The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-12-29
NEAR END
Of TRIAL
Gravelle Case Will Prob
ably Go to the Jury
Tomorrow.
COMPUTING ACCUSED
State Calls Witnesses Who
Contradict Statements
by Defendants.
SPECIAL 10 rur INTER MOUNTAIN

Helena, Dec. so.-rhe Gravcle case
will probably be submitted to the jury to
morrow afternoon. The last Of the cyi-
dencc was offered this afternoon and the
attorneys began to sum up what on the
whole has proven to be one OF the most
memorable criminal trials ever held in
Helena.
he state today offered evidence III rc-
iuttal. seeking to offset some of the cvi-
dence OF the defense.
During the day Leon .aCfoix, Grayellc's
attorney, asked for an order Of court sum
monng the proprietor OF the Grand Cen
trail lodging house. in Anaconda as a wit
ness for the defense.
Nj. aCroix desired to prove by this
witness thai Gravcllc was in Anaconda
md not in Btite on July ", the day the
state claims the accused mailed in Butte
the iist thee threatening letters to officers
OF the Northern Pacific Railway conf
pany.
Court Refused Order.
Judge Smith declined 10 make the order,
however The court said phai it did not
look as though the evidence was paricu-
lariy material, since similar testimony had
been given by other witnesses from Ana
oonda and it would delay a long trial I'M
necessarily.
Patricl, II Hayes, train dispatcher for
the Butte, Anaconda q Pacific railroad,
was called 10 the stand 10 offer testimony
relative 10 trains ON the Stuart branch.
Gravcle claims that when he left the
pcnientiary on July 10 he walked toward
Butte as far as StRart. then rode on a
b., A. &. +. train to Anaconda.
Mr.. Hayes produced the train sheets
Tor July 10 OF this year and swore posi-
lively there was no train operated OH the
branch that day al the time claimed by
The accused.
4 The state also sought to prove by the
| .6anc witness that il would be very easy
.or the defendant 10 have come TO Butte
tha. day, mailed the letters as claimed ly
tie state, and gone to Anaconda, as Hayes
testified there were three trains n day
each way that day, making the trip from
| Butte TO Anaconda in SIS minutes.
John Duve Called.
John Duye, who lives near Cascade
was then called 10 the stand 10 rcbni
Gravellcs testimony about the letter the
latter admitted writing al the 1herrault
ranch October 10. Graycllc said he wrote
letter to a friend in Glasgow, this state
Eut the state contends he wrote a threaten
| ing letter 10 the management OF the Great
| Northern.
Gravcle sworc he procured two green
| cent stamps from Duye and placed
| them OF, the single letter he wrote.
Dave today sworc quite the opposite. He
| said that instead Of Graycllc writing one
| letter he wrote two and the witness gave
| him two cent postage stamps.
| ]. &. Hines, a livcryman Of Cascade
a .t. H.
| horse to the stable October o, the animal
| presented the appearance Of having been
| ridden 90 or more miles, while Gravelc
| claims he had only ridden the animal from
| Great Falls about ~ miles. Gravelle
| claimed that ON the trip he stopped at
| um and went into the saloon. Christopher
| Nolan disproYcd this by swearing there
was no saloon there. This testimony was
| Tor the purpose OF impcaching Gravce
Maps in Evidence.
John II. Farmer, a civil engineer of
| tered in evidence maps OF Montana show
| ing distances between Helena and Butte
| and Priests Pass, where Gravelle lived,
| and Butte with the idea OF proving 10 the
| Jury that the distance was not too great
| from Butte TO either Of the places 10 pre-
vent Gravclle having ridden them in one
day, GraVclle claimed he was al Priests
Pass September 70, the day Of the explo-
sion on fhe street car track near Columbia
gardens in Butte.
The state, by Mr.. Farmer, claimed it
would have been possible for the defend
ant to have ridden from Butte to his ranch
in a short time by the most direct route,
as there was other evidence that Grayelle
was seen at the Coty ranch, near Priests
Pass, September 10.
Begin to Sum Up.
William Muth and &. II. Hill, testify
ing as handwriting experts, swore that the
writing OF Gravelle in the courtroom yes
| tcrday, when Attorney Wallace prevailed
upon him to write the names Of the places
he had visited searching for horses, was
similar to the writing in the threatening
letters, although there was an apparent
effort to disguise yesterdays writing.
William John, rancher, living near
here, and one other witness were called and
the state rested. The attorneys then began
to sum up after the court had instructed
the jury.
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