The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-02

ty, he will hang for it. The jury that
tried him for the cold blOoded crime
was so thoroughly convinced of his
guilt that it took less than two hours
of elaboration to arrive at the verdict
and when they reached the verdict
they were so well satisfied with their
duty well performed and had so little
sympathy for the brutal murderer
that they sang while waiting the ar
rival of the judge and attorneys. The
men who composed the jury We're:
Hugh Morrison, A. J. White, Abe
Phillips, Joseph Roberts. Ernest Rod
gers. r. W. Sampson. W. H. Grifiths,
]. w. Phariss. Enoch H. GibersOn, G.
5. Holbrook, Chris Christensen, Dan
iel Johnson.
The trial of Lucey and the arsu-
ments of counsel were concluded at
$50 o'clock last evening, and at 9
o'clock the jury retired. Less than two
hours afterward they sent out word
that they had agreed, but it was mid
night before the defendants attorney,
Mr.. Hinkle, arrived at the court house.
In the meantime the jury was singing,
and the strains and words of I'm
Tired Now and Sleepy, Too, So Put
Me in Ny Little Bed" God Be With
Us Till We Meet Again." In the
Morning by the Bright Light" and
ether songs. came from the jury room,
and were heard all over the court
house. Some who heard the singing
felt certain that Lucey had been ac-
quilted, but the county attorney rec
ognized in the songs the fact that the
jury felt satisfied with its work and
that did not mean that the worst
criminal Silver Bow county has ever
known would be turned loose again.
Guilty" was written on the faces
of the jurors as they marched into
the court room, and as far as the
spectators present were concerned.
Iuceys fate was known. After the
jury was polled, Clerk Hardcastle read
the verdict:
State of Montana, plaintiff, VS.. Dan
lei Lucey, defendant: Verdict-We the
jury in the above entitled case find
the defendant, Daniel Lucey, guilty Of
murder in the first degree. A. j.
White, forman.'
Lucey appeared the coolest man in
the court room. He turned to his at
torney and asked what could be done
and Mr., Hinkle said he would consult
with Mr.. Cason
We'll, you fellows do the best you
can for me-" said Lucey, and after the
court informed him that sentence
would be passed next Saturday, he was
taken back to Jail.
The cross examination of the defend
ant was resumed yesterday morning
and County Attorney Connolly asked
him why he did not wait till the follow
ing day TO go to Anaconda instead of
NJ oh Of D1
going alone. He hesitated with his an
swer and Mr.. Connolly asked him way
he did not wait till the next day and
go with his friend Reagan and the man
Gilligan The only reply he could make
was that by waiting it would have de-
layed him another day. He met GILL;
gan in Anaconda and he told him Rea-
gan was waiting for them at Stuart
They proceeded on TO Stuart without
Lucey having accomplished the object
for which he went to Anaconda. Arriv-
ing at Stuart no effort was made to
find Reagan and Gilligan suggested that
he might have gone on. LuCey said
Reagan and Gilligan expected to Join
him in Anaconda and intended to &c
down from Butte on a passenger train
yet Lucey, who beat his way down the
night before, carried the satchel which
contained Reagan'S clothing. When
asked why he did that he said because
he changed his mind about going to the
Occur d'Alene country because he anG
Gilligan met a man at Garrison who
had just come from there and the man
gave bad account of the country and
they changed their minds about going
In two different newspaper interviews
Iucey stated that it was Gillgan who
had just returned from the CoeuI
d Alenes and that Gilligan persuaded
him not to go there. Lucey denied that
he made those statements to the re-
porterS and said what he did say was
that Gilligan had just returned from
Deadwood and persuaded him to GO
there. Mr.. Connolly again asked him
about having left his Valise at Gregson
and Lucey said he did not remember
leaving it there and denied telling Sher-
1ff Conley of Deer Lodge county that
he had left the valise at Gregson and
denied making a similar statement to a
reporter for the Standard. Lucey de-
MED that he gave the name of Reagan
when arrested at Cripple Creek, and
denied that he recognized a Butte bar
render named Sullivan in a Cripple
Creek saloon and tried to hide behinC
an ice chest. The bloody stones witt
which Reagan's head was crushed wer,
laid before Lucey and he was asked il
he had ever seen them before In
low voice Lucey replied that he had no
seen them until he saw them in tn,
court room. That concluded Lucey'!
cross-examination and Mr. Cason an
nounced the close of the case for tn,
defense.
The Standards court reporter wal
called in rebuttal and was asked as L
the statement made to him by Lucy
that it was the mythical Gilligan WHIT
had just returned from the Coeul
d AIenes and persuaded him not to 60
there. An objection was made on the
ground that it was not rebuttal testi
mony. The court sustained the objec,
ton
That is only contradiction" said the
court in sustaining the objection
Arthur H. Whitcher of the Miner was
called TO testify regarding the same
matter and Judge Clancy said he would
sustain the objection before one had
been made. Mr.. Connolly then said he
had no further testimony to offer and
the case vas closed.
Attorney Hinkle, for the defense. call.
cd attention TO the fact that the inf9r-
NATION charged murder in three differ
ent counts, and he asked that the COun-
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