The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-02
The Charge Is That They Had
Been Stolen From the B. & M,
ONE EXHIBIT IDENTIFIED
Pasquali Guidoni, the Meaderville Junk
Dealer, on Trial Before Justice Har-
rington, Accused of Receiving
Stolen Property.


| and the like, which are alleged to have
been stolen from the Boston &, Mon
tana company, had his preliminary
hearing before Justice Harrington yes
terday on charge of receiving stolen
property, knowing the same to have
been stolen. Chief Deputy County At
torney c. F. Kelley represented the
state and Attorney j. l.. Wines appear
ed for the defendant. A long array of
witnesses We're examined and the hear
ing proved interesting to quite a crowd
of spectators
Ex-Sheriff Samuel G. Reynolds, who
is now a special officer for the Boston &
Montana company, was the first wit
ness. He told Of visiting the defend
ants premises in Meaderville on July
"a in company with several others and
finding a quantity of copper castings
and matte. A piece of copper water
column, which was identified as being
among the stuff found, was placed in
evidence, and the witness stated that it
was the character of pipe used in the
Leonard mine. He was familiar with
the mines of the camp and did not know
of such pipe being used in any other
mine. He never knew of the company
selling any of the pipe.
w. G. Thomas, assayer and chemist,
and superintendent of the Boston &
Montana smelter, was next called He
said that in company with Mr.. Rey-
nolds, Detective Murphy and others he
went to defendants house, where Officer
Murphy arrested Guidoni, Who said he
bought the property from some boys.
A search of the premises discovered
lot of matte, some first-class ore and
mi 10 ,Ng n,,I
pipe. Witness identified the piece of
pipe in evidence as having been stolen
from the Boston e. Montana company.
He also identified it as having been
found on defendants premises. 1t was
a kind of pipe not in common use and
the only place witness knew of its be-
ing used was at the Leonard mine, where
it was used for the water columns. Wit
ness, for the purpose of identification,
had the matte assayed and found it
contained the exact properties of the
matte at the Boston & Montana smell
ter.
City Detective Jerry Murphy testified
that he was called into the case after
other officers had discovered that high
grade ore was being thrown off the
cars that carry Boston & Montana ores
to Great Falls, between Meaderville
and the top of the hill Later it would
be gathered up and taken to defend
there sold He, with others, went to
Gudoni's place on the 24th. Guidoni
was not there and witness went to
nearby saloon after him. He arrested
Guidoni, who opened the places where
he kept the junk and a search was
made. The ore was not found, but
Guidoni admitted having shipped more
than 10000 pounds the week before.
The search of defendants premises
brought to light a quantity of matte,
some copper water columns. brass cast
ings, etc, and later the 10000 pounds
of ore was found at Caseys sampling
works, where it had been sold.
Cross examined, witness said the de-
PENDANT made no effort to conceal from
whom he had bought the property, or
what he had done with the ores known
to have passed through his hands.
Edmund Kent, master mechanic for
the Boston & Montana company, was
called to testify concerning the exhibits
in evidence. He identified the section
of water column in evidence as the
same kind used at the Leonard mine,
and said this particular pipe was not
used in any other mine. He did not
know of the company ever having sold
any of the pipe and as he had charge
of all this character of the company's
property he would have known of it.
Cross examined. the witness said he
could not state to whom the Leonard
mine belonged. Asked if he could
identify the particular piece of pipe in
evidence as belonging to the Boston &
Montana company, or as having come
from the Leonard mine, he said he
could not positively. On redirect eX-
animation he said he would stake his
life the pipe came from the Leonard.
w. II. Steele, assayer at the Boston
& Montana smelter, was next called.
He stated that Superintendent Thomas
III, d.
found to assay. The samples he found
to contain the exact properties of Bos-
ton q Montana matte, or very close to
it. He could not say positively that the
samples were the product of the Boston
& Montana smelter, but he thought
they We're. He based his opinion upon
the fact that the matte product of the
Parrot and other Butte smelters ran
higher than that of the Boston G. Mon
tana in silver and gold.
Joseph H. Vivian was called to testify
as to the ownership of the Leonard
mine. He said it was the property of
the Boston & Montana Consolidated
Copper & Silver Mining company, COM
monty known as the Boston & Montana
Mining company.
Max Marvin, a 4-year-old boy, resid-
ing at Meaderville, was next called He
told of selling the defendant ores, cop-
per, etc. at various times for about a
year. The copper was generally the
bottoms of kettles, coffee pots and the
Like. The defendant never asked him
any questions as to where he procured
the articles. CrOss-eXamined. the wit |
ness said he procured the ores he sold
to defendant from the waste dump of
the Rarus. He never stole any of the
property he sold defendant
Charles Barrengh, a youth of II, tes-
titled to selling ore to the defendant |
and said Guidoni had asked him to
steal ore from the cars, but he had |
never done so. The ores he had sold, he |
mad 'rustled,' picking it up along roads |
or around dumps. Asked on crOss-ex- |
animation If Guidoni had told him he
must get ore off the cars, the witness
replied that defendant never told him |
he must but had asked him to get ore |
from cars and he had said that if wit
ness would get ore from the cars he
would buy it.
Willie Reese, a 16-year-old bow. said |
ms occupation was nothing" He said |
he had sold Guidoni ore and matte ON |