The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-05-09


on the charge of assault with intent
to kill Cyrus Venting is in progress
before Judge FRASER this afternoon.
The defendant is a one-armed mar
and like the complainant a sheep
herder. Kemble's head shows ample
proof of the vicfousness Of the beat.
ing given him by Venting after he
had knocked the latter down. While
the testimony may tend to show the
opposite, the belief Of the officers who
investigated the matter, expressed by
them before the hearing, seems to
be that the case is not as serious as
was made to appear by Venting yes
terday at the time he made his com
plant.
James Hodek, arrested Sunday af-
ternoon by Deputy Sheriff Robbins,
was examined as to his sanity yester-
day afternoon before a commission
composed of Chairman Parker of the
county commissioners and Drs. Lind
say and Armstrong. He was found to
be suffering from delusions and hal
l%ucinations. One of the tricks played
him by his disordered mind was that
he was %associating with representa-
tives of the different royal families of
Europe and among those working
with him on the section were King
Wilhelm, Emperor Franz Josef and
Prince Henry, not to mention others
committed to the asylum.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Thomas Cruise and F. ]. LANCE of
Helena are registered at the Grand.
G.. B. Tabor, county surveyor of
Rosebud county, is a visitor in the
city today.
Ten carloads of Allen cattle were
forwarded to-day to Sentinel Butte, N.
D., for feeding.
A marriage license was granted last
evening to John Emerson and Estella
Calvert, both of Bridger.
AFRO Battles has sold to Lydia A.
Battles lots 6, Z and 8, block 1876, Bill
ings TOWNSHIP; consideration 81. y
Indian Agent Clifford of the Lame
Deer agency accompanied by George
Walters, a trader on the reservation,
returned to their home this morning.
The fixtures for the vault of The
city clerks Office have arrived and
pending completion of the new city
hall are temporarily stored in Mr..
Matheson's present quarters.
The team that defeated the Boze.
man champions has signified it's &C.
ceptance Of the challenge of the Big
Five and is prepared to meet them on
any date they may nominate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Spear left
this morning for Hunters Springs to
remain a week or ten days. Mrs
Spear has been afflicted with rheu'
matism for several days past. "
P. R. Sullivan, formerly night fore.
man of The Gazette composing rooms
is now at Butte, at which place he
arrived a few days ago from Cali
fornia, where he spent the winter.</
Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Moss returned
this morning from an extended visit
to the east, during which they select
ed the furniture and decorations for
their new home in the West Side addi-
ton.
By a deed filed for record with the
county clerk and recorder today Fred
J. Mashaw and wife convey to Fred
Inabit a parcel of land, described by
meets and bounds, in township 1,
south, range 26. east. The considera.
ton named is ST. ~
J. F. Lechner VINO has been in Cuba
fer the past three years or more, has
returned to the city to make the &C.
e-2intance of his family. Mr.. Lech-
me- has had enough of the south and
processes to remain in eastern Mon
tana, where he has been a resident
for a ~uarter of a century.
Referee Firth has issued notices of
the final meeting of the creditors Of
Buck Bros, bankrupts, which will he
held at his office May 16. The trustee
has made his last report, which shows
that after the costs and a couple Of
priority claims have been paid moth
ing will remain for the creditors.
They will, however, get their filing
fee, 81, back.
The charge of assault in the first de-
gree, on which the defendant was ex-
amined before Judge Fraser yesterday
afternoon, has been dismissed against
Kimble, the sheepherder accused of
attempting to kill Cyrus Venting.