The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-28
he REVISED HIS STORY
Lucey Makes Public an Amend
ed Statement.
HAS MADE NO CONFESSION
Knew Leary but Did Not Leave Town
With Him-Says He Did Not Kill
Regain and Knew Nothing
OF the Murder.

Dan Lucey, the alleged murderer of
Patrick L. Regain, sent for reporter
yesterday and made an amended state
ment relative to his movements of the
night of the murder and subsequent
thereto up to the time of his arrest
at Victor Since his former interview
with a reporter for the Standard he
has had time to think about his posi-
| ton, and consequently desires to make
some important changes in his original
| statement. He said yesterday that he
| particularly wanted to deny that he
has been in British Columbia since he
| left Butte and he also wanted to deny
that he said he did not know the man,
Leary, another man who disappeared
several years ago, after having been
| last seen in his company.
Il knew Leary," said Lucey, but l
| did not leave town with him.
There have been rumors during the
! past few days to the effect that Lucey
had given limitations to friends that
he might make confession, but when
| asked about such an intention on his
part yesterday he said there was moth
ing in it. He insisted that the last
| time he saw Regain alive was in South
Butte after they had started to go to
the Occur d'Alene country together.
| He said he left him in company with a
man named Gilligan, and that he next
saw Gilligan in Anaconda the follow
| ing day. When asked to describe the
man Gilligan, he said he was about
30 years DID, five feet II inches tall,
weighed about $50 pounds and had a
round face with small mustache.
"Regan introduced me to G.lligan
that day in South Butte. I have never
known him before, that is, had known
him for about eight years, but had
never became acquainted With him. He
told me that he and Regain had work
ed together in the Anaconda mine"
'How did you come to change your
mind about going to the Occur d Alene
country" Lucey was asked
We'll, Gilligan, he was for coming
| down from there
Did he persuade you to change your
mind?"
Yes, he persuaded me-
Lucey said he left Regain and Gilli-
gan in South Butte and started to go
to Anaconda alone. When asked how
he got to Anaconda he gave several
answers, and said he rode on train
from Stuart.
How did you get to stuart?"
Il walked
"All the way?"
II rode part of the way, until put off
the train.
He admitted being at Gregson Springs
and said the satchel or bundle he haG
when seen there was his own, and die
not belong to Regain. When he met
Gilligan at Anaconda the latter tolC
him that Regain was waiting at Stuart
From Anaconda Lucey and Gilligar
went to Helena, where they remained
for three days and then went to Boze
man. After two days at the latter
place they went straight to Deadwood
where they remained for some time
and where Lucey left Gillgan.
DO you mean to say that you were
a day in Anaconda three days in Hell
ena and two days in Bozeman, anc
never heard of the murder of Regain
whose body was found the next morn
: | ing after you left Butte?'
Yes" replied Lucey.
Didn't you read the papers at all?'
/ Il did not see any Butte papers,
= Didn't you read any other papers p
Il was drinking great deal at tina
| time, and when man does that h
! don't pay much attention to thos
: things"
And you didn't know that Regal
r had been murdered until you were ar
: rested at Victor?'
mo, | did not
e Didn't you kill Regan?" the allese
f murderer was asked.
e mo, SIR was the answer, very cool
ly and firmly given.
Lucey said he had been at Victor 70
two months before his arrest and ha
: worked in mine. He remembers
c the name of the mine, which he di
l. not at the time of his previous inter
view. He said it was the Gold Coli
and that he had quit work there O
the same day he was arrested.
d Lucey said he had not yet decide
e what he would do about preparing
d defense. and had not yet secured tn
e services of an attorney, although sew
= eral had called on him and tried
: get his case He said he had som
e friends in town, but did not know wha
9 they would do for him. He was aske
s how he came to use the name of Sull
V van. and he replied that he had dc
r. serted from the regular army som
) years ago, and for that reason he too
l., his mothers name, which was Sull
II van.