot all the time
On the morning Of Aug. 5 we went to
East Helena with the rig, first going to
the ball grounds and then by way of
the Boulevard to the snelter, where I
hoped to set work. We remained there
until about o'clock in the afternoon.
when We went back to a place near
where We had camped before, 800 or
400 yards from there. and canlped
again. We remained there until we
left Helena.
ION the list of August I first met Per
singer in Helena. He went out to our
camp and remained with us"
Where did you first see this watch?'
he was asked.
After a momentary pause Dotson an
swered: Near Bozeman." l knew