The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-05-03
TO SUE THE CITY
JOHN MULLIGAN WANTS DAM
AGES FOR HIS ARREST.
CLAIMS He WAS PROSECUTED
Man Acquitted of Counterfeiting Says
Chief Lavell Laughs at Charges OF
Corruption Against Him-John
Weber to Be Released.

John Mulligan. arrested on suspicion of
being counterfeiter and acquitted yes
terqay in the Federal court. called at the
city prison this morning and held whis-
peied conversation through the bars with
Old John Weber. At the conclusion of
the conversation, Mull:gan declared that
he had consulted local attorney and in
tended to sue the city for damages claim
ing he had been falsely imprisoned.
+. Il have lived here for twenty years." he
declared, and am well known. A year
ago last January l went to Dawson and
Nome, leaving my trunk, which had been
fastened with a rope, in the basement of
the sherlff'S Office When l returned 1
had the trunk taken to room 30, Curtis
block. Some copper and brass retorr,
which had been ierl with me by George
White, was in the trunk. When | took
the rope off the trunk l placed it inside.
When l was arrested the officers declar-
ed this rope had been kept in the room
so | could escape out the window if an
attempt was made to arrest me. The
copper and brass retort was declared to
be counterfeiting material.
when l returned here in October last
went to work as a deputy for Sheriff
Reagan. l had Colts revolver. which |
left with Deputy Sheriff Denny O'Neill
when I departed for Alaska and when
returned l got it and put it in my room.
| This was referred to as a revolver to be
used in hold-ups. l had so little use for
the weapon that l didn't even care to
| take it to Alaska.
| Il have been held as witness under a
| $500 bond. My bondsmen will qualify this
afternoon. I am going to sue the city
f,rIy Il, ~,
| injury done me by the arrest and inn
| prisonment, and by the statements made
in the Standard. That paper has prom
| ised to inform me who gave those state
ments to their reporter and when ]
| learn I shall also sue the responsible per-
| SON"
| Chief Of Police Lavell laughs at the
| published charge made against him by
! Null gan, to the effect that he had a reg
| iStgation Office in King 4 Lawry's saloor
during the Mccarthy campaign, two
years ago, or the statement that he anG
Detective Murphy are prosecuting Null
| lSan instead of prosecuting him.
Had | been able to reeister 125 mer
| there said the chief. 81 would be re.
| salded as a potent factor in the politlca
world and my stock would be a good dea
| more valuable than it is now. My pres
Iasent must have been pretty worthless o
This information would have been con
Veyed to the public two years ago. TIL
truth is that this man Muligan is escap
ing his just deserts and shows a geo
deal of nerve i'm making such charge
as ainst one who has fed him when he ha
not a SOU
Secret Service Agent Bell and Chic
Lavell had conference this morning. a
the result of which it decided to re
lease old John Weber this evening. 1t
said that a conviction will be impossibl
in view of the slender evidence agains
the man. The efforts Of the authorize
viii be directed entirely toward provin
William Dougherty, guilty of passin
counterfeit money Witness Price stat
! ed yesterday before United States coon
missioner Wood that he had seen Dough
erty pass three spurious coins. The pc
lice claim they are in possession of add
tional evidence against Dousherty.