The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-07
BUTTE News.
in THE DISTRICT COURT
Judge Lindsay Back Upon the
Bench Again.
\ CLAIM-JU CASE
Allegations Made by Craddick in Rsla-
ton to the Colonel Bryan-The B g.
M. Wants the. Largely Case
Taken to the q. s. Court.

Judge Lindsay occupied the bench
again in department /. of the district
court yesterday after an absence of
ed for trial was that of A. A. Lisker
against John O'Rourke. one of the suits
growing out of the old troubles of the
Northwestern Brick & Supply company
A motion for Judgment on the plead
ings and another for a non-suit made by
the defendant were both overruled and
the court took the case under advise
ment.
C. F. Craddick yesterday brought
suit against Erick C. Lassen and Josef
Mkosowits for possession of mining
claim known as Colonel Bryan. Grad
dick says in his complaint that he has
: been the owner of the property and
that the first of last January the de-
PENDANTS jumped the ground and locat
ed it as the Lucky Boy. The court is
asked to decree that the defendants
have no right to it.
An action was brought yesterday by
William r. Manierre against A. r. Bray
for $413.10, which it is alleged he owes
the plaintiff on account of goods sent
to various persons in Butte by the
plaintiff at the request of the defend
ant and for which Bray gave a written
guarantee for the payment. The de-
PENDANT was paid 10 per cent. as COM
mission on the sales.
In the suit of Lulu T. Largely against
the Boston & Montana Mining compa-
ny and others, the company yesterday
filed in court motion to have the case
removed to the United States court for
trial The Boston & Montana says it
is New York corporation and the only
defendant interested in the property in
controversy, and for that reason wants
the case sent to the United States
court for trial
An amended complaint was filed in
the suit of J. K. Heslet against Heze-
kiah Roudebush for s12,607.
Deputy County Attorney Horace
Kimball of Spokane county, under date
of March l. writes to County Attorney
c. P. Connolly in relation to Samuel
Phillips, who was suspected of being
the murderer of Adolph Schwade. The
letter contains the signature of Phil
lips and comparison with signature
made for Mr.. Connolly by Phillips dis
closes the fact that they are the same.
In the course of his letter Mr. Klmball
says:
I'm SO important a matter I do not
like to have your final disposal of the
matter rest wholly upon my Judgment,
so l had Mr.. White of the treasurer's
office, who is an expert in handwriting,
and Mr.. Glass of the comptrollers Of
flee compare with me the signatures
of Phillips sent me by you with the
signatures of Phillips of record in the
comptrollers office in this city. We
each agree that the handwriting was
the same persons.
Mr.. kimball in his letter gives the
dates upon which Phillips was work
ing for the city of Spokane and con-
cludes his letter as follows
LAS you will probably not need our
services in the matter further, l beg to
bring up the subject of our compensa-
tion for services already rendered. As
we understand it the testimony of the
witnesses which we have heard and
reduced to writing and submitted to
you, and the matter of the identified
ton of photograph. and the matter of
the signature will probably relieve you
Of the necessity and your county of the
expense of prosecuting Phillips on the
charge of murder. which prosecution
would no doubt have resulted in an
acquittal. These services We're not only
meritorious, but valuable, and Of such
character as should be paid for by
your county. AS neither could deter
mine in advance what the services
would be and as nothing was said as
to the amount to be paid for the same
we would be willing to have them fixed
at moderate, not to say low, figure
and should be pleased and satisfied tC