The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-09
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witnesses Against Welcome.

Witnesses Against NeiIcoIue'
AZ this stage of the examination Mr..
Wailace made a demand on the court
mat he be furnished with complete
list of the witnesses against Mr.. Well
come. He said he wanted to use them
"a completing the cross-eSamlnation.
ne sald he had previously made a de-
aand for them on Clerk Rickerts, and
the latter, on the advice of the attor-
ney general, had refused to give them
up. Mr.. Wallace said he had right
TO have them and that every record
ana every paper in the clerks records
should be accessible to all persons at
all times.
Clerk Ricketts,, who was in court, got
up ana refuted the imputation that he
Kept papers and records of his office
from public inspection, or the use of
the attorney. He said no praecipe had
ever been filed and there was no list
VI the names of witnesses In his office,
except those shown on few of the
subpoenas which had been returned
ne said the attorney general had re-
FUSED to file praecipe but he had CIV
en- TO Mr.. Wallace all the names OF
witnesses he could call to mind.
Attorney General Nolan in reply to
MI. Wallace said the proceeding before
the court was in the nature of civil
proceeding and that there was no law
when required him to furnish the 9TH
er side list of his witnesses. He said
ne did not feel disposed to furnish the
list FOR the reason that he did not want
TO subject witnesses to the annoyance
and to the interference of the friends
of Mr.. Welcome. Mr.. Nolan declared
that some of the witnesses who are in
town had been complaining to him
about being annoyed by friends Of MIR.
welcome or his representatives, who
had approached them.
Approached them improperly"
asked Associate Justice Pigott.
Il would not like to say that and
can't say they We're not replied the
attorney general.
He said he had in mind a particular
instance in which witness had been
annoyed by Mr.. Pope. Mr.. Nolan
said that without direct order from
the court he would not feel disposed to
furnish. the list.
Mr.. Wallace insisted that it was his
right to have the names and said that
when the clerk refused to furnish Them
he knew the motive which prompted
the attorney generals advice and ne
felt greatly mortified, but knew there
was a proper time coming in which TO
present it to the court.
After long consultation the ruling
of the court was announced by Chief
Justice Brantly. He said that as a
matter of right, the defendant was not
entitled to a list Of the witnesses; but
as the attorney general was acting Tor
the court in this particular case he
would be directed to furnish the list.
Mr.. Nolan then read off the follow
ing list of witnesses Fred Whiteside,
c. r. Prescott, F. c. Berendes, P. H.
Leary, V. e. WiIhalm. T. T. Cason,
Harry c. Kessler. w. F. Rector, Sena-
tor Anderson, j. T. Word, Ben Hill,
M. l.. Hewitt Fred Cowan, r. J. Wat
son, George Stevenson, L. Rotwitt, w.
B. Dolente, w. Whalen, d. S. Coad, w.
A. Clark, Charles Savage, B. E. H.
Warren, T. J. Johns, G. W. Cook, Oscar
Lockwood, H. B. Watson. John Landt,
David Hilger Nathan Scott, w. A.
Conrad. A. r. Gibson, H. Bowes, Hans
J. Hanson, Frank M. Leonard, D. G.
Warner, E. P. EctOr.
1t was stated that Hewitt and Ector
had not yet been served.
Mr.. Whiteside was then asked how
he learned what each witness would
testify to, and he said he knew moth
ing about most of the witnesses. The
only names he furnished to the attor-
ney general were those of q. T. Cason,
Nathan Scott, w. A. Conrad, A. r.
Gibson, H. Bowes, n. ]. Hanson, Frank
NJ. Leonard, D. G. Warner, w. A. Clark
and few others. He was asked who