Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-28
THE INQUEST
BEING HELD
THE AFFRAY IN THE BOULEVARD
ADDITION rs BEING IN
VESTIGATED.
MILLER HAS BEEN
PLACED UNDER ARREST
Latter Was Not Able to Throw ANY
Light on the Tragedy-Traley Has
Net Yet Been Captured.

John Miller. the proprietor of the sa-
loon in the Boulevard addition where
Frank Gram or Graman was killed yes
terdav morning. was placed under ar
rest last night, as was also his lo-year-
old daughter. Mary.
They were intervie we'd to-day by Coun-
ty Attorney Breen and his deputy, Alex
ander Mackel, but the story told by
them still further mikes up the matter.
An inquest is being held this afternoon
over the remains OF Graman and 1t Is
expected that something further Will De
learned
Miller, in his talk to the county at
torney to-day, said that Graman and
Frank Fraley entered the front door
with the intention of causing trouble
and he drove them out. The two men
went to the south door leading into the
dancing hall, which adjoins the saloon
and broke it in. Valentine Christ, whose
name yesterday was given as Christ
Nalient, was standing near the door when
it was broken open and Graman, With
out word stabbed him in the abdo-
men. Graman then fell down without
apparent cause and Miller Went and got
some water and put it on Graman's neck
to revive him as he appeared to be in
4 faint. When Graman came to he act
ed strangely and Fraley look up stick
of wood and struck Graman on the arm
for the purpose of making him drop the
knife he was holding. After being struck
several times Graman dropped the knife
and it was picked up by Miller, who
went through the kitchen and into the
sleeping room and threw the knife under
the bed. Miller told the county attorney
that when he came back Graman was
lying on the floor near the southwest
corner Of the dancing r. ON and was dead.
How he met death was unknown to Mil
Ter. Miller then called in the services
of DR.. Schwartz and Fraley helped the
doctor while he was dressing Christ's
wounds. FREELY then left and it was the
last Miller saw OF him.
A vigorous effort was made by the
county attorney to force Miller to tell
where Fraley was hiding but he protested
that he did not know.
Mary Miller was closely questioned,
but she denied all knowledge of the at
fair, saying that she was asleep when
it occurred and when she went out into
the dance hall Graman was lying dead
on the floor. She was given her liber-
ty. but Miller was held pending further
mve .tigation.
county attorney and his assistants have
come to the conclusion that the killing
of Graman was unwarranted: that the
only persons who We're in the room at
the moment of the killing were Graman,
Christ and Fraley and chat Graman was
killed after the knife had been taken
away from him.
Christ, who was stabbed in the abdo-
men, was taken to St. Paul's hospital,
And at a late hour this afternoon there
Eas no change in his condition. He has
been previously wounded and whether he
will recover or not is question that time
alone can answer. He has not yet been
interviewed by the county attorney but
that official expects to make a trip to
the hospital during the evening.
The house in which the murder was
committed lies about $50 yards directly
south of the Colorado smelter and two
blocks west of the street car line on
South Montana street. 1t is long single
story building containing the saloon in
front: the dancing hall opening from the
saloon and the kitchen and bedroom in
the rear. The building is pinkish red
in color and the front contains a vesti-
bule running the entire width of the
building. The neighborhood is made ur
I'll SIlldil houses Wnicn are occupied
chiefly by workers in the smelter and
their families.
The sheriff and his deputies have beer
searching all over the country for Fra.
ley, the man who is alleged to have de.
livered the blow that ended Graman'.
life, but so far have not found the frs
trace of him. The fact that he is il
hiding leads the officers to believe tina
he is the right man and that the stor,
told by Miller is deficient in many of it
details. Fraley is we'll known and it il
only matter of time when he will b.
in the custody of the officials 1t il
known that there We're other witnesse
in the saloon but none of them hay,
volunteered to testify. 1t is possible tina