The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-09-16
cuLBER1soN VALLEY
HORSE CASE
Man on Trial at Glasgow on
Charge Of Stealing q Horse
which He Afterwards
Shot.

est is being taken in the trial Of Malcolm
Hunter in the district court. on charge Of
grand larceny Former County Attorney
Siattery. and Messfs. Hurd and Lewis. are
associated with County Attorney pignan
in the trial. and Sam Stephenson Of Great
Falls is defending. The horse. which is
" bar 5" gray gelding which John Lund-.
quist. the Bainvilie farmer and merchant.
purchased at a public sale in Glasgow in
1905 conducted BY the Glasgow Sales comp
any. Mr.. Lundquist made arrangements
to have the horse. with others that he had
bought. driven to Bainville: but at Nashua,
10 miles east Of Glasgow. the horse disap-
peared from the enclosure where il was
kept the first night after leaving Glasgow.
together with several others. The horse
in question was never recovered. although
some Of the other horse were found in the
vicinity Of defendants place. but in the
possession Of other people.
Mr.. Hurd. in outlining the case that the
state expected to prove, unreeled quite
romantic story. one which would be good
material for romanccr who desired to get
story Of frontier lawlessncss. A circum.
stance which adds flavor to the story is that
the horse (whose skull was introduced in
evidence, was one raised by" kid" Flana
gan. who figured quite prominently in this
country several years ago as rather daring
and general bad man. until his career was
cut short by bullet. Hunter came into
possession Of the horse. with others belong
ing to the Flanagan estate. and in 1908 Il
was brought into Glasgow, and sold al the
sale referred to. II is claimed by the state
that Hunter left his home about 9 O'Clock
on the night after the sale. follow the Lund-
quist horses to Nashua, took them from the
corral. and drove them back TO his place.
where he pulled" the tail and cut the name
Of the horse in question. to prevent identi-
fication. and put the horse TO work in his
fields and in that Of nieghbors. Finding
that inquiry was being pressed very dilig.
emily for the house il Is claimed that Hunt
er took the horse over into Dawson county
and shot il. turning it over after shooting
in such a way as to prevent the brands be-
ing seen.
Alvin II. Grover testified that he saw
the horse taken from the Nashua corral.
and identified the horse ridden by this man
as BLACK Dan." belonging to defendant
Hunter. He also testified that he followed
Hunter into Dawson county and saw him
shoot the horse. that he turned the horse,
over Immediately and found the brands.
and that he saw the horse lying there often
after ward, and that he few weeks ago
went there and brought away the skull Of
the horse. showing bullet holes in ii.
Bert Shufet testified that he was with
Hunter when he shot the horse. and that
he saw Grover hiding in the vicinity. The
taking Of evidence will probably be con.
cinded Saturday night.
Several years ago Hunter was tried for
The killing Of Flanagan. and was acquitted.
He claimed to have acted in self-deiense.
and he was corroborated in his story by
two witnesses. Flanagan had been in th,
custody Of officers several times. and had
something Of a record as to escapes from
them.
Glasgow. Mont. Sept. I3.-The jury
which tried Malcolm Hunter for the steal
ing Of horse from John Lundquist. the
Bainyille merchant. brought in verdict
today Of guilty Of grand larceny and fixed
the punishment at one year imprisonment.
The case was on trial three days and the
once to have some Of the testimony read 10
them. Hunter has been a resident Of this
county for 20 years and has considerable
holdings in ranch property and horses.