The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-11-22

corning the Jail delivery. He was un-
able to repeat the exact words he
used while talking to the other prison
ers about the interview. When
pressed a little harder he admitted
that the county attorney told him he
might do something for him in the
way of reducing the charge pending
against him.
Examined again direct, La Pont
said that %the-county attorney had told
him he could not promise him any
thing and that he would have to take
his chances along with the others.
This concluded the states case. Mr.
Johnston said he would want to $
examine La Pont at further lengtn
during the afternoon, but was not pre-
pared to do so then, as he wished 10
see some parties in regard to some OIL
the matters testified to by the witness.
1T was now after II o'clock n
Judge Loud announced a recess until
2.
The Jury sitting in the case is com
posed of Fred Darling, Silas Stone, y.
Grossman, H. G. Kerr, David Renman,
A. 3. Ross, F. l.. Summers, Joseph
Kinnick, T. ]. Thusen, William NC
Collough. Peter Peroe and Carrot
De Boor.
West Is Acquitted.
The case of State VS.. William West
already under conviction for burg
lary. who was the first to be trlet
for injuring a public Jail, came to al
unexpected ending yesterday after
noon.
. The state had relied upon La Pom
1 to give testimony as regards admls
sions made to him by some OF tn
others who escaped with West an
. himself. La Pont remained obdurat
and refused to take the stand. l
consequence the prosecution coul
$ prove nothing more than that the ia
3 had been broken and that a number {
prisoners had escaped. Nothing We
# brought out to prove that West We
p one of the men who sawed the bal
n. or in other ways damaged the Jail.
When the state rested Mr.. Grippe
At Vests attorney, moved the court
r.. instruct the jury to return a verdi
c - ..,:I4xy Tno roofinn wa ora r
ed and the jury decided accordingly
Docket Notes.
&c Judge Loud called the civil al
lie criminal calendar yesterday att
at noon. A number of the GRIMM
h+ cases were reset and dates fixed !
,c+ hearing those OF a civil nature.
al, "A petition was filed by Wellingt
on Smith and Lydia S. Smith for lea
he to adopt Hazel Worthen, a minor. L
On child that Mr.. and Mrs. Smith are
in sirous of adopting has been with tn
sometime. She is a few months O.
iii. three years of age and was tai
be from the state orphans home by M
F.. B. Chapman. Thu latter left n
.oz and turned the girl over to the p
M TONERS. The latter pray that if tt
,ct- petition is granted that the little
md may be given their name, retain
tho her original name as a part OF
,,rt given name, and that she may
ns+ called Hazel Worthen Smith. HI
,av. ing of the matter has been fixed
org November 29, at 9 o'clock.
was November 20 is the date set
wit. hearing the petition filed by r.
Moss in the matter of the assignn
of the Austin North company and 1
the tin North individually. Mr.. Moss
: no appointed assignee for both and
ond such was given deeds by the ass
Nor ors to various parcels of real es1
ga ct Since the assignments were made
ars+ parties to them have settled with t
WAS creditors and the assignee now
tied for an order O court granting
hers right to reconvey to them the prop
,,ren decided to him at the time the orit
proceedings were had.
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talk Toxic and Paris.