Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-10

taken out Of the wine room by McGlynn,
who told them to keep out of the place or
he would take them to Jail.
McGlynn asked the witness if the girl
in question was not Celia Decker, and
Murphy replied that he did not know Who
the girl was.
Daniel Switzer. the next witness, said
one night a Mrs. Day was in the saloon
looking for her husband, when Officer
McGlynn ordered her out of the place.
In reply to a question from McGlynn
witness replied that he had seen the wo-
man in the saloon on one occasion be-
sides the one mentioned.
rs it not a fact that this woman has
frequently sang for you in the saloon,
while you were playing on the piano?'
asked McGlynn.
The witness acknowledged that it was
a fact. 81
Charles Twining said he was in the
wine room of the saloon recently with
one Of his lady friends, when McGlynn
took them Out.
You told me that the lady was your
wife, did you not, and for that reason I
let you go?' asked McGlynn.
The witness replied that the woman
made some such statement, but that he
said nothing whatever.
officer McGlynn then took the stand
He said a respectable woman had COM
planned to him of the disgraceful man.
ner in which the saloon was conducted,
and asked him to right matters if he
could. A young girl got to fraquanting
the place and he told her she would have
to keep out. The husband Of the Day
woman had requested Captain Dawson
to keep her out of the place, and witness
was simply carrying out the captains
orders. In regard to the Twlning affair,
he said the woman with TWining was
making sue a racket that he had to
take them out. On the representation of
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he did not arrest them. Celia Decker,
whom the authorities were e~ndeaVoring
to look after, was always hanging about
the place. Witness branded the other
statements made by Murphy as false, and
said he knew of one woman whom Muir
ply had offered money to appear before
the police committee and she had been
stopped when she was going into the sa-
loon to buy a bucket of beer, but she
declined.
Officer Rezek said he had received com-
plants about women frequentlng Muir
phys saloon.
officer Shea testified that he had fire.
quently stopped young children from
going into the saloon.
The charges against Officer J. j.. Muir
ply were then taken up.
r. S. Feurtado's statement was to the
effect that last Friday three police Off
GERS came to the gas company's works,
and officer Murphy asked concerning an
explosion. Witness replied that there
had been none.
You are a liar!!' replied Murphy.
Murphy insisted that an explosion had
occurred and informed witness if he did
not show him where it was he would ar
rest him. Witness finally ordered the
officer to leave the place. He said the
language of the officer was highly in
sulting.
The testimony of H. B. Warbaugh and
Charles Patterson, employees of the gas
works, corroboratcd that Of the man
ager.
Officer Murphy's version was that last
Friday he and Balduc went out to look
up the explosion. On reaching the gas
works they saw ines of hose in operation
and concluded that something had hap
pened there. The manager would give
them but little sa~tisfac tion and witness
became angry, but did not call him a
liar. Officer Balduc's testimony was in
the same VEN.
John L.. Burns, yardmaster at the Is.
A. & P, said when Murphy insisted tina
there had been an explosion, Feurtadc
called him a liar, and Murphy told the
| gas manager he was a. d liar, and useC
| some rough language.
The committee will report its findings
to the council mex Wednesday.