The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-25
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State,

Butte, Feb. 17.-Imploring the sur.
geons to extract the bullet and save
his life so that he might recover to
kill the policeman who shot him, Mike
Berry, a 17-year-old lad lies in the
Emergency hospital today lowering
between life and death with a bullet
in his groin. He was shot last night
by policeman James Pace, as he and
two others were surprised breaking
into store. Barry expressed no re-
gret over his capture saying that his
only desire was to take revenge upon
the policeman.
LewistOwn, Feb. 1S.-Five minutes
before noon today the jury in the Ed
ward Tanquary case brought in a ver-
dict of second degree murder. Tan
quarry will be sentenced by Judge
Ayres In the district court next Fri
day morning. Tanquary was tried for
the murder of John Crawford, whom
he killed in a dispute following con-
fessiOns made to the defendant by
Mrs. Tanquary. The latter told Craw.
ford that he must leave Mrs. Tan
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quarry, Crawford made motion as if
to get weapon and then Tanquary
fired, following Crawford out of a res
taurant into the street where the kill.
ing took place.
Butte, Feb. 19.-With 16 killings
and 2S suicides since Jan. 1, 1913,
Butte can lay claim to an unenviable
record for violent deaths, the total
number being far in excess of other
cities. The year 1914 has started out
as though it will exceed the mark es-
tablished last year. To the present
time there have been six murders and
four suicides in this city.
Missoula, Feb. 19.-The first arrest
in Ravalli county under the game law,
which prohibits person from having
in his possession more than so pounds
of whitefish at one time, took place
near Florence today, when Matt Ilka
was taken into custody, tried, found
guilty and sentenced to pay fine of
$25. Deputy Sheriff John Burch saw
Ilka staggering along under a load of
whitefish which he was bringing from
the Bitter Root river to town to ped
die. The pack was weighed and
found to contain IT'S pounds.
Billings, Feb. 19.-Declaring that
their landlord had stuffed the Chin
ney full of rags in an endeavor to
smoke them out, Mr.. and Mrs. IT. E.
Howard caused the arrest of w. M.
Mcintyre. we'll known local charac-
ter, and he was brought into the mu.
nicipal court to answer a charge of
disturbance. Mcintyre did not deny
the charge but urged in excuse that
his tenants refused to leave although
they owed him rent and that he did
not desire their presence in any event.
Mcintyre was notified to appear later
for hearing and the Howards were
told to move and avoid further trou.
BILE.
Butte, Feb. 19.-Finding flaws in
the testimony of arresting officers
through which the city failed to show
that money was on the table or that
money had passed between the de-
PENDANTS, 18 men arrested in gambling
raids were dismissed from arrest in
police court yesterday. The court
said that in his opinion under the
gambling law, conviction on charges
of gambling were almost an impos-
sibility. He stated that finding men
locked in a room, cards and chips
scattered about and even though the
men were in confusion and were try
ing to escape, was no evidence of
gambling sufficient to convict under
the law.
Helena, Feb. 19.-H. ~. Sa wage, s,l.
pervising engineer in Montana of the
reclamation service, va; in Helena
today from the east. While absent he
delivered number OF illustrated lee.