The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-18
PATRICK HAYES, SLAYER VIM.
McCA1NE, KEEPS SILL 49,.
IDENTITY FULLY ESTABLISHED
Prisoner Visited in His Cell at the
County Jail-Stares But Makes
No Answer to Cues
tions.

IdLIlck Hayes, accused OIL nluTueilllS
William J. McCaine last Saturday night
at the Parker lodging house, East Gag
non street, and who was arrested last
night. was this morning asked If he
wished to make any statement for pub
lication in regard to the killing of Nc
Caine.
No answer to the request could be Sc
cured from him, and his manner indi-
Gated that he had no intention Of talk
ing.
The questions asked him We're put
while he was lying in his bunk in the
cell he occupies at the county jail, and
although the questions We're repeated in
several forms, all that could be got from
him was fixed stare.
He acted as if he was pretending
not to understand what was said to
him. and his conduct is taken by the
sheriff's officers to indicate sullen trick
mess.
Since the incarceration of Hayes at
the county Jail at o'clock this morning
he has maintained strict silence as to
his identity.
For this reason the sheriff's Office to-
day took steps to prove his identity to its
satisfaction by the evidence of others.
This was done in thorough man
HeT, anu lHcTc is ITO uOuDl luul lNO Ildl
in cell six in the county Jail is Patrick
Hayes.
Prisoner Positively Identified.
Among others, Burt Marsh positively
identified Hayes In his cell this morning
Marsh had Hayes for client on the
day the latter is believed to have mur-
dered McCaine.
That was only last Saturday and
Hayes face was fresh in Marsh's men,
Dry. Marsh was employed to defend
Hayes for assaulting Anderson, the man
he first had trouble with at the Parker
house.
Marsh, Sheriff Furey, Undersheriff
McGuigan and an Inter Mountain rep
resentative saw Hayes in his cell this
morning.
Hayes was on his cot, wrapped in his
tending to be, when the party came to
his cell door and spoke to him.
After several calls he opened his eyes
and stared at his visitors The cell was
dark and match was lighted, and Mr.
Marsh looked at the occupant.
A glance was sufficient to satisfy
Marsh that the man in the nest of
blankets was Hayes, and he said SO in
stantly.
The accused man is badly surburned
and the skin of his face and lips looked
cracked and blistered.
While he was being questioned. he lay
and stared unblinkingly at his inquisit-
ors; his mouth gaped and there was
something in his appearance suggesting
insanity.
May Plead Insanity.
His actions since his arrest have sug
gested that insanity will be the de-
fense made by him. The refusal to
speak and the look of stupidity are re-
garded as being designed to support
that defense.
However, nobody believes that there
is anything the matter with Hayes
mind, or that he is not entirely respon-
sibe for his actions
The man is about 30 years old, and he
is not very large. He has ii pinched
forehead and extraordinarily large ears,
which stick out from his head.
He has rather a small face, light hair
and pug nose
The sunburned and Redeemed condition
of his face gives him something of the
aspect of sheepherder when coupled
with the tangled state of his hair.
Several other people beside Marsh
have identified Hayes, and last night
when called Hayes" sharply, he an
swcred Sir" A very fiashy silk tie,
scarlet in color and striped with green,
which many people had seen him wear
ing, was found in his coat pocket.
Unless Hayes intends to pretend in
sanity. he will soon admit his Identity
in the face of the statements Of so many
people.