The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-19
RED cow CASE uP|
TRIAL OF MOFFATT AND M'DUN
AID FOR GRAND LARCENY.
FATE OF MRS. MlCHAND'S COW
Defendants Accused Of Stealing and
Pa!cher!ng the Animal, Which Was
p, Worth $75-Tracing the Hide
and Meat.

A RCD cows hide, a Frenchman and two
hrt"f,ers took principal parts in grand
larceny trial in Judge McClernan's court
today.
!e defendants at the trial were George
d. Mcdonald art. John Moffatt, the
bGtc....H, c.l the i1I.nchman, Ludger
Mlr.%.9i, vas the complaining witness.
The red COW was tha cause of the trouble.
Iot'ett and Mcdonald are accused of
stealing AID Strengthening the red COW
and selling the meat to a North Main
street Butcher named Il. j. Mccarthy,
and i!.e Eide &c an East Park street junk
mar r,'he'i Michael Col don.
Tive crV G!sc .,peared en- November H.
and !hai j. t,,' date of the alleged crime.
The Mic'.arss live near the race track.
and the defendants have dairy and
slaughter fouse near the Reception road
use.
Michand on the Stand.
Mirha::a took tie -tau;: and said he
ore owned a red :o:.
What was it's va;ue?" Assistant At
:Grney MacKcl asked.
1T was worth. $i5," M!chand replied.
." be, did you last see it,"
4 Sd. j. IN ;he m,rr;rg.''
"W,'.t :;sv:'
Nc:.;nJ:r.
a rec ;:n,.'.: Lille ha.. been brought in
and hung on court room chair, and Mi
chant looked at it.
lis that your cows ,hide?" he was
asked.
les" ~ replied
The. IL. was c."ss examined, an1 he
said that Ia had ceer the red cows hide
before
"Where?" asked slr. Kirk, the defend
ants counsel.
AT home" said Mchard.
FLOW do you know :,is is your cows
hi!e:"
: i:y .he brand - D." and the color"
p;I ycu eve; see another rcd cow?"
"Iec."
Did you ever see one branded "A D.
beforc?"
'No." said the witness.
y ic', and then testified that he bought
the COW six ye:rs nEo, when she was
yeas Old, from Ed. .oii.ow, who bought
her from his fa.:Hr ill~law, A. Dubois,
who, had branded her with his initials.
He also testified that Dubois had two or
three cows, all branded with the same
III: and.
.:'her did you las. see this hide?' he
was askel.
y saw t.,at hide that time before the
COW was dead he said.
Mccarthy testified that lie bought meat
from Moffatt and Mcdonald, but he could
rot rememhe, if he had bought meat
frs,r them cr November H.. e. .s.fg
AIRS. Niichand said t!,l. her COW disap-
,'e ara;, o., the !l:h, ana ,ha, ssic next saw
ii at the courthouse on the 18TH.
Is taat he hide OF your cOw?' she
VS. asi.s !, with reference to that in
court.
+ Yes, SIR" she replied.
Size Also knew the hide by the brand
and color.
no va h:cv there the defendants
place q BUSINESS i-?'' size was asked.
Il d;dr'! know till they stole the cow"
she replied. This answer was stricken
out. t. ....=
Identifies the Hide.
Miss Mic5.,.,. dsls!lter of Michand,
positively Identified the hide in the court
as belonging t.; her mothers red COW.
She said she kreav there were other red
COWS. but she knew of none just like
that.
Is that the hide of your cow" she was
asked.
Yes. sir. il is" she replied.
Nike God m the Junk man, testified
thst ca i,CISht hide from Mcdonald,
Nv no gave min, the name of Moffatt, on
November IS, and that the sheriff came
and took that hide, which was marked
IA a.
lie bought two bidas that day, one from
hic Donald and one from Morgan, an In
1ian He could not say tri4t the hide
the sheriff took was the one in court,
thou3h it was marked the same.
He paid Mcdonald $2.85 for the red
his hide he said.
he a..a The sheriff got the hide that was
ir court ut Gordor's place Of business,
and that 1t was now in the same condi-
ton as when he got it excepting that it
was now dry. while it was green then.
Sheriff Furey Appears.
Sheriff Turey corroborated Fitzsim-
mons, and he testified that there is a
slaughter pen ct the place Of husiress of
the defendants on the fiat near the Re-
ceptior house.
He testified that he visited the place
of business with search warrant for the
red cow on the 18th instant, and that
there was freshly killed beef on the place
then, or what looked freshly killed to
him.
The hide sold 10 Gordon by Mcdonald
on the 18th was green. from newly
killed COW, vet Sheriff Furey testified
that Mcdonald told him that he and Mof-
fatt had not killed any cattle for 10 days.