The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-15
SAM PHILIPS INNOCENT
All Doubt as to His Guilt Now
Removed.
A LETTER FROM SPOKANE
The Man Who Was Positive in His
Identification Of the Murderer OF
Adolph Schwade Made
Mistake.

y
terday received letter from Horace
Kimball. deputy prosecuting attorney
at Spokane, giving evidence which re-
moves all doubt that Sam Philips. the
man under arrest in Butte for the
murder of Adolph Schwade, is innocent
and that the witnesses who so positive
ly identified him have made a mistake.
The letter from Mr.. kimball is in re-
ply to one from Mr.. Connolly and re-
lates particularly to q photograph of
Philips sent to Spokane for identifica-
ton. In his letter Mr.. Kimball says:
THE following named persons ap-
peared before me, each of whom posi-
lively and without hesitation identified
the photograph forwarded me, and
their several statements were briefly
as follows:
Mrs. Belle Michael. wife of promi-
nent merchant in Spokane and former
president of the Ladies Benevolent as
ISOLATION, identified the photograph as
that of man whom their society be-
friended in the way of employing a
physician to attend him during the
month of March, 1897, upon the occa-
sion of his having suffered the loss of
a thumb; she believes it to be the left
thumb. She had seen him off and on
for two or three months after his acct
dent.
Il. Stern, commission merchant in
Spokane, recognized the photograph
shown him as person whom he knew
and saw in Spokane during the spring
of 1897, going under the name of Sam
Philips.
Mrs. B. Solomon. residing at 512
Fourth avenue, Spokane, Wash. recog-
nized the photograph as that of Sam
Philips, a person when she had first
seen and befriended while she was q
member Of the Ladies' Benevolent as
ISOLATION above referred to; at the time
Philips lost his thumb, in March, 1897.
Mrs. Solomon saw the defendant every
week or so since that time up till June,
1897, she remembers that she saw him
constantly up till June from the fact
that at the time of the confirmation of
her little daughter Philips was present
in church.
u. A. Schiller, prominent merchant
of Spokane and also member of the
city council, says he positively Identifies
Philips from the Photograph shown him
to be a man by that name whom he
first saw about the 5th or 9th of May,
1897, at which time Philips made appli-
cation to him for work. Philips having
pee1l sent 10 illlfl nS MIS-. GDlOHlOH. "A
day or so before the 9Th of May, 1897,
he (Schller) took Philips to Mr. Wis
comb, who was at that time street COM
missioner in Spokane, for the purpose
Of getting Philips work. Wiscomb
promised to put him to work. Schiller
saw Philips several times during the
month of May, 1897.
wv. H. WiscOmb, former street COM
missioner of this city, readily recog-
MI hn H1,n+n }, e-J III l>,r
me to be the photograph of Sam Phil
fps, man whom Alderman Schiller
had brought to him about the 9th Of
May, 1897, with the request that he be
put to work. He promised Schiller that
he would put him to work at the first
opportunity. Philips came regularly
every day from the 9Th to the 18th of
May and requested work. On the
morning of the 18th day he put him to
work, and he worked for four or FIVE
days and was then laid off and he then
asked if there would be more work for
him, and he told him there would, and
to come and apply each day and the
first opportunity he would have more
work. Wiscomb says Philips came
regularly each day for at least week
after this and would meet him every
morning at the city hall requesting
work. Wiscomb thinks that Philips
drew his time for work already done
on the 10Th day of May, and says the
records will verify the correctness of
this.
II Bramsen. merchant. also called
and identified the photograph as that
of Sam Philips, whom he knew in Spo-
kane during the spring of 1897.
'R. A. Wilson, one of the oldest and
most efficient men of the police force
in this city, Identifies Philips photo
graph Wilson says that Philips
worked for a Mr.. Beckett. and on March
ID cut his thumb off He saw him at
the hospital and got the Ladies' Benev-
olent association to care for him. as he
thought he was not getting proper at
tention. From the 18th of March till
tie in June, 1897. he saw Philips nearly
every day, greater part of which time
Philips was stopping at his (Wilsons)
house. Was at his house from March
Is till May 4, 1897. He worked at the
city hall May II, II. 10 and IA. The day
after he was, laid off 15th), Philips
came to his house. Wilson told him to
hold on and keep applying for work.
He came nearly every day and would
talk about getting work. He told him
to go to Wiscomb every morning and
let him know he wanted work badly
and he would get it. He Philips) then
went to work for Meese C. Meese,
manufactures of woodenware) Mr..
Meese is confined to his home, but Will
son says he will write to you. After he
left Meese, Philips worked for Charley
Wolfe. Wilson is positive this Is the
man. Wilson says Philips drew his
time from the city on May 49, 1897.
II know nothing of the party in ques-
ton, but am we'll and personally ac-
ouainted with each and every one of
the persons who identified the photo
graph shown them by me, and know
them to be persons of prominence IN
Spokane and among our best citi-
Zens.'
B. F. Smith, 314 East Aluminium
street, says he has been wearing DR..
Dodd's glasses for year and they are
far superior to all others. DR.. DoId