Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-05
HE HAS A WIFE
AND CHILDREN
Sanchagrin'S Father Writes to
the Court.
GIVES SON A BAD NAME
Invites the Court "TO Make 1t As Hot
For Him" As 1t
Likes.
GIVES SON A BAD NAME

The preliminary hearing in the case of
the state against Phillip Sanchagrin,
charged with perjury in connection with
the sending Of a 500 finger ring to one
Edith Fuller of Lewistown. Mont, on
the gath of December, was commenced in
Justice Nichols court this afternoon.
The state was represented by Cornelius
F. Kelly and the defendant by Attorneys
George NJ. Bourquin, the attorney, was
the first witness for the state. He
stated that he remembered the civil ac-
ton tried IN Justice Harrington's court
in which the question of the ownership
Of the ring had been brought, up. He
had heard S~anchagrin testify that he
had received from Edith Fuller on De-
cember II, 1895, a registered letter con-
tanning $1oO. The title Of that action,
he said, was Edith Fuller VS.. the North
ern Pacific Express company, but the
name Of S. NJ. Nixon had been substitute
ed for that of the express company, as
Nixon maintained that the ring belong
ed to Sanchagrin and not Edith Fuller.
Thomas j. Florin, the assistant post
master, testified that a complete record
of all registered matter passing through
the postoffice was kept. TIL only record
he a of any letter having been received
by sanchagrin from Lewistown was one
on January 8. On cross-eXaminatiOn
Mr.. Florin was asked if any special de-
livery letter had been delivered to San
chagrin during November or December.
He answered in the Affirmative, saying
that on December 20, one had been de-
livered to the defendant at 1:25 O'Clock
in the afternoon. He explained the diff
ference between a registered letter and
a special delivery letter. Two of the
latter brand, he thought, had been turn
AS to registered letters only the one
had been delivered to the defendant dur
ing December.
Samuel M. Nixon. the complaining wit
ness, testified that he was the defendant
in the action tried in Justice Harring-
toms court on the 29th of December. The
suit, he said, had been brought by Edith
Fuller to determine the ownership of a
, diamond ring. He a heard Sancha-
grin testify that he had received from
registered letter containing 500 with
which to buy the ring and on the 18th
he had made the purchase.
Cross-examined, Mr.. Nixon said he had
against S%anchagrin during the last few
months. Sanchagrin had never been in
his employ, but had been in the employ
of others with whom he, witness, a
heen associated. He had Sanchagrin
arrested for both petit and grand lar
ceny.
Attorney Carroll asked some questions
! concerning the connection the defendant
and the witness had with the Silver City
Mercantile company, his object being to
disclose alleged animus back OF the pros
ecution but Mr.. Kelly objected to them
ON the ground that the Silver City Mer-
camille ~company's business had nothing
whatever to do with the crime alleged to
have been committed in Justice Harring-
toms court.
Mr.. Carroll explained why he desired
to know the relations that existed be-
tween the Silver City company n the
defendant and prosecuting witness, but
the court would not permit bankruptcy
proceedings ITO enter into the composition
of the perjury charge.
M. Schneider. a jeweler at 329 East
Park street. testified that ON the 18th of
December he had SOLD Sanchagrin a dia-
mond ring.
This finished the case for the state and
the defendants counsel moved for a, dis
missal of the case on the alleged ground
that no testimony had been submitted
to warrant the binding over of the de-
ferdant. The motion was argued at CON-
siderable length, the larger part of the
afternoon being taken up with it. but at
the conclusion the Judge overruled it.
Justice Harrington then gave testi-
| mony for the defense.
The case was mot finished in time for
the Inter Mountain.
The defendant is evidently in bad odor
with his own father, Anton Sancha grin,
a merchant Of Hancock. Mich, for today
Justice Nichols received from the old
gentleman a letter in which the father
gave the court the privilege of making it
Just as hot for the young man as he de-
sired. The letter is as follows:
Hancock, Mich, March 1. 1900.
II got hold Of an Anaconda paper and
read in 1t thai Philip Sanchagrin is in
trouble about a ring and that a woman
has her hand in the case. SO now I no.
tify you that he has a wife and two chill
dren in Hancock with his father, Anton
Sanchagrin, and he don't care anything
about them. He has been gone now two
years and he never did any better when
he was with his father, but robbed him
all he could; so I thought I would drop
you these few ines so you can make it
as hot for him as you like. Yours truly,
"ANTON SANCHAGRIN."