Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-11-28
In THE DISTRICT COURT
GlasspooI, the Bridger Burglar, Pleads
Guilty and Will be Sentenced
Saturday.
UNDERWOOD ACQUITTED
Jury Says He Wasn't Guilty Of Malic.
ious acknowledgement Is
Lucky-other Cases.

Henry Glasspool, the Bridger burg
lar, when brought into court on Mon
day. concluded that it would be better
for him to confess his crime and throw
himself on the mercy Of the court.
The evidence connecting him with the
crime Of burglarizing the saloon of
Henry Gebo at Bridger on the night
of Nov. 8 and appropriating the cash
register was of so convincing nature
that the culprit knew that he could
son thought that if he made clean
breast Of the affair the court might
be induced to deal more leniently in
passing sentence upon him than would
be the case if he were tried by jury
and found guilty Of the crime He
doubtless had in mind, also, the
thought that if he could make it ap-
pear that he was penitent for the
crime he could the more easily throw
the officers off their guard and would
have better opportunity of carrying
out his plot to break jail and make his
escape before sentence would be i'm
posed upon him. But the best laid
plans of mice and men gang aft aglee,
as the immortal Burns has expressed
the idea, and the brilliant burglar
from Bridger will probably realize the
truth when he comes before Judge
Henry tomorrow for sentence.
Peter G. Enzor, who was informed
against jointly by County Attorney
Caswell for the crime of larceny, al
legged to have been committed by him
self and Willis Jones in butchering a
steer that belonged to neighbor out
on Clarke Fork and appropriating the
meat to their own use, made a tardy
appearance in court and entered
plea of not guilty to the charge that
had been lodged against him. The
trial of this case is in progress today.
w. G. Baker, who was bound over
bonds of $500 by Justice Chatfield to
answer to the charge of assault in the
second degree, was formally charged
with the commission of the crime on
Monday by County Attorney Caswell
who lodged an information against
him in the district court. mot guilty"
was his plea and the court told him
that he might explain the matter be-
fore jury that would be summoned
tomorrow to try the case. F. G. Wood
ward entered his appearance as attor-
ney for the defendant.
Five OF the juroros drawn last week
could not be reached with subpoena
and one Of those served, namely, G..
w. Livingstone Of Chance, was excus-
ed by the court on giving a good and
valid reason why he should be let off.
A special venire was issued for six
additional names to be drawn from
the Red Lodge list and Charles A.
Bell, E. A. Baldwin, William Close,
George Simington, David Lay and Jo-
seph Connor were summoned to fill
out the panel.
1t did not take the jury long which
listened to the evidence in the case of
| the state against Ike Underwood,
charged with malicious mischief in OBJ
structing the headgate of certain
irrigating ditch, long to decide that
there was no merit in the charge
brought against the defendant and to
conclude that he was not guilty of the
offense charged against him. The
prosecuting witness was Henry Bron
ner and the case was brought from
Joliet, where it had it's first hearing
before Justice Oliver. The prosecut
ing witness is very erratic at times
and subject to fits of hallucination II
connection with his cattle interests al
Carbonate, and the evidence given by
him was taken with, several grains o
allowance. w. F. Meyer acted a:
prosecuting attorney in this case
Wllllc COulIy AClClACy N10o "CiI 4CohSs
serenely on. The defense was con
Quoted by George w. Pierson.
The forgery case against David San
born was not considered by the jur.
as being sufficient to warrant them il
sending the defendant to the peniten
tiary for a term of years. Sanborl
was charged with having uttered |
forged check for something like $31
purporting to bear the signature o
Shorey & Simpson, sheepmen who a
the time were located on Clarke Fork
The defense made was that the chec
was issued by a man named Woods
whom Sanhorn asserted got him to az
company him to the Meyer & Char
man bank and there secured the MOI
ov m tho check AS soon as SanbOr