Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-12
BID
. FOR HIMSELF
THE TRIAL OF THE GREY EAGLE
MINE CASE NOW IN
PROGRESS.
CLAIMED THERE WAS
. PRIVATE UNDERSTANDING
By Which the Property Wa to Be Bid
In for Patrick A. Largey and
the Owners.

When Judge Clancy convened his de-
partment of the court this morning At
torney i. IT. Mcbride, one of the attor-
neys in the case of Lulu F. Largely
against j. B. tLeggat, the trial of which
is now in progress, was a few minutes
late, AS he took his seat the judge look
ed at him and remarked: Mr.. Nc
Bride, l would fine you $1GO, but there are
some other absentees."
The trial OF the suit, which involves
the ownership of the Grey Eagle Frac-
ton lode claim, was hen resumed with
JOIN O'Rourke on the witness stand. Mr..
O'Rourlne detailed a conversation he said
he had with Mr.. Leggat prior to the time
the Grey Eagle was sold 10 the latter
at the partition sale on June II, 1896. He
said that as a result of that conversation
he had understood that Mr.. Leggat was
to attend the sale and represent ali Of
the owners. Mr.. Leggat, he said. told
him that Mr.. Morgan and himself would
be there; that Mr.. Largely was to fur
nish the money to be represented in the
bidding for the property.
HI. S. Clark testified that at a meeting
of the owners of the claim, held in Mr..
Bender's office before the sale, a certain
course to he pursued had been decided
upon. Mr.. Legeat, he said, had been
suggested as the one to represent them
at the sale, and Mr.. Largely had asked
Mr.. Leggat if he would do 1t.
d you know why Mr.. Leggat was
suggested instead of Mr.. Largely" asked
J. X. Mcdonald, attorney FOR the de-
! PENDANT
well, Mr.. O'Rourke said Mr.. Leg
gat was competent to represent them
and was his choice" replied the witness.
did you stop at Mr.. Morgan's office
after II O'Clock on the day Of the sale and
ask him if he intended to attend the
sale, which was to take place at 2
o'clock?"
Yes, sir, I did. After the meeting in
Mr.. Bender's office Will Clark, my son,
told me that Mr.. Morgan was to be one
of the bidders or the property. l met
Mr., Morgan coming out of the Lewisohn
block and spoke to him about IT."
The deposition of j.. O. Bender was SUBJ
mitted in evidence which closed the side
of the plaintiff.
A. L. Morgan was the first witness for
the defense. He said he had attended
the sale of the Grey Eagle for the pur-
pose of bidding on the property In the
Interest OF MI. Largely. Tn the day be-
fore the sale Mr.. Leggat had spoken ia
him about the sale, adding that Will
Clark lMr. Largey's private secretary
would see him and instruct him how to
bid. Mr.. Clark's father had also spoken
to him about it. He had, he said, at
tended the sale II made one bid. AS to
Mr.. Leggat. he had received no instruc-
! lions from him as to how he should bid.
Mr.. Clark had instructed him to not bid
over a certain amount. He had desig-
mated three or four persons whose bid
wOuld not be antagonistic to the Largey
interests. Nh. Morgan said he had stop
ped bidding because the last bid made
was in favor Of the parties he represent
ed. Asked il someone had stepped on
his foot at the time of the bidding for
the purpose Of influencing his bids, he
said yes, but as near as he could recOl-
lect it had no significance to him. He did
not know that Mr. Leggat was bidding
in opposition to him.
Mr.. Lnggat told his story of the trans
action. He said among other things tina,
he had given Mr.. Largely to understand
he intended to bid on the property fol
himself and no n else. and he had bic
or it for himself.
At noon the case vas continued unit
1880 O'Clock this evening.