Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-28
IS
NOT So SURE
Doubt As To Identification of
MattsOn.
THE PROSECUTION RESTS
No Startling Developments in the
Trial Of the Ryan Murder
Suspects.
THE PROSECUTION RESTS

The trial of Matt Mattson for compile.
1ty in the assault which resulted in the
death of George Ryan is on full blast
IN Judge Clancy's court, but if the same
progress Is made from this time on al
that which has characterized the pro-
ceedings during the last twenty-foul
hours the case will have reached an enc
by Tomorrow evening.
Doctors and policemen were the first
to give testimony, n while the former
did not differ materially in placing the
result OF their examination Of Ryan's
injuries before the court and jury, there
were discrepancies in the stories related
by the policemen in connection with the
arrest of the accused men and the vari-
Gus little details surrounding it. The rule
OF allowing only one witness in the court
room at a time was enforced at the be-
ginning Of the testimony and has beer
strictly maintained.
Dayton Commit was the first important
witness. He stated that while walking
along Park street in the direction OF
Main street about 4 o'clock in the morn
ing of January 4 he had seen four men
Kicking and striking one man. After
finishing the job the four walked back
to the sidewalk and then entered the
saloon. Commit said he had then gone
over to Ryan to ascertain the extent OF
ms injuries and Ryan got up and went
into Deyott's saloon. From there he had
been taken to the city Jail. "In return
ing from the scene of the assault to the
saloon the four men passed me" said the
witness. land I recognized Koski, one of
Mattson's ~co-defendants, but could not
Identity Mattson as one of the number
Where do you reside?" asked Attor-
ney Breen on cross-examinatiOn.
I'm the county JAIL" was the reply.
Il have been there since January"
Held as a witnes, 1 presume" said
II resided in Mahoney street prior to
my incarceration" said Conniff, continu-
Ing. my brother and I Occupied a cabin
there"
Where Is you brother now?"
Il don't know"
I'm what position were the five men
when YOU first saw them?"
Ryan was lying OF the ground and
the others were striking and kicking at
him. They kicked him across the two
a light man, not very big" A0SN -
Are you positive hat Koski was
there?' asked Attorney Breen.
There is a show for me to be mistaken.
| Will not swear to it positively sure. I
the men unless it is Koski and( as 1 said,
there is a chance for me to be mistaken
about him."
Commit became a little mixed as to the
location of What is known as the "Fin-
lander saloon into which the men WIN
assaulted Ryan are alleged to have gone
after having committed the assault. At
the preliminary hearing he said it was
the first saloon from the corner of wy.
oming street and direct examination to-
day stated that it was the second. He
explained this by saying he was not
familiar with locations in Butte.
Court adjourned for the noon hour
while Commit was on the stand.
Charles Bloom of South Butte followed
Commit. He said he was engaged in the
saloon business at So East Park street.
Asked to describe the interior of his
house he said it contained a barroom and
two back rooms with ar entrance or exit
leading from the barroom to Wyoming
street. He had known Gus Erickson,
Matt Martelli, John Koski and Matt
Mattson several months, and about ten
minutes before the officers entered In
search of the Ryan s1ayers Gus Erickson
and Matt Martelli had passed through
entering at the front or Park street side
and going out at the rear. In describing
their gait Bloom said they "just walked
through" The accused had been there
before On that night.
What We're those two rooms at the
back nsed for?" asked Mr.. Breen.
"Card purposes"
Wa there a faro game in progress in
either of those rooms at that timer
mo; not at that time"
"Was there prior to that?"
w object" said the prosecution.
1.-THE objection Is sustained" said the
court.
"Your honor" said Mr.. Breen, 1--WE
an object in asking the q~uestion-it
is not for the purpose of getting the wit
ness into a trap"
1T has no bearing on the case" re-
sponded the court.
The state had another witness. John
Kennedy, but as he had the smallpox he
was, not put on the stand. The prosecu-
ton rested at this point and a recess of
ten minutes was taken to give the de-
Tense a chance to confer with it's wit