The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-11

DeQ Wn0n she HTeu Iuo SuOlS anu ulQ
not get up until after she had een him
fall. She could not remember how
NAM shots she had fired, but believed
she shot twice. After her husband
was down she had arisen and left the
room, going to the head of the stairs
and calling Mrs. Page.
She was asked many questions by
the county attorney and jurors and
answered them, as well as she could
for one in her frame of mind, in a
straightforward and frank manner.
In answer to Mr.. Hathhorn's question
as to whether her husband had made
any effort to take the revolver away
from her, she said he did not; that he
had advanced toward her, cursing
and abusing her, all the while shaking.
his fist at her. She had fired because
| she believed her life in danger rand
that her husband intended to kill her.
She also said, in reply to questions
on that point, that she had taken the
revolver from Mrs. Pages room, last
Monday, and kept it in her trunk I'M
til Monday evening, when she had
put it in her bed, after her husbands
return home and his abuse of her.
About noon of last Monday she told
Chilcot that she had taken the re-
volver.
The remainder of her testimony was
largely a repetition of that already
given and was brought out in answer
to questions put to her by members Of
the jury and the county attorney. She
repeated that she had shot Circuit be-
cause she believed he intended to kill
her, a belief founded upon the many
threats of personal violence made
against her by him at different times.
In addition to having threatened her
with death he had also threatened
to throw acid in her face.
Being asked as to where the AK had
been kept, she replied in the closet
attached to the kitchen, the room
her husband entered when he came
back upstairs after having locked the
front door. She said she had told
Mrs. Page. Mr.. Chilcot and Mrs. AL
ford of the threats her husband had
made against her. Mr.. Chilcot had
volunteered to go for an officer on
one occasion. but she had requested
him not to do so, as she did not want
| people to know that she and her hus-
so short a time after their marriage
Mrs. Circuit said that before she
married Circuit she had been employed
at the Rademaker and Driscoll and
had also worked for Mrs. Afford, off
| and on, as her services were needed.
What Circuit Said.
After Mrs. Circuit was excused a
recess was taken and the inquiry re,
| sumed with D. w. Dedrich the next
and last witness. His testimony was
corroborative of that given by Mrs
Circuit in regard to threats made by
her husband. Mr.. Dedrich said that
last Wednesday Circuit had approach
ed him and told him he vas having
trouble at home; that his wife wanted
to go to Kansas City and that he
would better let her go, for if she re
manned he was afraid he would dc
something that would send him tC
the pen or put a rope around his neck
Mr.. Dedrich advised, him not to dc
anything of that kind. Circuit Their
asked him if he would let him have
some money, Circuit having worked fol
the witness. Nh. Dedrich asked hin
how much he wanted after telling hin
he would let him have the money
and Circuit replied he wanted $35, this
after the witness had asked him i
$50 would be enough, as his wife hat
a few dollars. The two then went tt
the depot and asked the price Of {
ticket to Kansas City, when Mr.
Dedrich gave Circuit the money ant
they separated, Circuit saying he wa:
going home.
In the evening, after supper, witness
said Mrs. Circuit called at his hous'
and asked him if he had given an.
money to her husband, as he had com
home drunk. Witness told her h
had and she told him her husband
had refused to eat supper and wa
ugly and abusive to her. After maxim,
this statement Mrs. Circuit left AM
witness supposed she returned to he
home.
The fact that Circuit called on MI
Dedrich for money to send his wifi
away makes it evident that he enter
tanned such a notion, but before h
, could get home he spent most Of tn
money, as only SO was found on hi
, person after he had been shot. Whcr
r the money went is also r~easOnahl