The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-07-05
BERT GLASS GETS rs YEARS
GIVES DICKINSON ATTY. CIR.

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the Herbert Glass murder trial which
occupied the greater part of last week
in Judge MUSCLE court at Bowman,
the case having been sent over from
Billings county by Judge W. C. Craw-
ford.
Marmarth was the scene of the MUIR
der of Tom Corcoran on September 3,
1911, and Tom Carberry and Bert Glass.
two blindpiggers of the Milwaukee
town, were suspected at once. The evil
dence was all circumstantial and the
Billings county authorities seemed to
think that the most that could be done
was to try Carberry, which followed in
due time, resulting in his Getting 80
years in the penitentiary. In the mean
time. Glass was sentenced to year for
blindpigging and as soon as he was out
the Billings county authorities nabbed
him on the murder charge. Everybody
believed him guilty and really the in
stigator of the crime, but they were
afraid the evidence was not strong
enough to give conviction Tom Car
berry was taken from the pen as wit
ness against Glass. but did not see
Glass kill Corcoran. He was with
Glass and peddling whiskey for him on
the day of the murder and was more or
less intoxicated
AS our readers already know, W. F.
Burnett was employed by Billings
county to prosecute Bert Glass, and
here is what the Marmarth Mail says of
his work:
The final plea of Attorney W. F. Bur-
nett to the jury was an exceptionally
strong one and no doubt had much to do
with the finding of the jury.
Mr.. Burnett showed how Glass coul d
have done the choking even though he
had a short thumb, and showed how,
according to Dr.. Rhodda's 8 testimony,
it was impossible for Corcoran to get
into the wagon alone, and how il. would
have been impossible for Carberry with
out help to get the old man into the
wagon.
Editorially the Mail says: Attorney
W. F. Burnett is to be congratulated
upon the effort that he put forth in se-
of old Tom Corcoran. Mr.. Burnett START
ed In the case with but little to work on
other than the fact that Carberry was
wounded on the night of the murder and
that he and Glass were intimately re-
lated in the boote selling business. At
the inquest it seemed to be the desire
of Glass to put the murder onto Car
berry, while Carberry. seemed willing
to let the crime rest on Glass. These
conditions naturally resulted in the
arrest of both men although at that time
there was more evidence against Car
berry than against Glass, and he was
tried and convicted while Glass was
charged with bootlegging to which he
plead guilty. and. served year in the
county Jail. All this has taken almost
two years time during which much evil
dence has gotten away, and the excite
ment has passed over. All this taken
into consideration with the fact that
many reports of dire vengenace threat
ened by Glass upon the witnesses for
the state if he ever rot out, Have reach
ed the ears of the Marmarthians, it
speaks we'll for the wonderful ability of
Attorney Burnett that both men have
been convicted of the murder and that
while one is serving thirty year SEN
tence, the other has been convicted,
with the term of his sentence set at
twenty-five years by the jury and is
only awaiting his sentence by Judge
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time.