The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-10-31

the only one who can demand to be h
admitted to view the hanging. Others, i
with the exception of the sheriff's 8
force and court officials, must secure
a card of admission from the trial I
judge. Even newspaper men may be
barred from the execution at the dis Z
erection of the Judge. 6
The first and only other Official
hanging in Gallatin county took place
about 18 years ago, when Lu Sing, a
Chinaman, was hanged from a wood
en- scaffold in the courtyard for the
murder of a fellow countryman. a
butcher, whom Sing murdered with
the butchers own c~leaver. Sing was
buried in Gallatin county soil, his re-
mains not having been sent back to
China for i~nterment, as is the usual
custom.
Florence Banner, the ten-year-old
child of the condemned man by his
F., first wife, has been taken back to
Spokane, Wash, by her uncle, ]. E.
O~berholzer, a Spokane merchant, and
brother of banners first wife, who |
was here to testify for the state in
the trial.
Mrs. Danner has left her quarters in
the county Jail, where she has been
living since making her accusations
against her former husband, and ex-
poets to depart soon for Spokane,
where she will reside with relatives.
and where she will try to secure en-
ployment. Her three children will be
taken care of by other relatives, and
will be reared so they will never know
the fate of their father or the circum-
stances of his death.
While it was not brought out at
the trial. Frank Sprouse told The
j Courier that a garage man named
:. Root, in South Dakota, had paid John
. Sprouse, before he left on ais fateful
: trip west with the banners, the sum
of $500, and that he had good reason
: to believe his brother had consider
ably more than that amount when he
r reached Central Park.
Souvenir hunters who were allowed
to handle the exhibits that lay along
side the judges bench and on the
! trial table after the completion of the
f trial last Friday afternoon, managed
s to fitch a rubber ink stand and the
pen used by Court Reporter Guy E.
Marvin in taking down the proceedings
? in shorthand.
1t is needless to add that the bat
tered skull of the murdered woman
and the lower jaw bone of her murder.
ed husband were not molested by the
memento hunters.
No better evidence was seer
d throughout the trial of the absolute
honesty of purpose and freedom from
J. implication or guilt of Mrs. Iva Der
e tina Danner, the accusing witness, thar
n was displayed by her when, after tn
IF case had gone to the jury, she staye'
n in the courtroom and showed photo
lg graphs, trinkets and other persona
c. belongings to friends and others VIII
E. were interested, and answered the
I'll questions in the same straightforward
er and fearless manner she displaye
while on the witness stand.
Before leaving Bozeman, Attorne
i'm General Rankin made it a point
state, for publication, that he had bee
st, called into the Danner case by the o
TX ficers and members of the Gallat
nd County Taxpayers League at the e
he pense of the state and for which pu
ce, pose state funds are provided. T
lch said that it was unnecessary that t
es- taxpayers of the county be put to t
asst added expense of engaging other leg
assistance for the county attorney.
ills Former County Attorney c. E. Ca
ze- son sat on the prosecuting attorne!
ars side of the lawyers table througho
af- the trial, but did not actively enga
or in the proceedings, although he work
the hard in helping Mr.. Peterson prepa
I'M the case for trial.
luc Lie CO1lQSiluCQ ludu Is Cdllu& a
out sleeping more heartily and regular
in than at any time since the opening
on his trial Monday of last week, accol
led ing to the sheriff's force.
of Mrs. Danner is living with the ia
on lily of Jake DeBoer at Three For,
trip where she will stay until she gets
has WARDROBE in shape to make the t
ime west. Her plans are indefinite,
lid she says she will go to work as SO
by as she can find suitable employing
er's The "whang" string used by d.
lbly ner in tying the burlap sack arou
to the head of Mrs. Sprouse after
Gus had killed her with the hand axe,
testified to by Mrs. Danner, was ne'
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