The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-31

boiler in his own house as loud as he
wanted to, what was the next thlns
said?"
Il don't know what he answered. but
I heard the last word from the man
outside, 'Dago.'
when you heard this man say Dago'
what then did Santi say?' =,
He said You son of gun, VIII
show you the kind of a Dago l am
What did Santi do right after ne
made that statement?'
HE came right in and went into the
bed room. He was in there rev
minutes. When he came back he had
gun or revolver in his left hand
What did he do when you saw him
with the revolver in his left hang
where did he Walk"
walked right to the kitchen door
again-the door was standing open.
He stepped right to the door first and
said, Come over here and l will show
you what | will door something ike
that. I can't remember for sure the
exact words. l got very nervous.
The witness said she heard the man
say something, but could not tell what,
as she was very nervous. When Santl
went to the door she asked the witness
what he was going to do. In answer to
her question Santi made no reply.
He took the gun from his left hand
and put it in his right hand, and fired
a shot" -.
How did he hold it when he fired 2"
He held it right up in the air-held
it right up"
"In what direction was the weapon
pointed-in the direction of Hamilton"'
Yes, sir"
"How many shots were fired?'
II can't say. I think there was two
or three. I can't say for sure
Right after he fired the shots, what
did he do?"
After the first shot was fired I ran
into She bed ROOM
when he got through firing what
did he do?"
"He came right in"
did he have the revolver in his
hand?'
Eyes, sir"
The witness said there had been no re-
volver in the house that she knew of.
A cousin of Santi had a revolver. but
the witness did not know whether he
had left it there or not.
After he came back in the house and
into the bed room with the revolver or
gun in his hand. what did he do?"
HE came back then with his coat
and hat on and went out"
Where did he go?"
IT don't know. That is the last saw
of him.
Questioned by the coroner and Jurors,
the witness said she could not tell who
the man was who stood outside the
cabin. Under this questioning she said
she did not say the man was tall, "just
medium" She said Santi had a ''little
quarrel with another Italian named
Frankie that night, but the men spoke
in Italian, and she could not understand
what they said. She could not identify
the man outside the door.
r. S. Mentrum, chief of the fire de-
partment, was the next witness heard
He said the department answered the
call from box No. 8, and when they
reached the alley he found Hamilton
lying on the ground. His face was
covered with blood. The witness recog-
nized him as Robert Hamilton. The
blood came from a wound on the side
of the nose. He was being assisted to
an upright position by some men who
were there. He was bout 10 or 20 feet
from Saints cabin at the time. The
firemen picked Hamilton up, put him in
the hose wagon and drove him to the
Sisters hospital, a.
Coroner Hardenbrook asked Santi if
he desired to make any statement. At
torney Oles, as the prisoners counsel,
stated that Santi did not desire to make
any statement.
Frank T. Dolan, cousin of the de-
ceased, testified that it was Hamilton
who had been shot and it was the same
man who had died at the Sisters hos
pital.
Frank McNally was the last witness
heard. He said it was about 1880
o'clock when he reached the alley in
which the shooting had occurred. It
had taken place about 10 minutes be-
fore he got there. There were some
men standing there then, and they
seemed to be waiting for the arrival
of an officer. The witness was the first
officer to reach the place. Hamilton
was then lying on the ground covered
with blood. He was about 10 feet away
from the door of Santi's cabin. Ham
ilton lived in cabin there and took his
meals at Johnstons restaurant
After the introduction of the testi-
mony, the. jury retired to deliberate,
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