Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-11

by the human tracks and also near the
body and then went out to the main road.
Deputy Sheriff James Reynolds testi-
fed that he had gone to the scene of the
murder and formed the opinion that the
deed was done with a Ratchet or an axe.
Harry Hauser testified that on Friday
night, between 10 and II o'clock, he was
awakened by his wife and heard the
sound Of voices as Of men quarreling.
They were loud enough to be heard, but
he could not understand the words nor
could he distinguish the voices, but was
sure they We're those Of men in an angry
alteration. At the same time he heard
the noise of a wagon not the rumbling
sound of a scavenger wagon, but appar-
emily that of a dead-ax wagon or a hay
rick. When he first heard them the wagon
noise n the voices were on the road,
about opposite his house. The wagon was
being driven south and as near as he
could judge it must have gon to about
the place on the road near where the body
was found He could not be mistaken
about the Wagon stopping n the loud
voices ceased at the same time. The road
was so hard and frozen that it was i'm
possible to distinguish wagon tracks. He
had examined all the surroundings n
thought the matter over and came to the
conclusion hat the man must a been
killed in the wagon or placed in it i'm
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wagon was then driven to the place where
the first pool Of blood was and there
dumped out. It was then carried toward
the gully where it was found n when
near the gully dropped and dragged the
remaining distance. The wagon was then
started for Silver Bow and the blood
spots seen on the road had dripped from
it as it was being driven. When the
branch Dad to Germania was reached the
driver must have changed his mind n
turned off there instead of going or to
Silver Bow by the main road After he
had driven some distance the blood spots
on the ground ceased, probably because
it had all dripped out. The driver may
have been afraid to pass through Rocker
or Silver Bow at that hou because he
might meet some one he knew. One thing
was certain, the man must " had a
powerful motive for taking the Germania
road, for it was absolutely dangerous and
rarely used. Asked regarding the horse
tracks, he said that he had examined
them carefully and that it was his opin-
ion that the horse was ridden by the MUIR
derer or one of them and that he had
come back to take a look at the victim.
The track left the 0 south of where
the body lay, went directly to the spot,
then aroun the body and to the north,
where they crossed the main tracks and
out into the road. The horse track
were certainly later than the man tracks
for they broke into them.
H. C. Barnum, Robert ~Stroughton and
j. M. Gillespie, rod man, testified that de-
ceased worked at Big Hole dam and when
he quit had trouble with Foreman Brown.
Arthur w. Vance, a teamster, testified
that a man whom he believed to be de-
ceased, got his check cashed at Wunder-
lich's last Friday and he took two drinks
with him. They then drove into town
and Quintal got off at Idaho or Washing
ton and Park, saying that he was going
to tog up and would meet witness in town.
j. A. Mcconnell, proprietor of the Free
Coinage lodging house, testified that
Quintal left a bundle of clothing with him
on December %. To some of the dodgers
in the house deceased had given address
of a man to whom to write. 1t was scott
Mcdonnell, Sandon, B. c., Payne Mine"
He also said that deceased told some of
the dodgers that he belonged to the
Miners union.