The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-06

kins were standing at the bar. Witness
turned around and the next thing he
knew Murray and Neary were fighting.
Murray struck Neary again in the face
and moment later witness heard Muir
say he was cut. Witness said Neary
was all over his anger when he and
Murray went into the saloon. Mr..
Connolly asked how many men were at
the bar but the witness could not give
any idea whatever.
You can remember seeing Murray
strike Neary, yet you can't say any
thing as to how many men were at the
bar?' inquired Mr.. Connolly.
The witness said that was fact.
witness did not hear any words passed
and he did not see any knife in Neary's
hands.
Don't you know it is a fact that
Neary walked up behind Murray and
struck him with a knife without warn
ing?" said Mr.. Connolly.
The witness said this was not true.
He admitted Neary might have stabbed
Murray in the back when witness and
Neary approached the bar, as his at
tention was attracted elsewhere, and
the first he knew the two men were
fighting. Witness said that after the
fight, he went up town to his saloon
and 4Ieary came in and witness advised
him to give himself up. Witness said
Neary was in his saloon when Chief
Mulholland and Sergeant Leyden came
in, but did not tell them Neary was in
the saloon, as Neary expressed a prefer
ence to surrender himself to Captain
Dawson.
John Eakns, who stood drinking at
the bar of the Boulevard saloon with
Murray at the time of the cutting in
describing the trouble, said he did not
see the trouble at the pit side. but he
and Murray were having drink at the
bar when the two men came together.
A little child was standing near and
the witness picked the child up to carry
it back and therefore did not see all
that occurred, but he saw Neary rush
at Murray and heard Murray say he
was cut. Neary did not stop to see
how bad he had hurt Murray, but went
out Witness did not see the knife, but
knew one was used, as his coat sleeve
was cut as he stopped down to pick up
the child
John kiley was next called. He was
sitting on raised seat at the cock
fight. He saw Neary and Gibbons
wrangling and saw Murray strike
Neary: Witness ran over to separate
I the fighters. Neary pulled out a knife
and told those in front of him to stand
back Witness let him go and he ran
out into the saloon. A moment later
the stabbing occurred. Witness thought
Neary was under the influence of liquor
1t was but few minutes after the
trouble at the cock fight that Murray
was cut. Neary left witness going to-
ward the saloon door with the knife in
his hand. Witness followed in the
crowd. Not more than a second or two
elapsed before the witness reached the
saloon yet Murray had been cut in the
meantime.
Neil A. Macdonald, proprietor of the
Braund house and brother-in-law of
the deceased, was called and asked if
he was present when a statement was
made by Murray at st. James hospital
Wednesday noon Murray was told by
Dr. MacNevin that he could not live
and he said he knew he could not live
He then made dying statement which
was taken down by Rev f. J. Greene
weld. This statement was signed by
both DR. Groeneveld and the witness
Dr. Groeneveld was called and stated
he was summoned in the capacity Of