The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1919-11-07

HS NOullCi 49,
1897, and located on the Missouri riv-
err where he now resides, in the winter
of 1898 or 90; that he had known
Mac Hunter since about that time and
that they always got along fairly good
together, but had had some disputes
and discussions as generally come up
between neighbors in business matters;
In the year 1907 he was requested to
go to the Hunter ranch and when he
arrived there he found a man named
Flanagan, who had been wounded and
subsequently died, and that Malcolm
Hunter said he had shot Flanagan;
that Flanagan had been stopping at
the Kirkland ranch for some time prl-
or to that time, and that some time af-
ter that Kirkland heard of som con-
troversies that Hunter got into, one
being with a man named Waters;
that Kirkland and his hired man, Tur-
pin, went over to the Hunter ranch on
Sunday, the first day Of June, and
that he had a conversation with Hunt
er in regard to a colt that was on the
school section and that he did not re-
main at Hunters more than 20 min
utes that morning. He then left and
went home, taking some horses with
them from the school section to the
Kirkland ranch. On the day before
the shooting Ray Brockway and Cliff
ford Hunter came to his place and
had a visit with the defendant Kirk
land. He asked them to tell Mac to
come over as he wanted to make a deal
with him for the school section. He
stated that he did not tell Turpin that
afternoon that Hunter was coming
over the next day and for him to stick
around as there might be some shoot
ing. He stated that he had no con-
versation at all with Turrin in re-
CARDS to Hunters coming over the
next day.
Kirkland stated that he was not
able to do anything on account Of a
lame back and on the morning of
June 4th he had breakfast about half
past six and after that went back to
bed and was up and down all day, as
he did not sleep very much the night
before. He stated that on the morn
ing of the 4th Hunter came to his
: place about half past nine and they
l +bo, bod ., 10vV,o,.oo+inp ", tho front
I room of the house, later going to the
1 bedroom and Hunter sat on a chair
while Kirkland lay on the bed; that
they had some discussion and it re.
: suited in Hunters agreeing to lease
Mrs. Kirkland's place and to buy {
fence on the school section. Up tt
this time, Mr.. Kirkland stated, every
thing was friendly, but Hunter brough'
I up some question about Kirkland:
wife and Kirkland said: "Mac,
: thought we had a settlement of tina
matter and I don't want to hear an!
Q more of it." Then Hunter went down
o to dinner.
Kirkland continues: II did not SCI
Hunter again until about a half hou
u before it happened (the shooting).
went to sleep; Hunter came back AM
. woke me up and said, Get up, here
u and take a little drink and you viii
feel BETTER He had a toddy with hin
l sat up on the foot of the bed; it wa
4 possibly half past four then. l toll
him I thought he had gone home. H
l. said he had just been prowlin
# around there; that we had better g
% over the deal again so there wouldn'
# be any mistake made about the matte
and l said all right. We both wer
it over the deal. We had already agree
on the price of the school section fenc'
ID but we had not come to any re;
agreement about my wife's place unit
at we could hear from her. We talke
to for half an hour. When we g
rs through Hunter said: "You and
to have always got along all right, Bill
m and not had any trouble or anything
n, but that - - woman of yours
at he says; it does not matter, she is NJ
to thing but a -, anyway
ed 1 stepped up off the bed and stood I
I'll and asked him what in HI he kne
err about her, . He says, 4 new
overlook anything I said, DO W
t. mean to stand there and tell me "
o. will break up my home?' Hunt
l. started his hand for his pocket al
he started for me and I just stepped ba'
and got the Winchester and Shot"
at Kirkland stated that when he Fl
ne ed the shot Hunter staggered ba
Mt and fell, that the rifle had been
le, that closet about two weeks and HI
We been moved in there when they we
housekeeping; he stated that t
It. rifle had an ivory site and was left
nd the Kirkland ranch sometime befo
hit by Jack Teal. That in Novemb'
he 1918, while Kirkland and his wi
were stopping at the Shannon no
nd Hunter visited their room quite Oft
* and that sometime after he left
lat hotel Mrs. Kirkland told h
81 (Kirkland) that Hunter had made {
/ u vancas toward bor thai she did