The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-10-30

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BUTTE, Oct. 26.-Michael J.
Powers has been convicted of man.
slaughter for killing Michsel c. White
IN this city June IA last. The Jury
was out only a few hours. The
punishment was left t o the court and
Judge Donlan fixed November 2 as
the time for passing sentence. The
men had been Arm friends, but
quarreled in q saloon. They met
later. when it was renewed, resulting
in a stabbing ARRAY.
VIRGINIA CITY, Oct. 2e-The
p~ostoface at Adobetown. which was
established by President Andrew
johnson in 1855, was discontinued last
week, the post mistress, Mrs. Mar.
greet Carey, having resigned. Her
husband, the late Nicholas Carey, was
It's first postmaiter, and with the ex.
ception of . brief interval during Mr..
Carey's illness, the office has not
changed hands in it's forty.two years
of life.
LEw1sTowN, Oct. 26.-After being
out five hours, the jury in the case of
Press Summers, charged with the
murder of ''Red" Dougherty at a
grading camp near Straw September
8, returned q verdict of not guilty.
The general opinion of those familiar
with the case is that the verdict is a
just one. Dougherty, who posed as a
bad man, was drunk and visited the
grading camp from his own quarters
and proceeded to shoot up the place.
BUTTE, Oct. 27.-Because Charles
l.. Hicks refused to stop in a mad race
to avoid capture by policemen last
night, he lies dead at Richards un.
dertaking rooms, shot from behind,
through the neck, Patrol Driver Will
lam P. McManus fired once and the
shot proved fatal. The shooting
occurred near the mouth of Main alley, |
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and Hicks dropped 200 feet away, in
the dark, near the point where the
alley crosses Silver street.
LEWISToWN, Oct. 26.-Jack War.
ner. who recently pleaded guilty to a
charge of robbery, will serve IS
months in the penitentiary for his
crime. That he did not receive a
heavier penalty is due to the fact that
he confessed soon after his arrest and /
gave information which led to the ar.
rest of j.. Frank Ware as his accom-.
plice. Judge Cheadle, in passing sen.
tence, referred to the number of crimes
OF this nature occurring in the state,
M said that in these days when any
young man could find honest employ.
ment, the natural conclusion was that
d%epravity was at the bottom of it.. The
Judge announced that no more mini
mum sentences would be imposed for
such offenses.
k~ALIsPELL, Oct. 27.-Suit has been
filed in the district court through
Attorneys Logan and Child, by F.
w. Toepel against Irving Conklin,
for the sum of eleven thousand dollars
damages. The case grows out of the
occurrence in the lower east side
valley on the 18th of November, 1903,
when Toepel and his brother were
both shot by young Conklin while they
were fishing, he m~istaking the two
boys in their fur overcoats, for bears.
BOULDER, Oct. 2S.-A dastardly
attempt has been made on the life of
Charles Hauer, a we'll known old-time
prospector. Hauer was preparing his
breakfast at his mountain home when,
without warning, the side of the cabin
was blown away. Hauer's right arm
was nearly blown off and he also sus-
tanned a number OF bad injuries and
burns about the body and face. After
a trying time in extricating himself
from the debris he made his way to
this place, where medical treatment
was given.
BUTTE, Oct. 2~S.-Judge Hunt
rendered an opinion this morning on
the motion for a new trial in the suit
OF John j. Barry against the North
ern Pacific RAILROAD company, in
which he denied the motion for a new
trial provided the verdict of the jury
for SIS, 500 he reduced to $4,000 and
interest. Mr.. Barry va formerly
deputy mining inspector of Montana
and while engaged in that work he
was injured by accident on the North.
ern Pacific railroad. He brought his
suit for S25, 900 damages in the federal
court at Helena and the jury returned
q verdict for SIS, 500.
BUTTE, Oct. 2S-Columbia G ardeus,
the pride Of Butte, presents a sad