Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-15
PlCkP0CKET HAD LITTLE TO
OFFER IN DEFENSE.
OTHER TRIALS ARE GOING ON
BIRD SHOOTER FINED-A NEW
PRESIDENT FOR WESLEYAN
UNIVERSITY.
Special to Inter Mountain.


Helena. Feb. 15-rhe Jury in the case
OF w. NJ. Foster, the first of the gang of
pickpockets, this morning brought in a
verdict of guilty, and the court deferred
sentence until the trial of the others is
concluded. The jury agreed at S:45 last
night, but the judge could not be found,
and therefore the jury was locked up for
the night
The trial of Frank Wilson, second of
the gang, was proceeded with this morn
ing. the principal witness being former
State Treasurer r. f. Collins, who re-
lated how he had lost a purse containing
a five dollar Canadian bill the night of
the Roosevelt parade. He was jostlei in
front of the Auditorium by Il man who,
he was under the impression, was Foster
Soon afterwards ne missed the purse
He identified the bill found on Wilson as
the one stolen. He recognized it by the
frayed edges as one he had received in
Lethbrldge, B. c., some time before.
Sergeant William II. McGrath, Sheriff
Thomas Boyle and Jailer Jerry Murphy
of Butte all testified to the search of
Wilson at Butte, and identified the prop
erty found on him, all of which was put
| i'll evidence. This, included the five dollar
bill. which Murphy testified was taken
from Wilson, and which Collins positive
ly identified. The trial will probably be
concluded today
The first prosecution for violation of
! the state game law at the instigation of
the state fish and game protective as
sociation resulted last night in John
Walker, salesman for the Helena Pro-
vision company, being fined so for sell
ing prairie chickens. ID. @. jackson tes-
titled to buying the birds. and John
Barta, an old hunter testified that such
birds had been gilled Montana. The
defense was that the birds We're shipped
III from Minnesota, but the state then
sprung the Lacey act which makes it a
federal offense to ship game from one
state to another in viola ion of the law
OF the state into which it is shipped
Officers of the fish and game associa ton
say such violations of law have been
common since the county commissioners
displaced the county game warden. Feb
ruary |.
A hoist and boiler capable of sinking
500 feat have been shipped by Senator
Clark's syndicate to tho Kenwcnd mlna
recently bonded by them. They will
straishten and continue The presanl
shaft.
Bishop John 3. Brnndel of the Cath
olic church, returned last night from the
east, where he has been addressing con-
sregations at churches in New York,
Philadelphia and Boston to raise funds
for schools on the Indian reservations in
Montana. He preached in % churches in
Philadelphia, "a in New York and Id in
Boston, and raised about ten thousand
dollars, enough to educate one thousand
lndlans he has been away four months
and says there is nc country like Mon
tana, and Is glad to get back
The Bald Butte mine has declared =
dividend of six coats for the month of
January. This makes a total dividend.
paid 1852 las.
The famous ranch of w. G. Child was
sod to the highest bidder AT The court
house by j. L. Sanders at noon yes1er-
day The starting price was $4,000, the
highest former bid. The only bidders
were r. NJ. Cobban, of Mssoula, and
Reynolds Prosser, son-in-law of Child
and Prosser bought the ranch for $1,000
subject to confirmat ton by the court
This is equal to about 500 an acre, ana
IS about one-sixth of Childs investment
The board of trustees of the Montana
Wesleyan university last night elected
Rev. George d. King as acting president
to succeed the late DR.. Van Scoy: Rev.
Ni'cl 81 - totuli KEY. -. II. Nickel,
trustees to succeed Van Scoy and Rev.
S. B. Tabor, resigned: and Rev l.. NJ
Nickel, treasurer to succeed T. r.. Col
Inns who has resigned on account of in
tended absence from the state
The supreme court this morning heard
the argument on the application of the
State Savings Bank of Butte for a writ
of manlamus to compel State Treasurer
Barret to pay interest on warrants is
sued against the school of mines build
ing fund. Demurrer was filed by at
torney General Donovan on behalf of
Barret.
Judge Clancy made response and filed
a supple mental return on th. appeal of
the Boston & Montana. in which the SUI
preme court was asked to compel him to
hear evidence on the application for an
injunction against Receiver Wilson of
the Minnie Heaiey mine.
The contest of Hugh Whitcrafts will
by Ed Whitcraft and others has been
settled amieabil and the appeal from
the order of proNE,te made by the district
court of Deer Lodge was dismissed this
morning by stipulation.
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