The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1918-12-27
FIRST DEGREE
MURDER CHARGE
Livingston Man Charged With
Killing o. M. Harvey De-
cember 23rd.
PROMINENT MONTANA men
Harvey Was State Chairman Republi.
can Central Committee.-Funer.
al Will Be Held Saturday.

Livingston, Dec. Z6.@An lnfofm0-
tion charging murder in the first de-
gree for the killing Of o. M. Harvey
was filed against Postmaster Joseph
E. Swindlehurst this afternoon by
County Attorney E. N. Niles in the
court Of Justice Of the Peace o. G.
Ragland. The preliminary hearing will
probably be set for Monday, at which
time the witnesses who testified at
the coroner's inquest, and five or six
others will be called.
Funeral services over the body Of
Mr.. Harvey will be held at the family
home in this city Saturday morning at
10 o'clock. The sermon will be preach
ed by Bishop Faber of Helena, Mon
tana. Interment will be at Greenfield,
Adair county, Iowa, Mr.. Harvey's for
mer home, where his mother resides
and where his brother Rufus and his
father are buried.
The local organization of Knights
Templar of which Mr.. Harvey was
prominent member, will form an es-
cort of honor to accompany the cor
tege from the home to the train. Mrs.
Harvey and daughter Frances, a BROTH
er Of Mr.. Harvey's, Nate G. Harvey,
of Chicago, and his wife will accom-
pany the body east.
The assertion made in Livingstone
dispatch published in a Butte newspa-
per to the effect that it twas rumor-
ed" that the trouble between Mr.. Har-
vey and Mr.. Swindlehurst was partly
due to the fact that Mr.. Harvey had
not contributed to the Red Cross, has
brought from Mrs. S. Pierce of this
city, chairman of the Park county
chapter Of the American Red Cross,
the unqualified assertion over her sig
nature that Mr.. Harvey was the larg-
est individual contributor to the Red
Cross in Park county from the time
of the chapters organization.
At the preliminary hearing it is ex-
pected that the trouble which is sup
posed to have led up to the assault
will be aired. This occurred last Sat-
urday night at business meeting of
the Episcopal church, when in the pres
ence of Bishop Faber, Mrs. Harvey
and many other members of the
church, but in the absence of Mr.. Har-
vey, Mr.. Swindlehurst intimated that
Mr.. Harvey had not paid his church
dues. When Mrs. Harvey denied the
charge, Swindlehurst said that Harvey
was a pro-German and the meeting
was thrown into an uproar, but was
finally quieted by the bishop. Mr..
Harvey was sent for and he and Mr..
Swindlehurst, in the presence of the
bishop, it is reported, engaged in an
alteration. Incidentally it was shown
that Mr.. Harvey had paid his church
does.
The sudden death of the republican
state chairman has been a great shock
to friends all over the west and scores
of kilograms of sympathy have been
received by Mrs. Harvey and her
daughter.
The body lies in state at the family
home, where it has been viewed by
a large number of sorrowing friends
The stories told at the inquest by
eye witnesses and those who reached
the scene before the conflict was over
indicate that few words were exchang'
ed between the postmaster and Mr.
Harvey and that after the first blow
the latter was helpless and made nc
resistance as Mr.. Swindlehurst rain
ed blow after blow upon his head unit
the other sank to the cement walk al
the entrance of the Miles-Garniel
building.
There is large pillar in front Of
the structure where the assault tool
place, and the two men are believed tt
have met directly in front of it, al
though so far no witnesses have beer
found who saw the commencement O.
the battle. When Mrs. M. P. Campbell
who seems to have been the closes
observer, first saw the two men, Mr.
Swindlehurst, the larger, had his arm
around the neck of Mr.. Harvey ant
was beating him upon the head ant
face. Mr.. Harvey was pulled into al
alcove between the Atchinson cand.
store and the pillar at the building
entrance. In this alcove they wer
shielded to a certain extent from tn
view of pedestrians. Mrs. Campbell
said Mr.. Harvey seemed helpless an
offered no resistance.
After the assault Mr.. Swindlehurst
witnesses said, picked up his hat from
the sidewalk and, putting it on hi
head, walked eastward, while peopl
who had gathered summoned assist
ance and carried the injured man int