The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-28
He WILL NOT CONVICT


no attention to it and finally said he
| would go out a while. He had en-
gagged cheap room in a lodging house
| in Anaconda for that night, and had
told the landlord to keep the light
| turned down and said he would return,
but after reading the account of the
murder he did not go back. From that
| time the most rigid search was made
for him. Rewards We're offered and
the press was full of it, but he was not
found till captured at Cripple Creek.
| when brought back he told parties
| that he never knew Patrick L. Reagan
was dead or that he had been muir
| rested by Under Sheriff Murphy. 1t
| will be shown that he did know it. He
had the satchel at Gregson which con-
tanned Reagan's clothing. He bought
ticket at Gregson for Butte, but did
not use it, and left the satchel in the
railroad station. Lucey came out of
the canyon and gave his name as Sui
llVan. The state will establish such a
chain of evidence that the jury will be
convinced beyond a reasonable doubt
fhat he killed Patrick L. Reagan. 1t
VIII be shown as motive for the MUIR
der that Reagan's vest and clothing
We're cut and ripped at every place
where money might have been con-
ceaied, and the person who did it was
Violently disappointed at not finding
any money. The defendant knew that
reagan had considerable money. and
supposed he had drawn it out of the
'bank and taken it with him. If we
snow these facts the state will expect
from the jury a verdict of guilty of
murder in the first degree
Mrs. Michael Reagan, sister-in-1aw of
lhe murdered man, was the first wit
ness and said she last saw Reagan alive
ABOUT o'clock Friday evening, Sept.
z, 1898, when he was at her house. He
came home about $3.50 in the afternoon.
Dan Donovan and Maggie Donahoe
We're there that evening. The defendant
came later in the evening. and he was
introduced to the witness as Dan Sull-
van. Reagan asked him where the
other man was who was going with
them. and Sullivan, or Lucey, said he
mad received a letter from him and
that he concluded not to go until thu
next evening. Reagan began getting
his clothing together and Lucey told
him he would need very little. as he
could get everything cheaper in the
Occur d'Alenes. The witness wanted
Reagan to take a satchel of his own
but he said Sullivan had one and that
1t was large enough for both. Sullivan's
satchel was shown to Mrs. Reagan and
| she identified it, and also it's contents,
| consisting of shirts, handkerchiefs, I'M
| derWear hat, etc, which, she said, had
belonged to the murdered man. She
said the defendant himself had placed
| the articles in the satchel, which had
| been empty before he put the things in.
| Il watched him closely, because from
what Mr.. Reagan had told me thought
there was something wrong about the
| man.
The statement of the witness was
| stricken out.
In her further testimony she said it
was about rs minutes to o'clock when
Lucey arrived. She wanted Reagan to
| stay at home, get married and settle
down. Lucey then said that he was
| married, and she told him he was a
| fool for going away. He said it was
| not so hard for a married man to leave
| his wife as 1T was for a young man tC
| leave his sweetheart. Reagan asked his
sister-inlaw to take care of his trunk
and Lucey spoke up and said he would
have his wife call for it and send it tc
Reagan after they got to the Occur
| d'Alenes. Attorney Cason objected tC
Mrs. Reagan testifying about the con.
versation she had with Lucey. The OBJ.
lection was overruled and the first eX-
cepton by the defense was taken. She
said Lucey told her he was born in the
| County Cork and that his parents aft
erwards moved to Kerry. He also sale
| he had lived three years in LeadVille
| Mrs. Reagan said Lucey was not in the
house over five minutes, as they were
anxious to catch a train which they
said left at o'clock Reagan had tolG
her they were going to Anaconda or
their way to the Occur d'Alenes. She
saw the body of her brother-in-law the
| next evening at Duggan's undertaking
| rooms in Butte and his head was
crushed and face cut and bruised.
Before the direct examination of Mrs
Reagan had been Concluded court ad
| jCurned for the day and the trial viii
be resumed at 8 o'clock this morning.