The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-03-07

It might have been there on the oc-
cosion of his first approach to the
body and he not notice it. Witness
did not heal the shots, as he was
asleep.
The revolver used belonged to him,
the witness said, and Mrs. Orcut had
taken it from his room. He had miss
ed it, but did not know she had it until
Wednesday morning. At that time
he heard Orcut talking in a loud,
sharp manner to his wife and shortly
afterward saw him leave the house
and walk away as though angry. In
a few minutes Mrs. Circuit appeared
and inquired for Mrs. Page, who was
out She seemed badly frightened
and said she was afraid her husband
would kill her or throw acid in her
face. She told the witness she had
the revolver.
In reply to a question by the county
attorney the witness said he had con-
| sidered Mrs. Circuit in danger from
her husband Wednesday morning and
in order to protect her he had remain
ed in the house during the forenoon.
as he believed Orcut would return and
attempt to injure her.
Officer Dulin, who arrested Mrs.
Circuit, said he found her downstairs
! and she told him she had shot her
husband. but did not know whether
| she had fired two or three shots. She
told him the revolver she used was
upstairs. The witness produced a re
volver which he said was the weapon
found by him in the room.
On the way to Jail the witness said
Mrs. Circuit told him her husband had
threatened her on a number of occa-
sions and had choked her a short time
before.
Officer Hayden testified that he saw
Circuit Wednesday afternoon between
4 and 5 o'clock and he was drunk and
in an ugly frame of mind. The wit
ness advised him to go home and Or.
cut promised he would do SO.
DR.. Clark, who performed the au.
topsy on the body of Circuit testified
as to the cause of death and the char
acter of the wounds. From his testi.
mony it appeared that three wounds
were found, one in the right wrist
and two in the breast. Two bullets
pierced the heart, while the which
struck the wrist went no deeper than
the bone, around which it partially
circled and lodged near the base OF
the thumb.
From the nature of the wounds in
the breast it vas the opinion of the
witness that all the shots We're fired
in rapid succession as the man must
have fallen almost instantly after be
ing hit in the heart.
Mrs. Page was recalled. She said
she desired to correct Officer Dulin's
testimony in which he said she ha6
told him the revolver was upstairs
She said she had made no such state
ment, as she had not been upstairs
and did not know where the revolver
was. The witness was now shown the
revolver produced by Officer Dulin ant
said she had often seen it before. As
near as she could remember she saw
it last Sunday for the last time, an(
missed the pistol sometime during the
week. 1t was not until after the
shooting that Mrs. Circuit told her she
had taken the pistol. Mrs. Page sale
she had made no inquiries when sht
missed the pistol, as it was not always
kept in the same place and did no
consider it strange that it was no
lying on the dresser. where it wa:
generally kept.
Asked about the shooting the wit
ness said she heard only two shots
Mrs. Circuit called to her a few min
utes after and wanted her to comt
to her. The witness said she was 81
excited at the time that she coult
not tell hours from minutes, this il
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