The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-15
WRIGHT IS NOT GUILTY
Was Charged With Attempting
to Set Fire to House.
JOHNSON GETS TWO YEARS
He Was Found Guilty of Having Stolen
Gold Watch Chain From Another
Colored Man Named George
Carter-Other Matters.

Elijah Wright, charged with arson,
was yesterday found not guilty in the
! district court. John Johnson, the col
| ored man, was found guilty of having
| stolen watch chain from George Car
ter and was sentenced to two years. in
the penitentiary.
The first criminal case tried was that
of Elijah Wright, for which the follow
| ing jury was sworn: George D. Gala
| han, Albert D. Klest, w. A. Coryell,
| A. Mundinger H. G. Coy, John Lund-
| quist, F. B. Dean, James P. Bennett
| p. Bader. George Morris, John Krog-
stadt and John Lappin.
Wright was charged with having, on
July 90 of this year. attempting to set
fire to vacant house situated in an
| alley between Commercial avenue and
| Front street, near Cedar street. Wright
| was intoxicated at the time of the al
| legged attempt and claimed he did not
remember anything.
Officer Percy Ingalls,. who made the
| arrest, testified that on July %, while
| on duty he had noticed man stand
| ing near the window of a vacant house
| in an alley in the rear of Front street.
| The officer went into the alley and no.
! ticed Wright running away. ingalls,
| looked in the window and saw burn
ing newspaper, which he extinguished.
He then ran after the man and cap
| tured him.
Wright was defended by Attorney
| James NJ. Self and the case was prose-
| cuted by County Attorney j. II. Duffy.
The jury remained out about an hour
and returned with verdict of not
guilty. Wright was discharged.
NI,a nf Tntr Tnl,r tl,n al
ored man, who is known around town
as Shorty" was for burglary in the
second degree. Johnson was charged
with having, on the morning of June
26, entered the room of George Carter,
another colored man, and have stolen
gold watch chain. Attorney O'Leary
looked after Johnson's case.
The following jury was sworn: Fred
Zimmerman. John Sanders. II. c.
Brakeman. Henry Watson. John Hay
den. l.. Scott. S. NJ Mclaughlin, w. c.
Haynes, Thomas Merkle, H. r. Burg,
E. r. Caps and Frank Chrstofferson.
At the conclusion of the states case,
Attorney OLeary made motion ask
ing the court to instruct the jury to
discharge the defendant on the ground
that there had been no testimony in
troduced by the prosecution which
showed that johnson had stolen the
chain. The motion was overruled.
The jury retired at 4:4o O'CLOCK ana
came in at sos o'clock with verdict
finding Johnson guilty and recommend
ing him to the leniency of the court.
Judge Napton Immediately sentenced
Johnson to two years in the peniten-
tiary.
In the appeal case of the state VS..
Phil Tracy, Walsh & James, as attor-
neys for appellant, asked that their
names be withdrawn and the cause was
dismissed.
The appeal case of the state VS.. H.
Kelly was continued for the term.
The case of Whitaker VS.. Frank
Kennedy was. by consent of counsel,
continued for the term.
Richard Austin, convicted of the
larceny of heifer will receive his SEN
tence this morning.
Malcolm Hodson and Alphonse Caron
were admitted to citizenship.
Court was adjourned until $50 o'clock
this morning.