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

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epithets in referTingito theHcringingti'
man in the defendant achairsr +
a,sWas7a Skilled M eehanic ffi'.' r.
yfHe k-pr&ised .Danher's m~echanicaf1
skill and referred to- him asia gifted
automobile repair man, but that With
alb his inherent ability, his craving
for money dominated him and rend-
erred him unable toilet his victims live
as Go duintended them to live 'f- 7'o
He referred to the responsibility of
Pthe Sprouse family and drew a word
picture of Marvin Sprouse fighting on
/ the battle fields Of France and bring
ing back home With him across. the
broad Atlantic, as a present to his
brother, John, a h~and-carved, red clay
thatchet which an Indian had given
him for saving his life, and which
John had treasured and preserved
right up to the time of his untimely
taking off His Voice qtuivered with
: suppressed emotion as he told of the
tagged mother reciting,, on the witness
stand, how one Of her boys had died
in Che Spanish-Americ:an war, il
why was it that this little .womH-
an never told the details of this hor-.
ribIe crime until after nearly three
years had passed." asked Mr. Rankin
"Because She knew him; she knew
The kind of dirty snake7like cur he
was, and she lkneY he would cQme here.
and that -Sshe, would receive no mercy
or Consideration at his handsrthe,
Idirtiest Character assassin that ever
~qiSgrafefd r. 2 ~e9qrtroopa,g1s t .sauafre .
M She knew the MaRav g,- =
.s,aasH e9rr aRlaina straightferward9s state
hm,enrta wgHa n~eNeErahaken so~rschanged.
DQ2 EQur1b ajiRYe that this weman, if
she were Q m27nderessaswould.aeome
VOLUNTARILY tQ,the authorities and dis
el0se AL these heEEibler. facts3n But
she finally did thank God, lchow-
ing aS, shar sid we'll knOw,uthe type
\. of man he was, Under whose damin-
ance sh9q bad Lived, since lshe,Iwas a
Iittle. babSo4g5 ,xrm, ~ ,s'af in,t
s4su sin 1this statements, Il DanneF con
, tinually refers to m~dneylrt money!
5 money! l.Andoit was money that he
e&Rdanted; yandfit was money that he
| MnewrSprouse had when fYerleft North
,4Dakotaa r. 10 Hthes c0n11no on yegg, the
stick-up man, I willstake' off my hat,
2 bfor even suehaas they; do not come
into court to- blacken the reputation
lof any woman or "concoct cock and
bull stories as a smoke screen to COW
Eer their crimes s37s .s. saln1
It was fat this time that he refer
red to- the sheriff's force and the
splendid work they did in gathering
the evidence that brought Dannel
rd'&duafely before. the bar Of justice
lie also spoke in praise Of the work
of; cooperation on the part Of the
9 f%couhty attorneys office: He then 1rteac
the original information charging
$ banner with the crime, and said that
t the jury had no alternative other thar
I to acquit or bring in a verdict Of
r guilty Of first degree murder.
: % - Called Him Child-Slaver .,-,~
One Of the tensest moments during
The entire trial VISA when the attorney
general drew a picture of Danner':
violation Of the little ~14-year-old cir
while her step-mother was. scarcely
cold in the grave. '1He is not a white
SLAYER" he vehemently asserted, "bu,
a child-slaver, and a mother-murder
err the latter being an indirect. refer
e5nce to the theory that the murdered
woman was soon to have become. +:
mother.
Backing up his assertion that Flor
ence, the little. ten-year-old half
fsister Of Mrs. Danner knew nothing O
the actual killing, despite Danner''
statements to the contrary, Mr., Rank
in referred to banners .statemen.
made to Deputy Sheriff Howell som,
time ago: iSI don't know why the!
want to bring her into this; she doesn'
know anything"
After hurting the denunciator!
Statement at Danners in which he .ac
cgsed him Of being, a liar, theft, per
jurer, bootlegger, .rapist and murder
er, the attorney general said; ~, dom
like to make these charges agains
any man, no matter how guilty he ma,
be, but if 7 did not defend this, WON
an with every bit, Of. vitality and, en-
ergy I possess, I would be considere
$50 as yellow as this yellow dog befor
you"
1t WA at this point that. Judge Lar
cautioned m-te~be-meTe moderat
in the use of his=epithets. r
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