The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-03-24
MONTANA BRIEFLETS.
SHORT ITEMS OF NEWS FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE.

0T1Oou uIG"o VI N6WS HOm
ALL OVER THE STATE.
What Has Happened in Montana Dur
ing the Past Few Days.
GREAT FALLS, March 17.-James
Hatton today pleaded guilty to murder
In the second degree and will be sen.
fenced Friday by Judge J. B. Leslie.
Hatton killed q colored resident of
this city several months ago and his
plea of guilty came as q surprise, q
long drawn out trial on q fret degree
charge having been anticipated until
the last moment.
BOHEMIAN, March ia report was
received in Bozeman today that gold
had been discovered in Three Forks,
causing much excitement there. The
gold was found few days ago by a
man digging we'll. He had dug
about 30 feet when he found gold
pieces as large as pin heads. he
took q bucket of the sand to an as.
sayer, and 1t proved to have $50
worth Of gold In it. BE Immediately
staked out q claim and numbers OF
other people in the city are doing the
same thing. The gold was found near
the center of the city.
LIVINGSTON, March 17.-Rufus M.
Rollen, II years old, was found guilty
in the district court today of grand
larceny, the jury fixing the penalty at
one year in the penitentiary. Rollen
was charged with going to the Cum.
mings livery stable in this city and
hiring a team of horses. Later, he
drove the horses to Bozeman and
while in that city attempted to dispose
OF them. Being unable to sell the
team, he continued his. journey west
ward and was captured few miles
west of Bozeman.
GREAT FALLS, March II. - Mrs.
Margaret McCallum and her nine
children, who sought to recover S4O,.
600 damages from the Boston & Mon.
tana company, as damages for the
death Of Mrs. McCallum's husband,
who died as the result of injuries re.
ceived at the smelter, were awarded
decision against the company to-
day, the jury fixing the amount of
damages to be paid at $4,000, The
jury decided that the overturning of q
converter, which resulted in the death
OF McCallum, was not caused by q
cable breaking, as the plaintiffs
maintained, but was caused by the
giving away of the bolts which at
tached the cables to the converter.
PLAINS, March Isl. P. Hinchle-
wood, who operates saw mill seven
miles north of Plains, fell on q saw
this morning and was seriously in.
jured. The saw struck his left shoul.
der, cutting the collar bone and
passed downward near the heart. DR..
Hattery attended the injured man.
Mr.. Hinchlewood IL one of the old
timers of the state and a veteran of
the civil war. He is nearly 70 years
of age.
LEWIsTOWN, March Is. - Found
guilty of murder in the first degree,
John A. Tabor, the veteran cattle.
man who spent quarter of q century
on the ranges of this county, will
spend the remainder of his life in the
penitentiary for killing Daniel Rowan,
formerly OF Butte, on February 10. of
this year. The punishment was fixed
by the jury, the verdict being agreed
upon after eight hours of deliber alton.
GREAT FALLS, March 10. - Carl
Schultz, who entered plea of guilty
TO charge OF manslaughter Thurs
day, having previously been charged
with murder in the first degree for the
killing of Jacob Anderson, at Belt
some months ago, was yesterday sen.
fenced by Judge Leslie toaserve a term
Of five years in the penitentiory. An
aerson, who was an aged carpenter,
died as result of blows administered
by Schultz after the latter had been
ordered by Anderson to keep away
rom his house. Schultz had been
calling on Anderson's daughter, 1t is
alleged.
M1ssoULA, March 18.-Dr. Park.
nan, first lieutena ant of the medical