Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-05

Wnlcn was gwen TO Jaller
Martin Pishkur with instructions that
it be delivered to James Cuello. Pishkur
Opened the paper and found it. The fact
of it's discovery reached the ears of those
who had fixed it up, and the woman went
to Pishkur and offered him $50 to return
lit to her. He refused and a man called
later and made him a similar offer. The
\ document contained complete instruc-
tons as to how the Cuellos should testify
in order that their story of the doings on
the night OF February II would dovetail
with that of outside witnesses, who had
been attending regular testimony re-
hearsals for the purpose of clearing the
defendants.
Following are a few paragraphs from
the letter:
Dear jim: I write what we are going
to testify to. My husband is going to
say: After supper l remained in the
house with my family and played cards
until half past l a. M. with my wife. and
a friend came to see me. While l was
about to go to bed, came the wife of
Pete Cuello. requesting me to &C to a
saloon to look after her husband, as he
had to go to work in the morning. 1
Immediately got my daughter, Theresa,
out of bed. and with her I left. When we
got near the cabin of BartolemO we heard
the two brothers, Peter and James, COM
ing, and wa halted. In the meanwhile
the! Went three or TOUR steps distant
from the stable of Fred Lohsee in order
to go home. and we We're waiting for
them near the cabin of Bartolemo. At
that time two persons coming out from
behind the cabin jumped on the Cuello
brothers. Jim was very drunk and
could not hardly stand up and we recog-
nized Dominick Bertoglio that was beat
ing James as hare as he could and the
other was beating Peter. In the mean
while Peter called for help, saying: I
am dead and Bertoglio cried out: Give
it to them; kill them, those ~brigands!
In a minute they fired a revolver and
right afterwards three together. In the
meanwhile two went towards the street
car track and two towards the fence of
Foreman John Miles. We Immediately
returned home, and as soon as we We're
home Peter came, excited and bleeding
from the right arm, and told me that he
had risked his life and wanted me to
go with him to look for his brother
James, but, owing to my fear 1 did not
while he met Lazzari's boarders, who ar
rested him nearby the fence of our
house,
Judge Lindsay's order for a jury was
returned today and the following persons
We're declared members Of the panel:
Edward Broughton. Peter s.. Shea, Pat
O'Leary, Peter McDermott, James Har-
rington. John 7. Harrington, Pat
Moriarty. James Downey, Philip Prior,
Patrick O'Farrell. Tim Murphy, William
Williams ]. NJ. Montgomery, John Kelly,
Joseph MCFARLAND, 2. j. Murray, Henry
Thomas, Louis Jenkins, Andrew Ander-
son. Charles Hess. Stephen Kahn, An
drew Madison, J. r. Bordeaux. j.. H.
Beck. D. w. Tilton, Tim Dalton. Pat
Casey, Dan Courtney. E. o. Dugan,
William Rodda, Lee Davenport and Geo.
w. Farlin.
The following We're excused: Henry
Yeo, Patrick Fitzgerald, James Denni-
son, Robert D.. Taylor, ]. c. Ferrel, j. w.
Sheehey, w. G. Bawden, j. E. Tuite,
Evan V. Owen, John Trippett and George
Stevenson.
Clementlne Merrick has filed in the dis
tflct court an answer to Joseph Mer-
rick's complaint in his suit for divorce.
In the document she denies many of the
allegations of the complaint, particularly
the one accusing her of criminal init
macy with George White on April 9 or
10 of this year, or at any other time, She
also says she has no honey and would
like to have the court compel her hus-
band to deposit 800 with it in order that
she may defray the expense of the ac-
ton.
Mary Courtney has been granted a de-
cree OF divorce from Charles E.. Court
ney on the ground Of cruelty. The cou-
pie was united in marriage in Anaconda
on the 9Th of last January, but came to
Butte two days later. In giving her tes-
timony she stated that four weeks after
wards her husband threatened to cut her
head off with an ak, and repeated the
threat several times. He had told her on
one or two occasions he had another wo-
man.
Judge Lindsay has set the following
cases for trial:
June PA. w. Erickson VS.. P. n. Rea-
gan; Edgar Laurin VS.. l.. Dorais; A. w.
Erickson vs.. p. H. Reagan.
June 13-Cooney Bros. VS.. A. C. Nc
Kinney; n. J. Bielenberg & Co. VS.. John
Cooley: Butte General Electric
vs.. A. Pincus.
June 14-Joseph Bagley VS.. c. L. Pickel
ct al; j.. Corey VS.. Joseph Weyerhorst;
q. w. Monroe VS.. J.. McCauley ct al.
June 15-John o. Johns vs.. C. l.. Pickel
ct al; w. H. Fenton VS.. R.. r. Will
liams.
June Ill. Madigan VS.. George c..
Frederick ct al; James Ryan VS.. Michael
Regain.