Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-28
MUST ANSWER FOR DEBAUCHING
15-YEAR-OLD LILLE
BENZ.
THE GIRL IN COURT
CALLED HIM MURDERER"
Parents Of Child Says That He Ad-
mitted the Crime-Dosed Her
With Poison.

Inc state was represented by Cornelius
F. Kelly and the defendant by Attorney
Daniel Yancey. The examination OF the
girl as very thorough. especially by the
defense, and during its progress tfal!am
was made the target cor some pretty Sc
we're darts from the eyes of his alleged
victim. when she first began her story
she looked 6 | him and called i'm a Il
derer. The justice then instructed her to
a no attention to the prisoner and make
no remarks concerning him.
The girl is not duh intellectually. In
fact she is rather bright. She answered
all questions promptly and appeared to
be very bitter against the defendant. Just
before completing her story she was
shown an iron nut weighing about half a
pound, to which was attached a piece Of
rope about eight inches long. the con-
trivance as a whole had the appearance !
of a Weapon of defense or assault. II
found that in his vest pocket said the
girl, looking directly at the defendant.
You need not laugh" she added. ad-
dressing her remark to Gullam You
You-You murderer"
Miss Benz said Gullam had been at
their house about three years. con the
18th of May she said. Il saw Gullam in
the house. I was doing my work in the
kitchen and he was trying to fool with
me, as there was no one else in the house.
I screamed and told him I would tell
mamma when he placed a pillow over
my face. He told me he would fix me-kill
me if l told on him. He tore my clothing
from me. He also locked the doors and
put the keys in his pockets"
did the defendant ever bother you in
that way before?" asked Mr.. Kelly.
yes; several times, the first shortly
after Christmas. He ave all of us child
rem candy at various times, but I never
dreamed that it contained anything.
TIL candy he gave me was peanut bar
| md chocolate T r 1.-o xc 49, A. ~a~ ~saIr
A druggist said it contained Spanish hy.'
Some of the candy was then produced
and laid on the judges desk for inspec-
tion. The girl said it was the kline to
which she had been treated by Gullam.
| Some Of the chocolate drops We're shown
the girl and she said the ones which APP
pearel to have been doctored were Just
like some Gullam had given her,
On croSs-examination the witness said
he1, mother had seen Cuban boring a
hole in a chocolate and warned her to
not eat anything he might give her. One
day when her mother was not at home
Cuban had given her one and told her
to eat it, but she did not comply with
the request.
The witness said further that after she
had eaten some OF the candy and became
sick her mother asked her il she had
eaten anything out of the ordinary; thai
Gullam had attempted to assault her on
three distinct occasions, once on or about
lllt LUlu VI IcDTudIy, ONCE OH the IL TN
of this month and again last Monday.
DR.. George Wells. who examined the
girl after the latter's parents had learn
ed of what had happened, said:
Il found nothing positive. I inquired
into her physical condition for a few
months back, and I can say that the ex-
animation was practically negative. As
to Spanish Fly, l do not know the appear
ance of it, but know it's effects upon the
human body. It produces vomiting, dir
u;rnCc a ffoofc tho Ei1ranVc on7 nfhnr nr-
gans."t
q. After Mr.. Wells had finished his testi-
mony the state announced it's case closed
and Mr.. Yancey moved for a dismissal
timony given by the girl had been un-
supported. DIR. Wells. a reputable phys
Iician of this community, a left the
! charge unsupported.
1.-The motion is Denied" said the JUS
ttce. when Mr.. Yancey had finished
James Leyden, captain of police, opened
the testimony for the defense. He said
!, that ON the night Gullam was arrested
!, he had a conversation with the girls
father. but was not permitted to drsciose
t August Benz, the girls father, was
, called by the defense. He said he hao
known Gullam in Michigan and he had q
bad name there. He had been in Jail
: Cuban had told him. he said, that II
: Michigan he had given a little girl some
I drug and taken advantage of it's effects
: HE can't deny it, either" added Benz
but I never thought he would try 1T or
: nv child, On the day of the arrest Gull
;4lam had admitted to him, he said. tina
he had committed the act, but would no.
do it again. The prisoner had asked him
to take a drink or a cigar ana not zee
hard towards him. Gullam, he said, was
then preparing to leave the city.
Cross-eNamined, Benz said that Gul'
lam had told, in Welsh's saloon, on Eas1
Park street, about the drugging OF tht
girl in Michigan, and others had heare
him say it. The girls name, he said
was BUM. Among those in the saloor
at the time was a man named Murphy
WHIP had been an officer in Wisconsin
and a arrested Gullam. The lattel
was mad about 1t, and when they met II
the saloon Gullam had said something
II about clicking Murphy to get even.
II Mrs. Benz was also called. h sale
she had seen Gullam boring into thu
chocolate drops and warned her daugh
ter not to eat any of them. She had gon'
out to visit a sick friend, and as sool
as she stepped outside Gullam hat
offered the girl one.
Mrs. Benz further said she knew moth
ing about Gullam's actions towards he
daughter, and If she had he would no
AVE stayed there. Asked IL she ha,
told a reporter of the Anaconda Stand
ard something about Guliam's clothing
she said she had not, and wondered q
the appearance of such a thing In tn
paper. Mrs. Benz also said that Gullan
had admitted his guilt to her and sal
it was too late-he could not help It.
Fred p. Shannon, the druggist who ex
amined one Of the chocolate drops. sal
he had told Mr.. Benz the drop c~ontaine
= powdered ~cantharides Spanish f1y). II