Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-10
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van came out about supper time the
said. heard Sullivan say to Gilman:
You --7 -, If you will come out
side I'll kick your d. head Off"
On cross-examination Mr.. Connolly
asked Manion If he had not, at noon
yesterday, in the county attorneys Of
flee. stated to Mr.. Kelley that he knew
nothing about the case and Manion re-
Piled that he a not. He further said
ne boarded at the Duggan house, work
ed tr the Anaconda mine and had a fam
lily elsewhere.
Charles Ivel. the cook at the Duggan
house, gave testimony similar to that CIV
en- by Manion and Gridley. He had seen,
he said, Sullivan dancing around Gill
man in a pugilistic attitude and heard
him threaten to cut out Gillman's heart.
lie also heard the obscene language de-
scr1bed by the other witnesses for the
defense. sullivan came into the kitch-
en-" aid he. "and remarked to me:
What do you thin of that cowardiy
- in there? If he ever opens his
face to me I will kill him (meaning Gill
man in the dining room.)
Mrs. Hettie j. Gilman. wife of the
prisoner, stated hat she and her hus-
band had been raised together in FIRE.
mont county, Iowa: that he a been
subject to very severe attacks Of sick
eadache and hemorrhage of the lungs;
that he had once been in the banking
business In Iowa. but on account of his
health he had gone on a farm. His
nealth, however, had not improved there
ana ne had come west about a year e
10 see 1t the change would not be benef-
cial to him.. He then weighed only
about 145 pounds. She did not see much
ditference in him now.
Mrs. Luello B. Stowe of Fort Collins.
Col, a sister Of the defendant, gave tes-
timony similar to that of Mrs. Gilman.
she was followed by Frank M. Gill;
man, her father. Mr.. Gilman said that
his sons mother a died of Consumption
sixteen years ago and when he found the
Doys health falling he concluded to have
MN come west and rough it awhile.
wnlcn ADVICE the family physician had
given him.
william Anspach was called at the
afternoon session. He said he had worked
Tor Gilman on a farm near Hamburg.
Iowa land had often noticed that he had
nervous spells. He a seen witness
nave one he~morrhage. Witness knew
tnat Gilman a left Fremont county
ON account of his bad health. Gillman's
reputation for peace n quiet in the
community in which he resided was
good.
+. F. Munroe, a surveyor by occupa-
tion, testified hat on Monday of his
week he had visited the Duggan house
and measured the size of the room in
which the shooting took place.
The witness produced a map of. the
room and n gave oral testimony in
connections with it. He said. the room
was II feet and 10 inches by II feet 10
inches, with a ceiling 8 feet 2 inches high. |
The distance from the northwest corner
to the southeast corner was 21 feet 4
inches. In the southeast corner near the
ceiling he had found an indentation in
the woodwork having the appearance of
a ragged car.
made by the bullet after it had passed
through Sullivan's body, and the object
in establishing this fact was to ascertain
the relative positions Of Sullivan and
Gilman at the time the shot was fired. !
The defense maintained hat II Sulli-
a stood where witnesses for the prose-
cution said he did, the bullet, taking the
course established by the physician that !
made the autopsy, could not have struck
so nigh on the wall as it did; that in
order for 1t to have taken such a course
It would have been necessary for the one
holding the gun to be sitting down.
This is n of the principal points in
the defense, for the result of the case
hangs on the ability of counsel to prove
that Gillman was sitting o n a bench, was
by Sullivan and fired only in
Self-defense.
i. Thomas Ralph corroborated the testi-
mony given by Gridley relative to the
language used by Sullivan towards Gill
in the dining-room of the boarding
house. He said he had also seen Sulli-
van standing in wait for Gilman outside
of the kitchen door, and heard him say
he would lay for Gilman and finish him
right there. He did not know to whom
had addressed his remarks. AS
to how he came to be at the Duggan
house. Ralph said he was employed there
as yardsman.
At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon the de-
Tense had only one or two more wit
nesses, and the prospects for getting |
through with the testimony today We're
good. al
MISSOURI CHERIRR