The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-09-22

the CuIcl Wullc tucy WCIO 1InOvD y
engaged. Harding compared the cop
les with the original and said the were
all right.
Two copies were made and both
were given to Harding, who, in turn,
gave them to Sheriff Hubbard. The
witness, Hubbard and Groves went
to the chiefs Office. The chief was
not there, but Hannah, Garnant and
Mowre, all respondents, were.
Here the witness was asked by Mr..
Johnston what official positions, il
any, the men he named occupied, II
they were policemen. Mr.. Goddard
objected, as it had not been proved
that they were policemen. The court
sustained the objection and MI. john
ston asked for a subpoena duces
tecum, for the city clerk. This was
issued and in response to it City Clerk
Carwile appeared with the proceedings
of the city council from the first Mon
day of last May until the present time.
He was not sworn, however, as the
examination Of Mr.. Hathhorn conclud-
ed the proceedings of the session.
The witness told about the posting
of the copies of the writ. Hannah
said that he was in charge OF the city
Jail, and also said that he was only
a city officer and had nothing to do
with Snyder, who was a county prls-
oner. The sheriff had unfolded the
writ and told Hannah what it contain
ed, saying it was a writ OF habeas cor
pus to have Snyder in court the next
day at 1870 O'Clock. Respondent
Mowre asked the witness il he thought
a writ from such a court would stop
a warrant issued by the governor, 10
which witness replied that he believ-
ed it would. They had some further
conversation about the writ, but the
witness could not recall it. He said
he had assisted the sheriff in posting
the copy on the door in the chiefs
office and had also helped to post the
one on the outside door of the Jail.
They went to the Jail about $3.50 and
remained there 10 or Is minutes be-
fore they left for Morse's house.
1t was a little after 8 o'clock when
he started to look for Morse, going
from the court house along Montana
avenue to Twenty-eighth street and
back to the court house. Before 11:1O
he was in Montana avenuei from
Twenty-seventh to Twenty-ninth street
} and then walked back to the Grand
{ hotel and city hall, then to Morse's
house. He looked into all the places
/, he found open to see if the HE was
} there. The only place open into which
5 he did not look was in T~wenty-eighth
I street.
2 When they were leaving Morse's
!, office the witness saw v. ]. Salisbury
passing along the hall and apparently
walking toward the office. Witness
said he had seen G. l.. Harris a mum
Der of times that evening, meeting
him alone in Twenty-seventh street
and also saw him with Dwyer, one OF
the respondents, but with none OF the
others. The witness then described
what he saw when train No. 4 came
y in, when the respondents were taking
Snyder to the depot. He say Salisbury
and Hannah place Snyder OF the train,
lead him into the rear sleeper, where
Q they put him into the smoking room,
after which McAnany and Dwyer took
n him away. Witness also saw A. l..
Cooper, the Kansas City lawyer, there
. and heard him tell McAnany that a
writ had beer issued for Snyder, re
turnable the next day at 1870 n that
he would hold him, McAnany. RESPONSE
I. BILE, to which McAnany said that's all
right" Cooper also gave notice to
the others that the writ had issued
e Hannah, Garnant and Salisbury were
le there, and, the witness believed
70 Mowre and Baker.
IS Now ensued the cross-examinatlo1
and a more pitiless and searching
was never conducted in the cour'
room. The witness was made to g
m oyer and over things he had testified
to and repeatedly told the story o
l. the posting of the copies and the copy
y ing of the original writ. He did no
TO compare the copies himself, but knew
Re that one copy was absolutely correct
t. However, he did not know where |
le had been posted.
Dr. The element of time being quite i'm
= portant, he was asked repeatedly a.
: TO the time when he and the other