The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-10-17
POSSIBILITY THAT HE MAY RE-
COVER ALTHOUGH HE is STILL
IN DELICATE STATE.
MRS. CHAPMAN TELLS OF
WHAT WOMAN TOLD HER
Came Into Her Room on the Night Of
the Shooting and Declared She Had
Shot Dr.. Cayley for Taking Liberties
With Her-Dr. Cayley Identifies J. W..
Kelley as the Man Who Shot Him.

Few shooting affairs that have come to
public notice OF late have been more COM
plicated than the recent alteration involv-
ing DR.. H. A. Cayley and J. w. Kelley,
both of whom were we'll known in Butte,
and occupied positions of the highest re-
gard in the estimation Of those who knew
them best.
light upon the misfortune; but, in the
present instance, the evidence that has
been accruing since last Sunday, when the
shooting occurred, only tends to compli-
cate matters, making the whole situation
very much involved.
In the first place, il must be remembered
that since the shooting was made public,
the victim, DR.. Cayley, has made three dis
tinct statements concerning it. Each one
of these stories conflicts with the other.
Said He Shot Himself.
When first taken to the hospital, after
the shooting, DR. Cayley informed the
detective who had been detailed on the
case, that he had shot himself.
However, the police department was not
satisfied with this statement of the affair,
and they pressed Dr. Cayley for further
statement, making him believe at the time
that his death would surely result. Then
the doctor told the second story, to the
effect that Kelley had shot him while in
the apartments of Madame LaBontc.
The third version of the unfortunate
affair came yesterday, when, believing the
doctor to be on the point Of death, County
Attorney Breen, Chief Reynolds, DR.. Han
son and four other men were summoned to
hear the dying confession of DR.. Cayley.
The words spoken "in articulo mortis" had
occasion to cause considerable prejudice
in the matter; but the peculiar circum-
stances under which they were brought
forth has not been given sufficient consid-
Grafton.
He Still Had Hopes.
County Attorney Breen asked Cayley:
Have you given up all hopes of recov-
cry" Whereupon the doctor answered,
mo"
Mr.. Breen then said: "lf the man is in
this state of mind, there is no need of us
going any further in the matter"
This remark on the part of the county
attorney is in accordance with the law, for
4an alleged deathbed confession is of no
value unless the victim is reasonably GER
tain that his end is at hand.
At this point of the ante-mortem exami-
nation DR.. Hanson, who has been attend
ing Cayley ever since the fatal evening,
interposcd, and insisted that he would
surely die.
1t Was Drawn From Him.
c. +. Kelley, who is the counsel for the
accused man, said in regard to the con-
fession: "In respect to this statement OF
DIR. Cayley, | believe that the statement
was not voluntary, but was the statement
of a man in a weakened condition, drawn
from him by those who were more Jealous
to furnish a sensation than to perform a
public good"
There are many links of evidence that
will have to be established before it will
be known for a certainty who is really
guilty. The mysterious disappearance OF
Madame LaBonte, the woman in the case,
is an incident to which more significance
will be attached when the trial is given a
public hearing. Sentiment runs high, and
each man has his friends. Too many peo-
pie are permitting themselves to be preju-
diced by mere hearsay evidence.
So far all of the conflicting statements
have emanated from but one source, and
nothing whatever in regard to the affair
has been said by two other actors, who
are equally as prominent in the matter as
the victim.
J. w. Kelley has wisely refrained to say
anything whatsoever until the time of trial,
and his side of the story will make many
points clear that appear very much
obscured at this time.
Then, too, it will be very important to