Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-16
CASE GROWS
INTERESTING
F. E, COrbett Tells of a T; g
With Marcus Daily :
IN A NEW YORK H01"
Said That if Clark Came up for
Senator Some of His Friends
Would Go to the Pen.
THE CHARACTERWITNESSES
Were Heard in Regard to the Repu-
tatiOn of Senator Clark of Madison
County and the Accused Num-
Der of Witnesses.
Special to the Inter Mountain.

| Special to the Inter Mountain.
| Helena. Nov. 16.-The regulations Of
/ state senator Will Clark of Madison
| county and John b. Welcome, the ac-
\ cuscd III the diSbarment proceedings be
| fore the supreme court, as viewed by
different witnesses, made up the sub
stance of the testimony offered to the
supreme court this morning. The former
did not receive any encomumS i'm the
reputation line from witnesses exam. .
ined. while the accused was given good
send off The witnesses who testified
against Clark were from his own county,
/ Madison. While those who spoke Wen of
Mr.. Welcome came from Silver BOW ana
other counties. The attorney general III
cross-eXamining these witnesses at
tempted to show that those who testified
against Clark We're prompted by personal
bias. and those who testified for Mr..
/ Welcome did 50 without any consiucra-
ton for the charges that have been pre-
ferred against him of bribery. The friend
! Of the court did not appear to succeed
very we'll in establishing either conten-
tion.
i O,her evidence of note introduced was
} that of f. E. Corbett OF Butte, in which
/ lie tplu Ibt tottil vi IL toHNIi net''Jii t-
had with Marcus Daily in New York last
December, when Mr.. DAILY emphatically
/ made the threat that if w. A. Clark tried
to be elected senator he and his support
| c!s would be driven from public life and
| some Of them to the Denitcntiary
| This vas one of the most sensa tional
pieces of evidence that has been intro
duced and the spectators closely follow
ed the efforts of the attorney general to
confuse Mr.. Corbett as to the exact
words Of Mr.. Daily and other features Of
the conversation.
When court adjourned at noon it took
under udvisemant until O'Clock the
question whether it should enforce the
rule announced early in the week that
the number of character witnesses should
be limited to six. 1t is expected that if
the rule is enforced considerable more
testimony that the defense proposes to
introduce will be curtaled. If latitude
is granted in this respect the case may
not end this week although prophets
generally expect it will.
Frank r.. Corbett was the first witness
called. He related, after preliminary
questions, a conversation he had with
Marcus DAILY in New York at the Hotel
Netherlands last December. The con-
vcrsation had to do with Montana mat
ters and especially Montana politics. Mr..
Corbet ''he said substantially, No it is
to be in Montana during the session of
the legisla ture that was to elect United
States senator.
"In reply to that question: said Mr..
Corbett, "he said substantially. No it is
not necessary for me ODE there. am
out of Montana politics although some
of my friends keep up the fight. The
thing is all fixed and l want TO tell yol
if Clark ever shows his head in that leg
islatu you will hear something drop
that will drive Clark and his friends out
Of Montana politics for ever and some of
them to the penitentiary.
"rhat is the substance of the conver-
sation" said Mr.. Corbett on cross-eXam-
ination.
Although Mr. Nolan asked the witness
many questions as to the exact words
and the witness memory. the substance
of the threat was not changed.
Then came character witnesses. A
number of citizens from Madison county
testified against state Senator Clark.
F. NJ. Allen, a merchant Of Virginia city,
considered his reputation bad, although
he could not say definitely whether he
would believe him under oath. His cross
examination had to do with fixing time,
places and persons when such opinions
respecting the reputatio were formed.
Lieutenant Leroy SOUTH. layd OF the
First Montana said Clai rs reputation
was bad: so did DR.. Hiram An;sd IN Of
Laurin, Madison county. Winthrop and
William II. Raymond, stocknen OF Mad
ison county. did not consider Clark's
reputation good.