The Anaconda standard., 1899-05-17
INTRODUCING EVIDENCE
Jury Secured and the Trial OF
Neary Is Progressing.
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY
Doctors Who Attended thu Dying Man
Tell About the Horrible Wounds.
The AntiMortem Statement
of Murray.

The jury for the trial of ]. J. Neary,
charged with the murder of Alexander
Murray on the 1st of last January, was
completed yesterday afternoon and the in
PRODUCTION of evidence begun The jury
is composed of Emery Saville. James Nor
ris, Chris Christensen. Michael Riley, Don
Cameron, Pat Harvey Felix Ogier, ].
Kircaid. w. P. Griflh, R. n. Rand Da-
vid Mort and Louis y. Chauvn.
The first witness put on the stand by the
prosecution was DR.. MacNevn, one of the
st. James hospital physicians, who at
tended Murray. He testified about the
terrible knife wound in Murrays abdo-
men, from which 20 inches or two feet of
intestines protruded. There were several
other knife wounds, one a bad one, just
back of and below the left ear and the
other in the back. The protrudng intes-
tines were congeste,. and the aperture in
the abdomen had TO be enlarged before
they could be put back. The doctor said
death was due to shOcn, exposure and
lack of proper treatment in time, as 1t
was about three hours after the wounds
were inflicted before Murray was brought
to the hospital DR.. Alexander another
surgeon on the hospital staff testified
that the wound would in all proba bility
have proved fatal even with prompt treat
ment.
Neal A. Macdonald a brother-in-law of
Murray, testified tha; he was present at
the ST. james hospital when Murray made
q dying statement. DIR. MacNevin had
informed him that he could not live. and
the dying man made a statement, which
was taken down by Rev. e. j. Greene
weld. who had been summoned. MacDon-
aid and Mr.. Groenevcld signed the state
ment. The statement was presented to
the witness and was identified by him,
but will not be Offered in evidence until
to-day. 1t reads as follows:
Alexander Murray believing that he is
going to die, makes the following state
ment: ] attended a chicken fight at the
Boulevard house Sunday night, January l.
1899. After the first chicken fight, the
man who afterwards stabbed me having
lost $50 on said fight, began to abuse
everybody calling them - - -. I
was sitting alongside of him, and, on ac-
count of his vile language. struck him.
/ went down to the Boulevard house with
James Dumfrey. Five minutes after I
struck the man, who afterwards struck
me. / was taking a drink at the bar in
another room with Jack O'Neil, superin-
tendent of the Anaconda mine, and others.
when / was stabbed twice in the neck. I
turned and was stabbed again. this time
in the abdomen. ! did not know the name
of the man who stabbed me, but those
present called him Neary.'
John Eakin, the next witness. testified
that he was standing at the bar of the
Boulevard saloon just before the cutting
was done. He did not see, the trouble at
the chicken fight in a shed close by, at
which Murray struck Neary. When Eakn
was standing at the bar Murray was also
there and Neary came rushing in and
Eakn, fearing trouble, picked up little
child which was in the way, and carried
it out of the saloon. When he returned
the stabbing had been done. Eakn had
forgotten a great deal and made state
ments that differed a great deal from his
statements made at the coroner's inquest.
but when his attention was called to the
former statements made by him he au-
mitted they were correct, as his memory
was fresher at that time. Eakn was still
on the witness stand when court ad-
jOurned for the day.