The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-15
BEFORE JUDGE CLANCY
Second Trial of Shafer for the
Murder of Hawkins.
ONE WITNESS EXAMINED
Annie Dougherty Told the Same Story
of the Murder That She Did at the
First Triai-Not Permitted
to Plead Guilty.

The second trial of Joe Shafer for the
murder of John Hawkins in August,
1897, was begun in Judge Clancy's court
yesterday. Shafer had once been SEN
fenced to be hanged but the supreme
court granted him a new trial. Last
week the names of Frank E. Corbett
and j. l.. Wines were entered as attor
neys for Shafer. and there was some
surprise occasioned yesterday when
they were not present to take part in
the trial. and in their place appeared
E. S. Booth and M. L. Wines, the at
torneys who represented Shafer at his
former trial. 1t is understood that Mr.
Corbett went into the case only for
the purpose of presenting to the court
and the county attorney a proposition
from Shafer to plead guilty to murder
in the second degree, and his connec-
ton with the case practically ceased
when the offer to plead was refused.
The following jurors were selected to
try the case: Max Lalande, John Mitch
ell, William White, H. M. Edwards, Ed
ward Hyland, w. K. Packer William
T. Tonkin, Thomas F. Casey, Dennis
Sullivan, Charles H. James, Dennis M.
Smith and Edward Ward. The only
witness examined yesterday was Annie
Dougherty, who told practically the
same story of the murder that she re-
lated at the former trial. She said that
with a number of colored people she
was in the Swim saloon on East Galena
street on the night or morning of Aug
ust -, 1897. Shafer, with AL Ford and
Eva Smith, were standing at the end of
the bar farthest from the door. HaW-
kins entered and walked up to the bar,
resting one arm on the bar, and was
looking at the bartender when Shafer
walked up to Hawkins and placing a
gun almost against his body. shot him.
After the shot had been fired Hawkins
took the gun from Shafer and Eva
Smith slashed him with razor and
AL Ford beat him over the head with
another gun. Hawkins got out of the
saloon and fell on tine sidewalk. Sha-
fer and his gang had had a shooting
ARRAY with Hawkins the evening be-
fore at Columbia gardens and took sew
eral shots at him.
When court adjourned the jury was
given in charge of the bailiff and will
not be allowed to separate during the
trial. The case is being prosecuted by
County Attorney CONNOLLY.
In the suit of the Anaconda Copper
Smelling and Mining company, in which
the plaintiff sued for $1,000 and the de-
PENDANT put in a counter claim for $780,
900 damages motion was filed in court
yesterday to strike from the defendants
answer all reference to the big counter
claim as being irrelevant and redund-
ant and as setting up no cause of ac-
ton as against the plaintiffs claim.
Skoflanc, one of the Austrians charg-
ed with murder will be tried on Feb
q, and his partner and co-defendant
will be put on trial on the 23rd Their
cases were set for trial yesterday.
Defaults were yesterday entered in
the divorce cases of Babe Simington
against Elias Simington, and Carrie
Brown against Charles H. Brown.
The hearing on the mining injunction
case of the Montana Ore Purchasing
company against the Butte & Boston
was concluded yesterday morning and
Judge Clancy took the matter under
Amusement.