The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-07-22

him and the joy she thought that
would have been hers.
Next day she and Winnie left to-
gether. Their friendship remained
unbroken. The one returned to school
and the other returned home, never to
come back to the place she left in the
mountains. Before going away Win
ME had gone down the valley to see
Yankee jim, who was getting feeble
very fast. He was glad to see her and
asked many questions about her school
life. He told her that he hoped to live
to see her married, but if not he would
not forget her as he had no heirs. She
told him about the success of the smell
ter and what it would do for the camp.
"Now the boys will reap some reward.
Horn was right, said he.
i Spencer went into camp again and
he and Hartz talked the situation
over, and also conferred with the min
ers, who were wild with indignation
against the man and his unknown con-
federates who destroyed the dam.
What unseen hand was it that was
reaching out after them! We're there
no rights for the poor man? If it was
not one thing it was another that oc-
!, Cured to hold them back.
DR.. Granzer had just received word
from the government that there was
some irregularity about his right to
his water power. This fact was long
time coming, as ten years had passed
since the plant was located. There was
Dan Ross, who had good claims. He
had just returned from Buffalo where
he had got some of his stock back.
: Dan had turned his property over to
some sharps in Buffalo, who organized
company with 100000 shares Of
} stock. They kept Dan up in camp on
little money to work the claims, while
, they lived in ease. Dan got next to
: something and went on to Buffalo,
: secured lawyer and made the sharps
r disgorge or go to jail. They were
e selling the stock at fifty cents per
: share. Forty cents went into their
: pockets, while ten went into the bank
5 to keep Dan going. Now the smelter
i was put out of business. The miners
D volunteered to help keep watch over
$ the shelter while Hartz and Spencer
2 went down to Livingston to attend the
2 prosecution of the man who blew up
2 the dam. The day of the trial the
/ stranger who was known as Felix Car
' biano, was brought into court and the
: lawyer who was to plead his case was
t from Butte. The District Attorney
: pleaded his side for the county in ell
oquent terms, stating that it was a
r crime to retard the wheels of progress
a to destroy an industry that would add
Y wealth to the community and give
r employment to thousands in the near
2 future. Pointing to the prisoner, he
2 said, "What is his motive? | will
4 show you that there is some deeper
a meaning in this dastardly work than
4 appears on the surface. Reaching in
, his pocket he drew forth the letter
a which Spencer had given him. This
: shows that he is hireling of an I'M
seen hand". Reading the letter to the
! court and jury he said, Gentlemen,
now l leave the case in your hands"
:. The lawyer for the prisoner stated
that the plea given by the opposite
side was without doubt a strong case
: against the prisoner but he wished to
draw their attention to the fact that
although a letter was found on the
prisoner, who swears that his name is
Brown, this letter carried another
name. The examination of the pris-
oner failed to bring out any defect in
e his testimony regarding his name, al
e so. There was no witness who could
!, swear to having seen the prisoner op.
r crate the machine which exploded the
: dynamite, nor had anyone seen the
7 prisoner place the explosive in posi-
d ton. The only witness who could ties
n tify to have ever seen the prisoner was
n Hartz, who only saw him running
: toward him after the explosion. This
| being the facts of the case, which
e makes it case Of pure circumstantia
n evidence and the prisoner should be
i discharged"
) The judge addressing the jury said
: in the evidence given it was brought
D out that the prisoner had been in camp
r at various times and had acted in g
D strange manner, while the letter was
t addressed in a name other than the
! prisoners sworn name. The prisoner
had the letter in his possession, alst
! the dam was in an extremely isolated