The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-09

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Events moved swiftly for the slay-
er following the death Of his victim
at 1885 o'clock Friday morning. Sat
urday afternoon a corcner's jury, af-
ter listening to the story Of the shoot
ing, formally found that Randall came
to his death as the result of gun
shot wound inflicted by Scollard, and
late Monday County Attorney E. "A.
Peterson filed an information in the
district court charging Scollard with
first degree murder.
Wants Early Trial
A few minutes after the infOrma-
tion was filed, Scollard was arraigned
before Judge B. B. Law and entered
a plea of not guilty. The defendant
was represented in court By Attorney
George d. Pease. Scollard requested
the court to try him as soon as pos
sible, declaring that he "would like
70 have the trial as soon as you can
arrange it, for I have considerable
work to do on the ranch in the next
few weeks"
Judge Law, after conferring with
the attorneys, set the trial for Mon-
day, April Is, at $3.50 q. m. The court
fixed bail in the sum of $4,000, and
on Tuesday it was furnished and
Scollard, Who had been fpy jail since
he surrendered to Sheriff James
Smith an hour after the fatal shoot
ing, was released. His sureties are
Charles E. Whitehead, E. MyrOn Fer
ris, Lenora R. Scollard, and L. R.
Scollard The latter gave a certified
check for $1,000, which was attached
to the bond.
Members Of the jury panel sum-
moned for the term Of court which
ended Tuesday evening, have been or
dered to report for jury duty the
morning Of April 26. AS there are
only 18 Of these, it is probable more
will be drawn when the case is called
for trial
Funeral of Victim
Funeral services for Timothy E
Randall, Scollard's victim, were held
from the West chapel at 2:30 O'Clock
Monday afternoon, with the Rev. r
W. Shaw, pastor of the First Baptisf
church of Bozeman, officiating. Rel
atives and many friends followed the
body to the grave in the BOzemaI
cemetery, there to pay their last re
spects.
ScOllard was not present at the cor
Oners inquest Saturday afternoon
when the story Of the fatal quarre
and shooting was told by Frank Aus
tin, Scollard's hired man, who was Al
eyewitness, up to a certain point, o
the tragedy. Austin answered tn
questions put to him in a clear, con
else manner, his narrative setting a
rest many unfounded ruTnors that hal
previously been circulated. Othe
witnesses were Sheriff James Smith
DR.. A. C. Kelly, and Dr. L. A. Crew
of Belgrade.
The inquest was convened by Coz
Oner H. F. West at 1:S5 o'clock.
Story Of Shooting
Frank Austin, the first witness
testified that he was employed on th
Bart Scollard ranch and was preser
April / when Randall arrived, with
team and hayrack, about II o'elocl
Roy Harrison and his hired man ha
been there, and were just drivin
away when Randall turned in frol
the main road. Randall, according
Austin, said he had come for sem
things that belonged to him-old ms
chinery, etc. Mrs Scollard was
the house, but Scollard was away.
Austin and Randall talked for
few minutes, the conversation bein
Of a general, commonplace natur
Randall did not say, the witness test
fled, that he was locking for SEQ
lard. Austin, who was hauling ha.
resumed his work and Randall pa
ceeded to load the things upon tE
hayrack. This operation took abol
20 minutes, he said
scollard Had Gun
Scollard, Austin testified, arrive
at about 1880 o'clock and met Raj
daii ct a point half way between Il
house and the barn. The two stoc
there, apparently talking, but q
witness was then ESQ yards away, 6
ysteck, and could not hesr viii
was said Twenty minutes later An
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