Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-02

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down street to Davis & Farnum's drug
store, went in there with the intention of
getting some presents for Nora and
Grace. looked over good many
things and decided to let my wife pick
them out, as she knew better what they
would want. saw. while was in there,
my sister, Minnie, and two other young
ladies, Charlie Parker and met Mr.. and
Mrs. DR.. Hurst as was going out.
can remember. I went from there into
Mr.. Loves hardware store. I asked Guy
II he would just az soon exchange that
sled I had bought, for something else.
He said, certainly" told him would
like to look at some carving sets, Of
which he showed me or 6 sets. pick
ed out one set and asked him how much
1t was and he said $500. I paid him
$1.75, the difference between the sled and
carving set, told him I'd leave it there to
place. I saw while in there Charlie
Haight, and I think Willie Shawb was
sitting back by the stove. This was about
o'clock or little bit after as near as
can say. took my suet and started
on down street for home. I stopped at
Fosters, stepped in, and picked up my
turkeys and started on down street. AS
was passing Douglass & Mead's saw
Chas. Ross leaning against a brick wall
at the south corner of Mead's store, and
out in front of the double DOORS. saw
Ench Harpster leaning against a hitch
ing post. He seemed to be looking to-
ward the store. went on down to
Norris Gains. went in, put my packages
on the back of writing desk, walked
down towards the rear of the saloon.
Norris Cain was leaning against the end
of the bar. There were several fellows
playing cards at a table but cannot re-
member anyone positively. also saw
while in there Mr.. HI. ]. Haskell am
almost positive I was in there only two
or three minutes.
took my packages and went out. I
went around the corner of the saloon,
and down vacant lot between Gains
alley, down the alley to my stable back
of the Yellowstone hotel: I laid my
turkeys down outside, took my black
team out, and took them to- the pump
at the north side of Yellowstone hotel,
watered them took them back, and fed
them hay and grain, shut the stable
door, took my turkeys and suet and
started home.
This was about 1925 as near as I can
truthfully say. went straight towards
run, went between Mr.. Blais' home and
stable, went straight to the wagon that
was standing there, took the driving
whip out of the whip socket. opened my
outside stable door and threw the whip
and neckyoke strap in the stable, shur
the stable door and went to my side gate
I noticed my wife standing looking out
of the kitchen window. I went III and
on into the house. When I got in she
had gone on into the dining room and sat
down. I put the turkeys and suet on
the kitchen table and went into the din
, ing room, and gave my wife the paper.
! cleaned out the heater, carried out the
! ashes, and carried In coal for night and
morning, and went out to the stable to
take care of four horses that were in the
, stable. I pulled hay out of the stack
and fed the horses for the night then
went to the stack and pulled cut hay
, enough to feed them in the morning and
carried 1t in and threw 1t in the aisle in
front of the horses.
| This must have taken me twenty min
utes, at least. / then took the strap
and whip that were then lying on the
ground and put them in their places. I
| then went out of the door that opens in
to the yard and went into my house. J.
four minutes. fixed the heating stove fire
for the night, wound my watch and It
was just nine o'clock. I then went to
bed.
Mr.. Cavanaugh's death and don't deny
1t. but l was urged to 1t by Mr.. Bean.
Ira Alling, Dr. Hedges. ST., before tried
to get the Office. And I do deny that
ever spoke to anyone about the sheriff's >
Office until Sunday afternoon. As to the
blood on my Overalls which were found
, in my house Is days after Mr.. Cavanaugh
| was killed, ] can say and will say truth
. fully with clear conscience that 1t is
not Mr.. Cavanaugh's blood, but my own,
! IL 1t is blood. can say also with clear
conscience that never in all my life.
spoke one harsh or disrespectful word
either to or about Mr.. Cavanaugh and
that there was never any hard feeling