The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-04-09

and found to be in good condition.
The fracture was V shaped, one line
running upward and forward, and the
other downward and backward, and
was about one and one-half inches
in length. 1t was a depressed frac-
ture, and the skull was broken in.
In answer to the question of Coun-
ty Attorney Oliver, who conducted
the inquest, he gave it as his opinion
that such a blow if given with a
blunt instrument would be sufficient
to cause death. AS to how soon
death would result depended, he said,
upon the rapidity with which the
clot of blood formed. He had known
cases in his experience where men,
after receiving such blow had
walked about in an apparently well
condition and were able to speak and
talk, until, without warning, they
dropped dead. If man was addicted
to the use of alcoholic drinks, it
might make a difference, but he was
not prepared to say. In the present
case if the man had not drank drop
the wound received was sufficient to
have caused death. If Hawkes. had
received careful and prompt medical
treatment Immediately after receiv-
ing the blow, it might have made a
difference, but the chances would
still be against him.
After DR.. Duncan had been ex-
cused, a woman claiming to know all
about the case entered the room and
asked to be sworn. She gave her
name as Mary Isabelle Butler, and
said she was a beauty artist. This
she explained was removing wrinkles
from the faces of the demi-monde,
She was also massage artist, and
on Saturday was employed at the
dance hall. She was an extremely
voluable witness and several times
aid to be checked by the county at
torney and brought back % the mat
ter under discussion. The gist of her
testimony when boiled down was to
the effect that Hawkes. had been at
the place all the afternoon and was
quarreling with the Russell woman
the entire time. He was determined
to enter one of the rooms up stairs
and when she would not permit it
the trouble started Nett, after hitting
Hawkes. with the cuspidor, went into
the dining room with her hand ban
daged, and told what she had done.
When demonstrated with, she claimed
that she was not going to stand and
get the worst of it, and had struck
him first. The witness claimed that
she had known the Russell woman
for many years, and that when drink
ing like she was Saturday she had
no control of herself and was a per
feet devil
This was the last witness at the
time, but one of the jurymen de-
handed that more witnesses, includ-
ing Josh Ariss, be called, and an ad-
journment was taken until 2 p. m.
In the afternoon, when the inquest
was resumed, Josh Ariss, the pro-
prietor of the dance hall, and NJ. D.
MILAN, who was present when
f1dWh6S was lOuuu uSdu, were eAdul'
ined, but no developments resulted
from their testimoy.
After retiring, the jury, composed
OF John Jenkins, Nathan Lundy, Men
!, Mckinney, F. H. Franklin, w. G.
Blake and Nick Washbush. returned
verdict to the effect that the said
!, William Hawkes. came to his death
as the result of being struck on the
head with a cuspidor held in the
hands of Nettie Russell.
The woman has been in custody
) since Sunday and appears to deeply
| feel the fatal result of the quarrel
Nettie Russell has been a resident o
. Kalispell for many years, coming
first to Demersville in the boom day.
: of that place. She is we'll known tt
) many of the old timers here. and TO
! several years has borne the sobrique
: of Sensational Nett" When unde
the influence of liquor, she loses al
control over herself and is liable t.