The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-13
W0 MAN vs.. MAN
WHEN IT CAME TO DETECTIVE
WORK THE FORMER WON
HER VICTIM TOOK THE BAIT
Charles L. Barnaman Will Have to
Yield the Palm to Mrs. NJ. A.
Gordon, Who Was Seeking
"Divorce."

| The preliminary hearing in the case
! of the state against Charles l.. Barna-
| man. accused of having perjured himself
| in connection \ the bG"Bordeaux case is
| now in its. ns'last. having been resumed
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
So far the testimony. if it can be re-
lied upon, shows the defendant up in
anything save an enviable light 1t also
shows that c. L. Barnaman. the man de-
tectve, is not as shrewd in his business
as NJ. A. Gordon, the woman detective.
who was employed to offset the work of
the man detective.
When the session opened yesterday
the stenographer who took Barna mans
testimony for Mediation & Cotter at the
trial of the divorce suit i'll the district
court last August read his notes to the
court, after which Mrs. NJ A. Gordon. a
woman detective, who filed an affidavit
in the case in the district court few
days ago under the name of NJ. A. Gard
ner, gave her testimony.
She was followed by Charles o. Pierce
and w. S. Lilenkohl whose direct and
cross-eNamination consumed the bal
ance of the day, including an evening
session which lasted from until 10
o'clock
Full Of Surprises.
The testimony of Mrs. Gordon was full
of surprises. and that of Pierce demon
strated a clear case of misplaced conf
dence interspersed with evidences of
garrulity on the part of Barnaman.
w. F. Spencer. 20 years old, of 500
South Main street, an electricians APP
prentice, was the first witness called
this morning. He said he knew Charles
Barnama by sight: that he had over
heard a conversation between Barna-
man and woman known as Mrs. Co
in which the Bordeaux case was dis
cussed. The conversation, he said, was
held at 215 West Galena street, Novem-
Der 10; that it first began about the
weather and drifted into divorce mat
tiers.
The woman pretended to be seeking
divorce and brought up the question of
procuring witnesses in her behalf, said
Spencer
'She asked Barnaman what his ex-
perienceS as a detective had been in
such Matters said the witness, land
he told her about the Bordeaux case,
saying he had procured witnesses in it.
two women in particular, to one Of
whom he had paid $3.50 and her railroad
fare to Butte.
"The conversation took place in one of
a suite of rooms and there We're two
other persons with me. Mr.. Li,ienkohl
and stenographer."
Witnesses Well Schooled.
Another thing Barnaman told Mrs. G.
was that he had his witnesses well
schooled. Mrs. G. asked him if the
women knew they were parjuring
themselves at the time they gave their
testimony and Barnaman replied that
they did.
who requested you to go to that
placer" asked Attorney Moore.
Dave Meiklejohn. He simply told me
l should go there and overhear a con-
versat ion.''
.How do you know the man was Bar
naman?"
when he entered the apartment Mrs.
G. asked him if he was Mr.. Barnaman
and he replied in the affirmative. When
he was going away we We're called to
the window to see him as he was passing
along Galena street."
Charles 0. Pierce was recalled to iden-
tify Barnaman's alleged signature to a
written statement recently filed with
batch of affidavits in behalf of Mrs.
Bordeaux in the district court The wit
ness said the body of the statement was
not in Barnaman's handwriting. but the
signature was his.
Objection Is Made.
An objection was made to the instru-
ment becoming part of the record on
the ground that it had never been sworn
to before a notary public, but the objec-
ton was overruled.
Attorney Moore then read the instru-
of viii c1
other things, stated that the testimony
of Mrs. Hogarth of Spokane and that of
the colored woman of Bozeman, who
were witnesses in the case, had been
bought.
On cross eXa mination Pierce said he
thought he had seen the handwriting in
the body of the letter; had seen it on let
tiers in his postoffice box.
Pierce was asked by Attorney Thresher
when he worked for A. J. Darch, the BIZ
cycle man. but the question met with
an objection which the justice sustained
with an admoniton to not ask any more
questions along that line, as the witness
had been placed on the stand to tell what
he knew about Barnamans handwriting.
After Pierce was released Mr.. Thresher
crosse examined Spencer. He asked
Spencer if he was son of George H.
Spencer. who gave testimony for the de-
Tense in the divorce suit, and the wit
ness replied yes.
Concerning Bankruptcy.
He then asked the witness if his father
had not taken bankruptcy cases in his
name and drawn the money for them
While he, the witness, was working as
an electricians apprentice. An objec-
ton was made. but before it had been
passed upon the young man answered in
the affirmative.
In relating to the converse ton which
is alleged to have taken place between
Barnaman and Mrs. Gordon, young
Spencer said he had heard Barnaman
say he had paid the Spokane woman
witness $500 for the testimony, she to
nay her own railroad fare, and had given