The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-25

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the Jail in the absence Of the chief,
but that in this particular case he had
made Policeman Salisbury his repre-
sentative, the chief gave as q reason
for switching the deal that Salisbury
was on the day force and that Hannah
was on duty mainly at night.
The attorney for. the prosecution
then went into the delicate subject OF
the kilograms in evidence. He began
by asking many questions concerning
the communication to the Helena law
yer and also the ones directed to De-
tective McAnany at Big Timber and
the one to Chief Hayes at Kansas
City. Mr.. Hathhorn appeared to be
very inquisitive about those kilograms
and it was at times with much reluct-
apA that Chief Morse made answer
to the rapid cross-1ring coming from
counsel appearing on behalf of Snyder.
Mr.. Morse admitted that he had heard
twice from the Helena attorney during
the day preceding the evening Sny-
der was taken to the Northern Pacific
train by the police officers and
! that he had conferred with County
Attorney Harris.
Exhibit B." which was the telegram
sent by Chief Morse to Detective Nc
Anany at Big Timber was then dis
sected by Mr.. Hathhorn word by
word. The attorney did not even over
look the little word pink" on the
corner Of the telegram, which indi-
Gated to- the telegraph operators that
the message was of great Importance
and delivery should be made with all
haste. 1t was brought out
that the message to Big
Timber was written in the Office OF
County Attorney Harris and that Har-
ris wrote the message and that Morse
assisted i'm it's dictation. Detective
Dwyer, it was also admitted, was pres
ent in the county attorneys office
when the message was pre-
pared. When County, Attorney Har-
ris' name was brought into evidence,
that he was n OF the principals in
the PRONUNCIATION of that important
state document, that gentleman for
once did not smile as had been his
custom several times during. the pro-
ceedings of the case. The smiles had
turned into heavy drops of perspira-
ton. Mr.. Morse, in answer to a ques-
Big Timber had been prepared on
the night of the 14th in Harris office,
that Harris and Detective Dwyer Left
the office and that he remained there
for awhile. The chief then said HI !
went about the city attending to hisn
official duties, and his steps during the
entire evening up to the time of the
departure of the eastbound Northern
Pacific train, which carried on board
Carey Snyder, were attempted to be
closely followed by the prosecution.
The cross-examination brought out
the fact that Chief Morse had given
his patrolman, Salisbury, rather plain
instructions as to how he should pro-
coed with Snyder to- the train. But
through it all Chief Morse maintained
that he did not deliberately conspire
to defeat the order of the court.
v. J. Salisbury.
When Chief Morse left the witness
chair Policeman Salisbury was called.
On direct examination he maintained
that he knew little if anything about
the issuance of the writ for bringing
Snyder into court. He said he had
heard rumors of a writ to be served,
but that was all he knew about it.
Witness said that he did not see
either of the copies posted on the
door leading to the Jail or on the door
leading to the main entrance to the
city building. He had simply follow
ed out previous instructions given
him by his chief relative TO the dis
position of Snyder and according to
those instructions issued early during
the afternoon of September IA, he
delivered Snyder at the train. SAILS
bury appeared like a very ignorant
man on direct examination.
Continuing his testimony, Witness
Salisbury said that he was about 100
feet from the railroad track when
McAnany produced the governors
warrant and read it to Snyder. Wit
ness heard it read and at the conclu-
sion turned Snyder over to McAnany.
Snyder, he said, made no objection
and only asked to have the warrant