The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-06-17
CASE OF SUPPOSED MURDER
ENDS SIMPLY.
BLOOD SPILLED IN PLENTY
Cory Trail Causes Much Excitement
and Many Rumors-Proves
Simple Street BrawI.

trail of blood leading from the
eastern end of Minnesota avenue
across onto the north side and thence
along Montana avenue, with here and
! there huge pools OF the coagulated
fluid, caused many to think Wednes-
day morning that murder had been
done. This belief was strengthened
when several persons were found in
Montana avenue who said they had
heard a couple of men pass during
the night, one of whom seemed to be
badly wounded. Near Twenty sixth
street and Montana avenue the two
had stopped and here blood covered
the walk. The people in the house
in front of which the men remained
a few minutes said that one of them
had lain down and when requested by
his friend to get up had answered
that he was too weak and could go
no further but had finally arisen
and the two had proceeded in west.
erly direction.
Meanwhile the police had learned
! that an affray had occurred at the
"crib" of Claude Erick and that. the
woman had stabbed a man. Search
was made for the supposed victim,
but he could not be found. Along
between 10 and IL o'clock a couple
'of men led a man into the office of
Doctor Clark. The man was weak
from loss of blood and was bleeding
freely from wound in the left wrist.
They said they had found him and a
companion sitting in front of Yegen
Bros bank and fearing he would
bleed to death had persuaded him to
accompany them to the doctors Office.
! Sergeant Hannah and Gazette
man had seen the trail OF blood left
on the walk leading to the office of
the doctor and followed it up, arriv-
ing there few minutes after the men
had entered. The wounded man said
his name was Tom Woods and that
he had been stabbed the night before
by a woman in Minnesota avenue.
In reply to further questions he
said that he and Charles Currie were
walking in front OF the woman's house,
when she had rushed out and without
; word had assaulted him. He did
not know the nature of the weapon
used and claimed to be equally ig.
nOrant as to her reason for cutting
him.
The doctor found the radial artery
severed and said that unless the bleed.
ing had been checked the man would
probably have bled to death in six
hours. He dressed the injury and
Woods and Currie, who was with him,
were taken into custody, to be held
as witnesses. Having ascertained
the identity OF the woman, warrant
was issued for her arrest on the
charge of assault in the first Degree
On this she was arraigned and re-
leased on a bond of $500, to appear
for examination yesterday afternoon
Woods did not want to prosecute,
neither did his partner, and both were
locked up to assure their appearance
when wanted.
Woman Is Acquitted.
Yesterday afternoon the case came
up and both Woods and Currie proved
to be reluctant witnesses. They ad-
mitted that they had been drinking
some for couple OF days before, say
ing they had come here from the
Custer ditch Monday morning. Woods
also said that he had been in the
Woman's house Monday and had
slapped her for trying to pick his
pocket.
The woman testified in her own be-
half and said that Woods had been in
her place several times, the last time
having knocked her down. She ad-
mitted the cutting, but claimed that
it was done in self-defense. She
said at the time of it's occurrence
Woods and Currie were walking along
the sidewalk and when opposite her
house Woods had advanced toward
her, uttering threat. She threw