The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1899-03-24
Ed. POWELL ACQUITTED
The Charge of Cattle Stealing Against Him
Fails to Stick With the Jury,
THE CASE OCCUPIES TWO DAYS
The Youth Says the Reason He Ran Ava,
Was Because lie Got Frightened
When He Heard That War
rant Was Out For Him.

The case Of the state O; Montana
against Edward Powell, who was
charged with stealing Il calf sometime
last October, occupied all of last Fri
day and Saturday i'll the district court.
Powell was implicated with Ed. He'll
man, who was sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary at the last term of
court. He was arrested in Butte sew
eral weeks ago by Stock Detective j.
G. Collins and brought to this city for
trial. County Attorney Josiah Shull
was assisted in the prosecution be J.
H. Duffy, the eminent criminal law
yer from Anaconda, and Attorney
George A. haywood, Of this city, rep
resented the defendant. The greater
part of Friday was taken up in secur-
ing jury. The regular panel was
exhausted before noon, and a special
venire of twenty five names was or
dered drawn and made returnable for 3
o'clock. The following jury was fin
ally secured to try the case: Thos Row.
botham. Edward Franz, August Lin
stadt, Dan Morgan, Carl Bergstrand,
James johnson. Sam Snyder, E. b.
Scott, John Marble, Harry Lewney,
George Adamson and j. G. Wilson.
Frank Carnegie. the first witness
called by the prosecution, testified that
the animal killed was owned by him.
self and H. NJ. Thomas, and identified
the hide exhibited
Stock Detective Harris, of Drum
mond. was the next witness. and he
related the story Of the discovery of
the head and hide of the stolen ami
NAL and the subsequent arrest of He'll
man. He became very much mixed
up with his former testimony, given at
the Heilman trial, and swore that
certain portion Of the the transcript
was untrue aud that he had not so tes-
| titled at the former triad.
Court Stenographer G +. Sackett
| was called TO take the witness stand,
and stated that it was true COPY Of
the testimony taken at the Ueilman
trial and was positively correct, word
! for word
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