The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-28
DAN LUCEY ARRA|GNtD
He Is Charged With the Murder
of P. l.. Reagan.
MANY WITNESSES NAMED
The Case Against Carson, Charged With
Grand Larceny, Dismissed-He
Took the Money for
Safe Keeping.

An information was yesterday filed in
the district court against Daniel Lucey,
charging him with the murder of Pat
rick. L. Reagan in Silver Bow canyon
on the I'd of last September. The in
formation contains two counts. The
first charges Lucey with killing Reagan
by beating his head with rock, and
the second alleges that he threw his
victim into Silver Bow creek and
drowned him. Twenty-one witnesses,
as follows, are indorsed upon the in
Burns, Thomas Mcnamara, John Nee
han, J. M. schiffman, John B. Gavin,
John Gifeather Eugene Shea. Mrs.
Josephine Copsey, John A. Martin,
Mark Drumm, Jerry D. Murphy, +. Fl.
Regain, Con Hayes, E. j. Laurandeau.
George H. Fitzgibbon, John Monaghan,
Charles Copenharve, John Conley, John
Mulligan and Arthur A. Witcher.
Lucey was arraigned and in response
to a question asked him by Judge
Clancy he stated that he had no coun-
sci and no means with which to employ
one, whereupon the court appointed q.
T. Cason and the defendant was given
until next Wednesday to plead.
County Attorney Connolly asked for
and obtained leave not to file an in
formation against E. P. Carson, who
had been charged with grand larceny.
In his statement to the court the county
attorney stated that in his opinion the
evidence was absolutely insufficient TO
convict. The defendant was charged
with the crime Of grand larceny, alleged
to have been committed on April 3, and
was bound over after a preliminary
10 for hPn l1trl,t fl,,
hearing went to show that the prosecut-
ing witness, w. T. McGonnigal, went to
CarSon'S saloon on the night in ques-
ticn and was considerably intoxicated.
He had quite a sum of money on his
person and retired into rear room
with person who is referred to in the
testimony as Nancy Hanks, presuma-
bly, a denizen of the district known as
the bad lands" Nancy Hanks left
McGonnigal in the room and later he
complained to the people in the saloon
that he had been robbed Thereupon
Carson himself telephoned to the police
officers The latter came, and not find
ing Nancy Hanks left to look for her.
Later they returned to the saloon and,
looking through a window, saw the de-
PENDANT taking what property McGon-
nigal had on his person. The evidence,
however, showed, said the county at
torney, that Carson went through Nc
GonnigaPs pockets in the presence of a
number of people in the saloon. He was
not arrested and no charge was made
against him at the time, but he went
to the jail with McGonnigal, and after
some words had passed between him
and the officers respecting the nature of
the place that Carson was running and
some strong words ensuing. Carson was
ioekSed upgon the charge of grand lar
ceny for taking the property which
the officers saw him take from Nc
Gonnigal The latter had known Car
son Tor several years. They had both
been railroad men. Aside from the
fact that there is evidence to show that
Carson took the property from McGon-
nisal in the presence of others, evident
~ Tor safe keeping and for McGonni-
gals protection, there is no reason to
suspect that he committed the crime,
out on the contrary, if McGonnigal lost
any money. 1t was taken by the woman,
Nancy Hanks, or some one else other
than Carson.
MOTIFS PerelSon also escaped further
prosecution on the charge of receiving
stolen property because the county at
torney did not consider the evidence
sufficient to convict and the case was
dismissed. Mr.. Connolly stated to the
court that the facts Were that certain
boys had stolen some brass bookings
from the journals of some cars of the
Great Northern railway and sold them
to Perelson. The evidence is that the
boys gave Perelson fictitious names
and addresses and they represented to
him that they had taken the brass from
a wreck. and that it had not been.
stolen. Perelson remarking to them
that they must not steal any goods, for
the reason that they would not only get
themselves but him also into trouble.
The county attorney said Perelson was
bound over to the district court for the
reason, doubtless that when the prop
erty was discovered in his possession
certain boys We're brought into his
presence and he was asked if they were
the boys who had sold him the prop
erty, which he denied. 1t turned out
afterwards that the boys were not the
ones who had sold the brass to Perel-
son, but some of the boys who had
stolen 1t. The transcript of the evidence
at the preliminary examination shows
that the states case is weak one, be-
sides the officials of the Great North
ern, who have further investigated the
facts since the preliminary hearing,
have reported to the county attorney
that in their opinion the defendant was
guiltless of any wrongdoing, and they
did not think that conviction could be
had or that a prosecution should be
urged against Perelson.
The remittitur in the Shadwell case
was received from the supreme court
yesterday by the clerk of the district
court. 1t is probable that the new trial
granted the murderer by the supreme
court will be set for an early date.
Henry Roach, one of the Centerville
kid burglars. yesterday made a plea
of not guilty and his case was set for
trial June s.
The production of THE Turtle has
not fallen very far short of precipitating
war among the critics. The public,
meanwhile, falls all over itself in an