The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-18
|ANAC0NDA NEWS.
SAINT WILL NOT HANG
I A Verdict of Murder in the Sec
ond Degree Rendered.
HAS ESCAPED THE MOOSE
1.-THE Jury Was Out About Three Hours
and Took but One Ballot-He
a Will Be Sentenced
Friday.
HAS ESCAPED THE MOOSE

Murder in the second degree. After
mot quite three hours elaboration. the
jury in the Santi case agreed upon that
verdict. The sentence is left to the
court and Santi will know Friday
whether he will live at Deer Lodge 10
years or for life.
III The last day of the trial was an in
gtensely interesting one as the case APP
sproached it's climax. The state forged
dts chain of evidence link by link and
made a case so strong at every point
that attack was in vain. Strand after
strand of fact and circumstance went
into the weaving of a moose and the
defense was unable to find a weak spot.
So conclusive was the testimony that
lit was a general opinion that Santi
would hang, but the verdict upon the
whole gives general satisfaction when
several points are taken into consider
alton.
III Santi is a type of the degenerate,
physically and morally. 1t was evident
from his looks, his testimony and his
factions. The whole sordid story of his
lust and crime brought out hardly a
redeeming fact in his favor 1t showed
"a man eXcitable, passionate, immoral
whose self-control was liable to so to
pieces at any little crisis. A dangerous
man to society, the question of respon-
sibility being one difficult to determine.
Throughout the trial he sat with
stolid indifference, paying no attention
to the testimony. although he under
stands English sufficiently we'll to fol-
low the trend of it. But he displayed
Jess interest than the spectators and
even at times looked excessively bored
When Mr.. Duffy was holding him up
TO execration, when the lash of his
singing inveCtive was let loose on the
defendant, Santi opened his eyes a lit
tie wider and looked away 1t was
ali lost on him. He appeared absolute
w lndlfferent to everything that hap
pened around him.
#33t The end of the case was also nota BILE
FOR a brilliant summing up of the case
sby Mr.. Duffy, the county attorney.
Santi was given the fairest kind of a
trial Every opportunity was placed at
ms nif alsposal to prove his innocence and
al technicalities which might have
been utilized to embarrass his defense
We're notfceab1y absent. That was also
the Keynote of Mr.. Duffys address
Justice, not vengeance, for, a. murdered
man..
The defense occupied the morning
ana part or the afternoon in presenting
its case. The rest of the afternoon
was used up in argument and the case
went TO the jury at S:25 in the evening.
me curtain was a little late in risin Q,
upon the second act of the drama #
the state VS.. Jim Santi. One of the
court officers was late and was sub
Jected to fatherly admonition by the
court. After a few preliminary MAJ
iers We're disposed of, Under Sheriff
morgan was recalled to the stand nv
Mr.. Duffy for the purpose of correcting
part OF his testimony given at the pre-
Mous evening session. He had testified
mat Hamilton had made a statement
70 the effect that SAINT. dago," had
4 shot him, a statement which Mr. Nor
gan mad testified, was made in the
3 presence of the defendant He desired
TO make a correction, and when he 1ooll
& the stand he said that he had had sew
eral conversations with Hamilton and
was not sure now that when this state
nent was made that Santi was present.
It was his impression and recollection
that he was, but he would not be sure
of 1t.
Mr. Oles moved that Mr. Morgan's
previous testimony be stricken out, and
as MIR. Duffy SonSented it was so or
dered by the court
Mr.. Olds then made the opening state
I inent for the defense. He said it would
be shown by the evidence presented
that upon the night in question Santi
was doing a lawful act and had no I'M
lawful intention when this killing took
place. He had a right to defend his
home when it's peace was threatened
2 In the middle of the night two men
came to his door and knocked on it.
i He invited them to come in. They re-
fused. He went to the door and saw
4 two men standing in the alley at some