Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-03
Ryan Suspects Will Be Tried
Last Week in March.
ALL PLEADED NOT GUILTY
Gillman's Trial Is Postponed Until
March 6.-M0ti0ns In Civil
Cases.

~AS SSN IA
partment No.. 2 of the district court this
morning Judge Clancy announced that
he had two cases set for trial Inc if he
could get anything out Of them i'm the
way of business he would continue the
hearing Of HIS motion docket until next
Saturday. Only two minutes time suf-
feed to satisfy the court that the
two cases. hike ninety per cent of
the others set for trial ait his term,
were not in shape to be tried. On dis
covering that they would furnish no
work tor the jury he decided to go ahead
with his motion docket. Among the
matters to be heard in connection with
THE docket was the argument of the de-
,murrer i'm the case of the state against
John Boyd. charged with having been
implicated in the taking of bullion from
the Bi-Metallic Mining company. The
demurrer was based upon the PROPOSE
tion that the wording of the Information
was not what it was cracked up to be
because the defendant had not been
given a preliminary run for his money
before it was filed against him in the
district court. Neither side seemed to
be ready t o proceed and the judge said:
"YOu want to have these things ready
when they are called" The matter went
over until 2 o'clock.
Matt Mattsun, on the 21st. Gus. E.
son Tobane and Matt Martha, charged
with the murder of George Ryan. were
ushered into court to hear the prelini-
nary work i'm their case
were read and overruled; the defend
cases set Cor trial as follows:
Matt Madison, on the Est. Gus. ..
To1ane. the ed. Matt Martha, the 23d.
John Koski, the 26th.
John Fontana, accused of assault in
the first degree, the stabbing of a man
with a miners candlestick, pleaded not
guilty.
Other business transacted at Judge
Clancy's morning session was as follows:
The setting in the case of w. A. Clark
VS.. John A. Leggat was vacated.
Fred DeLyle. charged with forgery, was
given until the 7th to enter his plea.
In the suit of George TT. Casey VS.. Geo.
Stevenson ct al. the default of the defend
ant was entered, proofs taken and judg-
ment rendered for the plaintiff.
A similar ruling was made in the suit of
Casey VS.. I. P. Newton.
The hearing of the separate demurrer
of J. j. Haggerty in the suit of James
Duffy VS.. J. J. Haggerty and others was
continued until next Saturday.
In the George H. Casey VS.. Julia Ham
mer ct all. and G. H. Casey VS.. j. w. Reed
suits Judgment for the plaintiff in each
case was ordered entered.
The divorce suit of Mary Vrooman VS..
George Vrooman was continued until next
Saturday.
In the suit Of Laurence Harris against
p. J. McCleary a motion to quash the writ !
of attachment was sustained and the |
plaintiff given permission to file an
amended complaint.
Other matters continued until next Sat-
urday were those of Olof Larsen VS.. Da-
vid Goldberg, Silas r. King ct al. VS.. J.
H. Maloney ct al. Ed Westlake VS.. Anna
M. Westlake. the Home Investment COM
pany VS.. C. s. Warren and C. w. Butcher
ct al. VS.. C. c. Redding ct al.
The trial of Edwin II. Gilman for the
alleged murder of Dan Sullivan was con-
tinl,ed to March 8. The trial had been
set for Monday. the 9Th.
Thomas Kennedy was given until Tues
day to enter his plea to assault in the
second degree on Charles Morris.
The county attorney asked for and was
granted two weeks in which to xamine
the bill of exceptions in the case of the
State VS.. Joseph Shafer, the convicted
slayer of John Hawkins.
An information charging Theodore
SchmitZ with having burglarized the Tiy- !
Oil saloon, at % West Broadway. on the |
18th of February, was filed by the county |
The defendant will be a~rraign- |
ed on Monday,