The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
END OF THE BEER PARTY
Justice Devine's Matine e Proves
a Trying One for Him.
WAS ASSAILED BY WOMEN
Tillie Carr and Mrs Bracken Attempt to
Tell Their Woes at the Same
.Time-Each Gets Ninety
Days.

Only one smooth faced, gentle and
modest justice of the peace to deal with
two fiery, untamed women filled with
indignation at their Imprisonment in
the county jail and determined to have
their day in court and to tell their
| woes at the same instant.
1t was sad scene that was enacted
in Justice Devine's court room yester-
day. The great heart of that section
of the public assembled in the tribunal
went to the suffering dispenser of JUS
tice. Whether it ever reached him or
not is another matter
The sequel of Mrs. Bracken's cele-
brated beer party was being enacted.
Bracken herself and Tillie Carr had
been hauled before the justice to be
tried together, the trying of the entire
party at one time being too much for
any court. The justice was obliged to
try the party in sections, with a long
wait between in order that the courts
intellect might secure a rest made nee
essary by each section.
Disturbing the peace was the charge
against The women.
Il bane decent woman, yudge," de-
vial GU i llllt DdIle "Olldll.
l nayver do holdings wrong"
Whatever I'm up here for l dunno"
broke in Mrs. Bracken at this instant.
It's that spalpeen of Dinny Lynch
and Jack Walsh and tn rest av thin
big, fat slobs of officers that want to
cause trouble for a decent woman
AM"
But Titles voice broke in on the turn
and led out. Away they went each
womans tongue trying to outstrip the
other.
Hold on" shouted Judge Devne in
CONSERVATION, but never hold on was
there in them.
Then Prosecuting Attorney Duffy
talked Irish to the women, trying to
learn the facts in the case, but only
gave them a fresh start Tillie, despite
her Scandinavian ancestry, can talk 800
words to the minute ordinarily, but
several days in Jail has rested her so
that she can go faster than that.
Where are my clothes?" she yelled
They stole my clothes away from me.
Denny Lynch, you have them. Where
are they"
Ask Duffy there. he knows" said
Lynch, desperately edging away.
Where are they?" demanded Title of
the prosecution
Joe Days got EN-" said Mr.. Duffy,
pointing to the deputy sheriff, who
tried to make a sneak for the door.
You can't fool me; you're a lar"
declared Tillie, shaking her fist at Mr..
Duffy. ...
Then the tangle began to be straight
ened out.
And they kept us in that stinkin'
old JAIL" said Mrs. Bracken. 1T amt
fit for man or dog to stay in, or
beast"
Then she began to answer questions,
aac To- nc ch hing fhp court
now and then to punctuate her tale of
innocence until the court was forced to
protest.
Mrs. Bracken," said he severely,
don't you bat your eye at me again."
and she stopped.
Mrs. Bracken said in explanation of
the fact that Is recently emptied whis-
key bottles and evidences of many
GROWERS of beer had been found in her
house. that she had not been feeling
well and had been obliged to take lit
tie stimulant for her stomach's sake.
Title Carr had just dropped in to call,
while Nick Murphy had came up from
Butte to tell Phil Tracy his brother had
been killed at Whitehall and Tracy
was at the house to hear about it and
several others had come in and they
had all taken a sociable drop, but moth |
ing more.
The fact that the women were in a |
state of undress as we'll as intoxication |
when arrested was passed over lightly |
by Mrs. Bracken, who declared the Off |
GERS had stolen the clothes off them.
Then Title, with the assistance of
Prosecutor Duffy, got the floor all to |
herself, with the result that when the |
court had recovered from one of his |
seeming fits he chokingly, but with |
some dignity, announced:
"Tillie, if you make me laugh again,
r
Finally it came to sentencing the wo-
men. Each woman was given 80 days
in Jail.
Il newer gone to leave da yale no
more" walled Title, breaking strongly
into dialect in her grief. Il gone stay
hare all a tame. / don't do noting
YOU make ma stay in yale for tree mont |
here she left the court room
on the run, with a deputy behind her
and Mrs. Bracken bringing up the rear
The court took an hours rest and
then tackled Nick Murphy's case. Muir
ply once was respectable citizen, but
ne has fallen to the level of the two
in whose company he was ar
rested. Since that arrest he has been
charged with petit larceny in stealing
4 guitar from the house Of Chris Mess
ler and pawning it for 81. He was
found guilty. In pronouncing sentence
Justice Dev!ne said:
Murphy, / have known you in this
community for several years, and |
know your reputation to be bad. I
nave known you as a respectable citizen
when you abstaned from drink. but
Turing most of the time | have known
you, you have persstently tried TO
break into Jail Had the charge not
Ieen against you, you would still have
o answer to the charge of disturbance
If the peace along with your associates,
some of whom have already received
sentences in this court.
You are disgrace to the honorab BILE
name you bear and to the race from
which you claim to spring. There are
lot many drinking women in Ana
,onda, and if they and their associates
whose companiOnship tempts them to
rink are brought before me ! will do
ny utmost ITO rid this community of an
lement that Is blot on its fair name.
am going to impose upOn Won the |