Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-22
In the ShadWell Murder Trial
Has Been Played.
in BEHALF
OF the Defendant Now Being Taken
-IhreSher Told What Would Be
Brought Out.

The first half of the trial of G. r. Shad-
we'll for the murder of Martin J. O'Con-
nor was finished about IL o'clock this
morning and a recess until 2 o'clock was
taken to give the defense time to roll up
its sleeves and the county attorney to pre-
pare a statement he desired to make.
Barring the fact that Mr.. Connolly
and L. j. Hamilton had a few words and
that a new witness testified in behalf of
the state there was little done in the way
of sensations during the morning session.
Mr.. Connolly is handling the states sid
of the case and Mr.. Hamilton is one of
Shadwelrs counsel. While the testi-
said something to Mr.. Connolly about
pettifogging methods and the former re-
sented it. Il claim the protection of the
court" said he.
The court took a hand in the matter
and called a halt. MI. Hamilton then
molly told him it would be necessary for
him to do a little more a~pologizing.
The new witness in the case was Al.
tack. He said he was in the saloon at
forward before because he did not care
to get mixed up in the case. His story
of the trouble between O'Connor and
Shadwell was much the same as that re-
lated by others.
+. When the state closed its side there
We're two persons whose names were en-
dorsed o. the information that had not
been called and Attorney ThreSher ask
ed the court to order the submission OF
their testimony forthwith. The county
attorney said he did not wish to call
them and asked the court to give him
time to prepare an affidavit setting forth
his reasons. 1t was granted.
When the trial was resumed this af-
ternoon Mr.. Connolly submitted the affi-
davit giving in the document his reasons
for not calling the two witnesses. The
judge read it and allowed it to be filed,
saying that the reasons given by Mr..
Connolly for not wanting to call the other
two witnesses We're, in his opinion, suffi-
cient.
Mr.. Thresher then made a statement
to the jury in behalf of the defense. The
principal utterances in the course of his
remarks We're that witnesses would tes-
which the trouble arose O'Connor had
used the following expressions: You
little if you don't cut them
cards right I'll cut YOU" "Cut them
cards right, you little or I'll
make you a fit subject for the ="
would say that O'Connor said he would
smash the defendant into the unknown
via the ever popular chair route. There
would also be testimony to show that
held the gun pointed at OCon-
nor two or three minutes before firing
the shot. his object being to keep O'Con-
nor away: but O'Connor was going after
him all the time. The testimony would
further show. he said, that O'Connor vir-
tually committed suicide by crowding
Shadwell. Mr.. Thresher closed his re-
marks by saying he would expect a YER
dict of not guilty at the hands of the
twelve gentlemen he was addressing.
A. M. Anderson was then called to the
witness stand. He said that two or
three nights before the killing a man
named "Slim,' O'Connor and ShaiWell
were in the saloon and an argument over
the cutting of a pack of cards arose.
Q'connor had then said to Shadwell:
"You cut those cards or there will be
some other cutting" Shadwell cut the
cards and Slim won the pot.