Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
MADE LIFE
III III i
4 BURDEN
MRS. JOHNSON SAYS FRANK DU-
GAN THREATENED TO
KILL HER.
HEARING OF THE CASE
BEGAN THIS MORNING.
Dugan Denies the Charge and Claims
It Is All a Mis-
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mary nearing tDeIOfe Justice NIcHUlS TO-
day on an undertaking to keep the
peace and at the end of the ordeal the
justice reserved his decision until 8
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Dugan is the man who has for nearly
a year made life a burden to Mrs. Ella
Johnson, of APO Dakota street. Mrs.
johnson made the affidavit upon which
the action was based the date of the doc
ument being September 4, and in it al
legged that Dugan had threatened to kill
her. She told her story in court today
and a portion Of lit was interesting. Dug
an heard it all and looked serious and
pleased by turns.
The state was represented by Henry
w. Trask, and the defendant by w. w.
Likens, who objected to considerable of
the testimony.
Mrs. johnson said she had known
Dugan about two years. On the 4th of
September she was sitting at a sewing
machine in her house, h said, when
Dugan came %sneaking up towards the
window. She saw him and he tried to get
out of the way, but to make sure it was
Dugan she go up and ran out to make
sure of his identity. II knew" she said,
she had made threats against my life. l
thought he should he in jail-his time
was not up yet, but he came to my house
Just h same. I have had him arrest
ed twice for threatening me and HE was
sentenced twice.
I'm March he came to the house and l
called Mn. ORourke, who went to the
door and asked Dugan what he wanted.
Dugan said he wanted to see me and
called O'Rourke a name, w~hereupon
O'Rourke gave him a beating. Dugan
shook his hand at me and said he would
fix me yet. He was arrested then and
sentenced to the county Jail for six
months. His time would have been up
on September Z. In August he passed
my house three or four times and l was
surprised because The was supposed to be
in Jail. l made sure it was Dugan. On
September 4 he again came to the mouse
and when 1 went out to make sure that
it was he / was met with the question::
oh, you are afraid, are you? l then
ran back into the house and Dugan left.
"A week ago today I saw him on Por-
phyry street." continued Mrs. Johnson.
HE was heading west towards Montana
street and vas about a block ahead OF
me. I do not know whether he saw me-
For what was Dugan arrested last
March?" asked Mr.. Likens.
He tried to force the door of my
house,
.sWha was your condition of mind at
the time of your meeting on September
4?' asked Mr.. Trask.
II was deathly afraid Of him; Il was
nearly frantic on account of the threats
he had made. He used to come and
stand in front of the louise until I took
a shot at him.
''When did you shoot at him?"
"In February"
"What for?"
because he broke the windows"
HAS he been. around there since?"
"He has,"
James johnson, husband of the COM
planning witness, testified that he was
not particularly acquainted with Dugan,
but had seen him at the corner of Gold
and Wyoming street last winter. Dugan
had then made the remark
'"I'l fix you At that time,'' said john
son, 'Dugan was following Mrs. Johnson
down the street. My wife told me it
was Dugan and I started after him..
What did you want with him? ?" asked
Mr.. Likens.
II wanted to see him on a small mat
ter" answered the witness in a tone of
voice laden with meaning.
Die o catch him?"
mo, he got away"
John S. O'Rourke of APO Dakota street,
a miner by occupation, said he had
known Dugan about three years ago,
Mrs. Johnson having introduced him.. He
had heard Dugan threaten the life of Mrs
Johnson. One evening he. witness, had
met Mrs. johnson up town and she had
asked him to walk home with her, as
Dugan was following her. 81 know OF
this man having been around the house
of Mrs. Johnson time and time again and
I heard him tell her he would kill her
the first chance he got" said O'Rourke.
When he was supposed to be doing
time in JAIL" continued O'Rourke, ''he
was knocking aroun Mrs. Johnson's
he>se. On he night of Miners union
from of my window q room there) at IL
o'clock at night. About a week ago I
met him in a saloon at the corner of
Main and Copper streets and told him I
heard he was looking for me. I told him
If he wanted me I was there and he an
swered that we would let it go at that.
He also threatened my life."
DO you know when this man was sent
to Jail for the fracas in the early part
of the year?"
"About the eth of March. Judge Sulli-
a sentenced him to six months
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