Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-07
CALF KILLERS TRIAL.
Interesting Story of How to Get Cheap
Veal.

Special to Inter Mountain.
Helena, Feb. TN court this morning,
the most interesting feature of the
trial of A. J. Kelly for stealing calves
on the Missouri river came up this
morning when George Handschu. the
alleged accomp.ice, testified. he said
hei was fOundryman at Great Falls
when he first met Kelly, who was de-
lWering milk. He went to the bar Oh
1ha Missouri river. near kelly's ranch,
st summer to help man test ma
chime he had invented for placer min
ing. The machine had broken down
last July, and he came to Helena to
get some repairs made. While driving
back he overlook Kelly, who was haul
ing some calves. Kelly said he was
taking them to Helena to sell, and
Handschu, at his request, sold them for
him. Then he got sick at the mine
and went to Kelly's ranch to recuper-
ate. He grew worse, and was brought
BY Kelly to the hospital in Helena, and
was there two and half months with
typhoid pneumonia. When he recov-
cred, Kelly drove him down the river
with his trunk to get the. things he
had left at Kellys place. Kelly said
he wanted him to sell three or four
more calves for him. Kelly was with
him when he sold one calf at the Gran
don, and was in the wagon at two
other places.
They drove down the river to Il cabin
near Beartooth mountain. and Kelly
pointed out the place where the calves
We're, this side of Hlger's. They turn
ed off to the right of Hilger's. made
camp and started fire in an isolated
place surrounded by high mountain
walls. Kelly took his rife. saddled a
horse and rode away over the hills.
After about an hour Kelly returned
chasing a red roam COW and calf. He
shot the calf in front of the camp. and
they dressed It. Kelly went out again
and returned, dragging two o:her
calves. which they also dressed and PIT
in the wagon.
Kelly turned loose the team they had
driven, caught mule and horse off
the range. and harnessed them to the
wagon They arrived in town that
might and delivered the calves next
morning. They went to the Gram
don, where Peterson objected to
the size of the calf and would not pay
seven cents pound. Kelly agreed to
accept six cents. Peterson gave
the money at the office. Then he de-
fVered another calf at Tuohys, for
which Handschu collected ST. and IL
third at Erickson's. where the price paid
was about $14. They had breakfast and
dinner at .Ericksons he to take the
price sof the meals out of the price of
the calf. Then he sat at the table with
Kelly took out the money and gave it
To Kelly. who gave him SIS.
After breakfast they went to Charles
b. Mosiers. where he introduced Kelly
Later he went home to Great Falls,
where he was arrested He sent for
Kelly. but he did not come. After they
were in Jail together at Helena. Kelly
wanted him to fix things so they would
tell the same story, but he said it would
not do for him to lie. Kelly wanted
him to change lawyers and offered to
pay for a lawyer for him. He refused
this About January Q Kelly asked him
if he would rather get out of Jail and
offered to give him tools to break Jail
with. He also said he would not go
cutI empty and offered him $3.50 to have
horse ready on outside