Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-31
FRANK CASEY
AND HIS SHOES
-
HenneSSy Store System at Issue
in Justice Court.
USED SULLIVAN'S NAME
Casey Proved That He Had Sullivan'S
Permission and Was Acquitted
-~RearreSted.
USED SULLlvAN'S NAME

to the bat before a jury in Justice Mich
OILS court today IN a charge of obtaining
a pair of shoes under false representation
at the Hennessy store a few weeks ago
and made a home run, the jury declaring
him not guilty, but as soon as the Verdict
was rendered the county attorney, who
was pitching good ball, sent in a few
curved ones and Casey struck out, land
ing in the county Jail on another shoe
charge. He will have another inning in
a few days.
Casey acted as his own umpire in the
first bout and had a few rooters to en-
courage him. He claimed that he had not
bought the shoes on anyone's else name
without authority to do it and in this re-
spect his testimony was borne out by
that given by Mike A.. Sullivan, on whose
name the goods were bought.
Robert A. French, a clerk in the shoe
department, detailed the circumstances
Of the deal. He said Casey had represent
ed himself as Mike A. Sullivan, a miner at
the st. Lawrence, and a boarder at the
Clarence hotel.
Guy Churchill testified that he was in
the shoe department at the time the
shoes were bought and heard Casey give
the name of Mike A. Sullivan. Witness
further said he had sold goods to Casey
on November 4 and Casey had then given
the name of Callahan. He was drunk at
the time.s
w. F. Hollowell, also of the footgear
department, said he knew Casey; a
sold him several pairs of shoes.
Casey then told his side of the story,
He said that on the night of the arrest he
met Sullivan at the Clarence hotel and
asked him for a pair of shoes. Sullivan
had told him to &C to the Hennessy store
and get them on his name. At the store
one of the clerks asked him if his name
was Sullivan and he answered no. The
clerk had then asked him if he had an or
der and he said no. He got the shoes and
as he attempted to leave the store he was
arrested. II had been dealing at the store
six or seven years" said Casey, "and al
, ways got credit" +.
"And o could not get the shoes on
your own name?" asked the county at
torney.
mo; they will not let a man have any
thing unless he is working" answered
Casey.
Casey denied having bought goods
under the name of Callahan. He was
asked to write the name of Mix A, Sui
Ivan and he did it, after which the name
he had signed to the purchase slip and
the one he wrote in the presence of the
~" 'Io July NCIe ~COiIlUdt6U. INEy
were almost alike, but Casey did not
think the n On the slip had been writ
ten by him..
Lots of goods have been bought on my
name at that store without orders or
anything else from me-" said he.
Mike Sullivan. lake the stand and tell
your story" aid Mr.. Connolly.
WHO, me?" asked Sullivan.
Yes; you. Did you tell Casey to get
the shoes?"
Yes. I said, Casey, old boy, you can
have anything I've got He asked me
Tor the shoes and I told him to get them.
| have known Casey since he was a kid:
knew him back in Michigan. He once
asked me for a black shirt and I told him
to get it. but he did not do it on INV
NAME"
"How old are youo"
II am 20 years old" 49,
old in years and old in crime?"
Yes; old in years and roguery."
who was present when you told Casey
to get the shoes 2"
Jack Callahan and several others?"
How long have you known Gala
han?"
"A long time. He's from Michigan.
TOO; from the lower point"
DO you think you have a right to give
away Hennessy's goods?"
Yes; II | have money coming to mo-"
In presenting the case to the iury the
county attorney said he believed Sullivan
was only trying to help Casey out of a
bad fix.