Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-05
STORY
SAYS THAT BUTTERY WAS THE
AGGRESSOR
FIRED TO SCARE HIM AWAY.
Martin Broke the Quarantine-Mar-
ried for the Second Time
This Winter.
FIRED TO SCARE HIM AWAY,
Livingston. Feb. ), 1901

Guy Pollock, the youth who IS charged
with having taken four shots at Frank
Huttery at Trail Creek last Saturday
morning, was arrested late Satu:1a
Eight by Policeman Louis laEseh.
Under Sheriff woodlands ami Deputy
Mcdonald returned Sunday from Chest
nut, having seen no trace OF the alleged
criminal. 1t appears that after The shoot
ing occurred, Pollock walked across the
hills from Trail Creek to the ranch OF
his ather near COkedale. secured horse
and came to- this city. He was seen by
Joseph Stanley, who recognized him and
told Officer Hause,i of his presence IN
The city, The officer Immediately went
to the Merchants hotel and round the
youth and placed him under arrest. he
offered no resistance. but expressed sur
prise at his detention. He claimed that
he had come to Livingston for the pur-
pose of swearing out warrant for the
aarrest of Buttery, his accuser. Pollock
Vas lodged in Jail.
Sunday morning he was seen by an
Inter Mountain reporter and asked II ne
was guilty of the crime charged against
him. He replied very warmly that he
was not. He says that Buttery was the
aSSreSSOi IN the trouble. dIlI luit llS Niet
not fire at him, but shot his Winchester
! of. merely to scare Buttery into leaN-
irg his cabin, into which. Pollock claims,
Buttery was trying to force an entrance.
! The story of the shooting, as told by
young Pollock, would seem to throw all
| the blame for the affair onto Buttery.
| According to the accused. Buttery and
! himself had had some trade dealings.
| and Pollock owed Buttery $40. The night
before the shooting Pollock paid the
store1eeper SAL. and promised to pay the
balance as soon as he was able. The
/ next day the young man went to his
cabin to secure his patching outfit. in
| tending to store it in the cabin of his
father. as he was going to leave the
place. Buttery. Pollock claims, loaded
| the outfit into his wagon and started to
! drive away with to the cabin of Pollock s
! father. When about half way there
| Buttery whipped out a gun and made
Pollock return the outfit to the formers
store. At the store it is claimed by Pol
lcck, that Buttery threatened his life
il he did not pay him the balance of what
he owed him. Pollock left the store and
went to his cabin. He locked the door
and started away. Buttery came to the
cabin shortly afterward and tried to
break in. Pollock yelled at him to get
away. but Buttery told him to go to
| Hades: that he was going to break in
and get his, Pollock's, trunk.
Then Pollock fired four shots. none of
which, he claims. were directed at But
terry. The latter finally desisted and left
the place. Pollock left for Livingston
to have Buttery arrested.
Buttery claims that he offered no vio-
lerce to young Pollock, and also claims
that the patching outfit belonged to him
and that he did not propose to have Pol
lock take it away to Aldridge without
! pa ying for it. One of the horses of But
tery's team was shot through the nose,
but not killed. as first reported.
| Young Pollock was arraigned before
Judge Bender's court this morning.
pleaded not guilty and his preliminary
examination set for Thursday morning
al 10 O'Clock. He has retained Attorney
John r. Smith to defend him. His bail
was fixed at $500, which he has as yet
failed to produce. No warrant has been
issued for Buttery. and none will be is
sued unless it appears at the preliminary
Thursday that there is sufficient grounds
to justify such action. Assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill is the
crime with which Pollock is charged.
The officers of the county board OF
health are warm in the collar today. AL
this comes from the alleged unwarranted
Interference in the affairs of the board
by DR.. S. Il. Leard. who is the president
of the city board. AS statd in Saturdays
Inter Mountain, the Park restaurant is
III der strict quarantine. by order of DR.
Pampel, president of the county board
Friday night j. j. Martin, an engineer