Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-01-08
Ira HINES and "6iIIy" Rose Will Have
to Stand Trial In the Dis.
trict Court.
DELIBERATELY SHOT HUGHES
Everybody Was Drunk and Hughes
Was Badly Shot up-ls Now
Able to Get Around.

TIA Eiinto aho 1sh ANNsNf "hc
shot Jack Hughes, the Belt freighter.
on December eth at the MoccasiD
stage station, had their preliminary
hearing before Justice Mcfarland yes
terday, and were bound over to the
district court and their bonds placed
at $4,000 each.
The prisoners were to be tried sep.
arately and the case of Ira Hines was
first brought before the court.
The witnesses for the state were
Jack Hughes, John Bohslet and Ed
win Franklin. while the testimony for
the defense was reserved by w. z.
Cort, who has charge of the case.
Jack Hughes was the first witness
to take the stand and on being asked
to state his version of the ARRAY to
the court, said in substance:
II pulled into the Moccasin stage
station with my team and accompan-
led by Rose on Christmas eve about
dark, and at once commenced to IN.
hitch. Ira HINES came over TO where
we were and assisted in embarrassing
the team, afterwards showing us the
gate where we could turn the horses
into a field belonging to the Horse
Shoe Bar ranch. When the horses
were attended to he came oyor and
asked for some whisky aud | gave
him some we had on the wagon; we
drank all the whisky there was in the
outfit and sent to Deericld for more,
which we also got away with. On
Christmas morning when / got mp !
saw Kimes and Rose tapping a keg Of
wine | had on the wagon; they had n
bucket and were taking il into the
room in the stage barn, whore they
drank 1t.
ION the 2Cth Rose went 10 Kendall
and got some more whisky and that
evening both HINES and Rose were
drunk; we were all in the cabin and
when / saw the boys were getting very
drunk / started out of the room 10 go
TO bed. As | left the barn Rose shot
me and a few moments after | heard
HINES say: Give me the gun; let
me kill the F. of a B., and / was
shot again. this time in the hip and
side. | turned and tried to reach the
oaboose. but had only gone a short
distance when | was again shot, the
charge striking me in the left leg and
fixing me so that | could not move
Hines stood over me and dared any
one to help me, but afterwards went
into the Franklin cabin and Johr
Bohslet came out and assisted me r.
the caboose. The gun | was shot viii
belonged to me and | plainly saw
Roses face and the gun barrels whor
he shot me. The gun was a numbc.
10 gauge and the cartridges were load
ed with number 1 bird shot"
On being cross examined by coun
sci for the defense witness stated tina
during the drinking bout on Christ
mas day he was in the room at IN.
barn writing. and did not drink much
as the wine was too Soul for him; h
said he asked Rose to go to Kendall
to send a telephone message to Belt
which he refused to do without he wa
Hughes said that he gave Rose an OF
der for two bottles. which was raise
to four. and when Rose returned [
the stage barn he was very drunk.
The witness stated that on the ever
ing of the 26th everybody was intol
icated with the exception of him. an
though he drank considerable he wa
not drunk. On being questioned as {
whether he had a revolver in his pc
session during the evening of the oct
Hughes said that he put an unloade
: six shooter in his pocket while in b
I caboose making up his bed and uni
: t~entionally carried il over to the roo
l in the stage barn. When he got thel
Hughes said that HINES jerked up II
AK handle. which was standing in Il
corner of the cabin, w~hereupon !
pulled the gun out OF his pocket an
said in a playful manner! Hold G
there; stop the deal" Hines askc
him for the gun and he handed II ov'
to him and IL was put under the hes
of the bed.
On being questioned he said that !
e did not poke the gun in HINES ia,
and threaten to blow his brains OF
) and said that he struck Kimes in Il
c face accidentally when he grabbed Il
gun.
In reply TO a question put 10 him
4 Mr.. Cort he said that he did not thref
! Kimes with a knife and the way
happened TO have a knife in his har
vas owing TO the fact that he want'
10 get a cork out Of a whiskey bott
D'd while he vas thus engaged Kim
drew a razor, w%hereupon Hughes sa
he Thought II was time to go hon
z and started for his caboose, and hi
gone but a few feet from the ba
y door when he was shot by Rose. who
r. he thought had zone to bed.
On cross examination he stated tn
r he saw Rose plainly the first shot al
e was about thirty yards away VIII,
2 shot the last time by Kimes. On bell
J. further questioned by counsel as
the distance, he said that owing to 1
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