The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-07-22
the following statement regarding the

the following statement regarding the
crime he committed:
Il am 25 years Of age. / formerly
worked at the concentrators Of the
Amalgamated company. worked
there until June 18, 1902, when l was
injured. I often spoke to Mr.. Evans
about trying an improved rack had.
He gave me no satisfaction. He said
he would discharge me if l persisted
in talking about it, and he would not
give it trial.
"On June 19, 1902, I went to the
works to see Mr.. Evans. l thought
he was going away because Mr.. Kle-
petko was, and | wanted to see him
about my patent rack. accosted him
at the works and saiu: How do you
do? He replied with grunt or an
exclamation. He was about 10 feet
away from me. said: I suppose,
Mr.. Evans, that you are now salts
fed that you have got this machinery
built, but you will not give me
chance at ALL
"He replied, We are running this
place.
Il said that I was a resident of Ana
conda and offered my improvement,
which was the only one from here.
"He replied that what I thought
was an improvement others might not
think was an improvement
Il said there was no doubt about
my improvement, as it was not ma
chine, but simple device and could
be easily judged and that II ii was
not tried in Anaconda it could not
| be tried anywhere else.
Il also said, You have not an i'm
provement in the concentrator. The
old works are better than the new.
] offered you the only improvement
that you could find
'fHe turned and said in a clustering
manner, We are running this place.
We are satisfied
"He said. "Have you a brother?'
| 6l"1 replied, Yes, one, and one only
"He said, "Umph! and looked at
| me as much as to say, If you don't
stop bothering me he would
Il shot him as he turned away. He
| fell. shot at him again. Then l ran
| toward town to surrender. bought
my gun at a pawn shop on Main
street for $4.75. had it week
bought it to shoot on the hill. He was
about eight feet east of me. was
further away the last shot. make
this statement of my own accord, and
| without promise of immunity from
! punishment, or threats of any kind.
.tJOHN M'GEARY."
"Dated July 10, 1902"
''In the presence of John Conley,
sheriff, and D. H. Morgan, under sher-
| iff''
At o'clock in the afternoon, Mr..
Evans revived sufficiently to make
the following statement, which was
taken by County Attorney ]. H. Duffy:
l.,
that cannot live and having no hope
of living, hereby declare that John
McGeary, told me this morning that
the concentrator was no good and
wished to know why I did not adopt
his improvement l told him to go to
the superintendent of the concentration
and any arrangements that were made
would be satisfactory. l turned away
and went toward the office. when he
fired the first shot and as | lay on
the ground he shot me again. / drop
ped when the first shot was fired.
cannot say where. I hal no weapon
with me.
(signed) ..W. ]. EVANS.
I'm the presence of ]. H. Duffy, J. A.
McMillen, and J. R. Mcintosh"
The cowardly shooting of Mr.
Evans has caused profound excite
ment in and about the city. Had Nc
Geary not been located in the county
Jail so quickly there is no doubt but
that he would have been lynched be-
fore he reached there or could have
placed himself in the protection of
the officers. AS it is, there is for the
first time in the history of the jail a
guard ON duty at that place.
FENCE TROuRL AGAIN