Great Falls tribune., 1922-04-18
grain was fed the cows, only hay, with
bran brought from B0zeman.

On cross examination conducted By
]. +. O'Connor he said he fed the
cows each fork or hay morning and
evening and probably four pounds of
bran day. He thought about half OF
the hay from the Aylesworth ranch
went to the cows and all the grain was
put in the prison warehouse. Horses
and other property, were Ted with hay
purchased by Conley, witness said, and
those used in farming were fed hay
raised on the ranch as long ~ it lasted.
He said sufficient hay was reserved
at the Aylesworth ranch to feed horses
used in spring farming. He testified
that some of the hay on the state ranch
was fed to cattle slaughtered there tor
the state and none of the hay was used
by Conley. Outside Of the highway
commission horses there was no state
owned livestock on the Aylesworth
ranch, he said. Usually IL to Il con-
May 1 to the last of October and none
were used there in the winter.
Probe Sales Of Hogs
In order to excuse the witness, in
whose family sickness exists, he was
questioned by the state on the third
cause of action, which has to do with
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McClintick testified that Conley kept
hogs on the silo ranch, having as high
as IS head at some times, that he never
they were fed with swill from the
prison, together with some wheat and
corn to harden them. He said they
killed the hogs and put the meat in the
cold storage plant at the prison with
the exception of four head which were
given to the JOshers club in Butte,
charitable organization.
On cross examination witness said
the herd was wiped out by cholera once
and another time many Of the hogs died
from cholera so that he had to buy
more hogs to replenish the herds. lie
said they had to remove the swill from
the prison and if it was not fed to the
hogs it had to be thrown into the river,
as was done for time after cholera
had wiped out one herd.
Ex.Convict Called
Robert Brennan, of Miles City, who
admitted he had been convicted of felo-
MES q number of times, was called by
the state to testify regarding the haul
ing of hay and grain from the Ayles-
worth ranch. He said he was sent up
from Miles City in 1914 for 10 years
for burglary, served five years and 10
months and was paroled June II, 1920.
The last two years he worked outside
during which time he hauled hay from
the Aylesworth ranch in the fall Of
1918, hauling an average of two tons
a day which he said was fed to the
cows.
From December 8 or 10, 1913, to
March IL or IA, 1919 he said he hauled
h, <hr ~k4 %hn "io1io0, d
Johnson ranch, which was seven miles
away, because Conley considered it too
far to haul from the A. G.. NJ. ranch, a
distance of IS miles. He said most of
this hay was fed to the cows with
about a half load every three days
for the horses. He estimated that the
first cutting of alfalfa on the Ayles-
worth ranch, the only cutting he had
to do with, had produced about 240
tons, and thought he had hauled about
IT'S tons of this to the Conley ranch.
His Criminal Record
On cross-examination Brennan ad-
mitted having been sent to the reform
school when he was a kid and that
he ran away two or three days later.
that he was convicted in 1909 for
horse stealing, again in 1915 for burg
larry, was paroled March 6, 1917, broke
parole and was sent back, and that
he was convicted in December, 1920,
for little bit of everything, burglary
and assault" and was sentenced to from
one to two years, being paroled in
August, 1921.
He said he had first talked of this
case with George w. Farr. April 8,
1922, at dairy ranch near Miles City,
that Farr came out to see him and
said he had received a special delivery
letter and a telegram concerning him
from Helena, and that Farr showed him
slip containing weights Of hay hauled
by him.
Bob Carney, Of Grow agency, testi-
fled as to having cut hay on the Ayles-
worth ranch in 1920. He said he had
been sentenced to prison for five to ten
years after pleading guilty to cattle
stealing and was released after serving
two and half years. He claimed he
was innocent Of the crime but took the
blame to shield two others.
Joe Farrell, also former convict,
testified that in 1913 he assisted Bren-
nan in hauling hay from the Ayles-
worth ranch to the dairy ranch. Farrell
had been sent up from Glendive for
year for assault.