The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-12-19
Letter Cravelle Wrote in
Jail to Foreman of
Helena Jury.
MENACED A WITNESS
Also Offers to Compro-
mise With Railway
Surprise Sprung.
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Helena, Dee. 10 Sensational dis.
closures are OF almost daily occurrence iu
the trial OF Isaac GravcIle, charged with
writing threatening letters to the North.
crn Pacific, with a view ol blackmailing
the company out of fortune.
The state today fairly removed the lid
from ITS kettle OF sensational thdfgct
against the accused. II introduced 4 line
of evidence which II claims to he able 10
back up 10y subsequent proof, to the effect
that since his incarceration IN the county
jail here, he has iudulRcd IN his ponchant
Tor writing letters threatening 10 blow up
people Il they thwart hint. Three letters
rnrrotlnE to have been written by era.
vclle since his confinement were sprung by
the state and introduced over strenuous
objection hy the defense.
Letters We're Intercepted
The letters were intercepted il il
claimed, from persons to whom they were
given by GIapelle to mail The state viii
probably show some time this afternoon
just how il got hold Of the letters aud how
sure it Is hey were written by the &c.
cused.
According 10 the showing to he mada
Graycllc has sought Ia threaten one Of
the states Witnesses as well rs the foreman
ol the jury trying his ease. Another let
ter Ia the Northern Pacific offering 10 set
tie al this stage Of the game was also
sprung on the jury.
George II. Hill formerly cashier OF the
First National bank OF this city testified as
an expert on handwriting, He had com
pared the handwriting III the threatening
| letters sen, to the railroad with the hand.
| writing IN letters known to have been
written by the accused which have
| come into the possession Of the state.
| Mr. Hill was quite positive that they were
written by the same person. He explained
TO the jury in detail why he considered
thai Grayellc had written the threatening
letters.
Written in Jail.
The state then sprung the new scusa-
lional letters referred 10. William Wal
| lace, Jr who is assisting in the prosccli-
| tion, offered three letters printed in a
scrawing hand which he claimed the
| state could show were written by Grayclc
| since he had been confined in the county
| Jail.
After n spirited objection by Leon La
| Croix, for the defense had been overruled
| the letters were offered. one was adj
dressed 10 Bert Cody, Ten Mile ranchcr,
| one oi the states important witnesses
| who furnished the detectives important
| evidence relating TO Gravellc's where
| ab0nts
| Enclosed in this letter was another adj
| dressed 10 the foreman OF The jury. Both
| were written before December 4. In tho
| letter to Cody he WAS threatened with
| annihiaion by the dynamite route unless
| he sw0rc on the stand that he was bribcd
| by The detectives to swear against Gra-
vcle
This letter was unsigned. Notice was
| served upon Cody that unless he did as
directed his house would be blown up.
| The enclosed letter 70 the foreman OF the
| jury threatened the entire jury in the
same method if they did not aegnt the
accused. This letter was also unsigned.
| The third letter, also printed and unsigned,
was addressed 10 the officers Of the North
| crn Pacific They were notified that If
| they wanted to settle matters they should
| gather up all OF the discriminating letters,
| place them in kcg and at q; 80 p. m,
| December ~, drop the keg in the Deer
| Lodge river at Bonner.
More Dynamite.
There was threat Of more dynamite If
any one sought to follow the keg The
| letter directed that If the company agreed
to the plan white flags should be displayed
on the dcpots at Butte, Helena and Boze-
|