Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-01-01

CIV" B iouihie VI protest, ana when thew
returned into court handed in a Joint
decision that although they found the
complaint was not properly verified as
required by law, they believed hey
must proceed, because they lacked
authority to do anything else.
Then the first witness was called for
the plaintiff in the person of ]. N.
Iolman, republican representative
elect from Carbon county. When wit
ness was sworn, Sidney Sanner in
quired if his testimony was to be
offered, and being answered in the
Affirmative, Attorne7 Sanner then
made objection for the defendant
against the testimony of witness to be
called, upon the ground that no list of
witnesses had ever been served upon
the defendant or his counsel. and that
defendant was necessarily unprepared
to answer such testimony This list
is apparently required by law. but
Senator Hopkins had not been allowed
to see it, and this was but another of
the unfair advantages that the people
who are prosecuting Mr.. Hopkins have
resorted to. The commission had the
objections put on record and the taking
of testimony began.
Witness Tolman swore he was i'm
Billings in October in company with
Assistant u. S. Attorney Bailey, of
Helena, and that he there met Senator
J. M. Kennedy of Deer Lodge county;
that Senator Kennedy said to Mr..
Bailey: II sent those men into Rose
bud county that you are talking about,
and paid them, too; why don't you
prosecute me?'' This was the sum
total of witness testimony except that
he testified that Senator Hopkins was
unknown to him and that Senator
Hopkins had not been mentioned in the
conversation. The next witness was a
general utility man" who has been
IN the employ of J. c. Lyndes and +.
"A. Carlton since the middle eff Novem-
Der last as gatherer of evidence and
witnesses against Senator Hopkins.
He swore in substance as follows:
That he was hired by Fred Ramsey
of Kirby on the second or third day of
October to work ON Ramsey's ranch
the same time there were eight
other men hired by Ramsey in Billings
to go out to work; that Ramsey asked
him his politics and witness said he
"came from country where they voted
but one ticket Ramsey said, "where
is that" and witness replied, Louis
lana" Witness testified to being
taken by Ramsey together with other
men, one of whom was boy about Is
years old, and another a Frenchman
cook who was not a citizen, out to the
ranch and working there through the
month of october and until after cleo
ton; that all the men working for
Ramsey seemed to think they were
there to vote the democratic ticket and
that they all voted for Hopkins for SEN
ator; that after election he quit work
because he was afraid Ramsey could
not pay him his wages; that man
named Madison quit at the same time;
that all the other men were wor ing
when he quit and he heard some OF
them quit afterward, but that some of
them were working for Ramsey yet;
that no one was hired for just month,
but that they hired Tor $45 a month;
n at of ha
Witness was cross-examined by Mr..
oanner with very disastrous results to
his testimony, admitting that he had
been employed by the sheriff's Office of
This county to assist in finding wit
nesses upon which to serve subpoenes
IN this case; that witness was doing
lothing but working on the case and
had not been since election; that he
was allowed TO draw drafts on the
Forsyth State Bank and on J. G.
Lyndes and that he had drawn several;
hat he had not told the night clerk at
he Leighton hotel in Miles CITY that
he was having an easy time of it and
spending Carlton 5 money! that he
lad not told Theodore Bowden of the
State National bank at Miles City that
IF Charley Bailey would come through
enough he would make Carlton call off
he election contest filed against
Bailey and that he had Carlton where
lie would do as witness said that he
lad not told nan named Bresnan
II ENrSX With that he Mnuld MY him 300