Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-12-18
mig" COL Inns Isl
DECLARED GUILTY BY
The SUPREME COURT
Decision Written by Chief-Jus-
tice Galloway with all
Justices Concurring


three years at hard labor in the
state prison at Deer Lodge, Mon
tana, and in addition thereto
must pay a fine to the District
Court of Sheridan County of
$4,000, according to a decision
rendered Saturday by the Sup
rene court of this state, written
by Chief Justice Galloway, with
every Associate Justice cOncurr-
ing.
Readers of The Herald will recall
the cas- tried last spring at a special
term Of court, at which time this no.
t~orious character was found guilty Of
an assault upon a young girl.
This attack was made on the evening
of january 18th, 1880. This case was
featured with some highly sensa-
tional testimony on the part of the
girl involved, as well as two other
girls who had been lured to the place.
Hundreds Crowd Courtroom
Hundreds Of persons crowded the
court room day and night to listen to
he sordid story. The intense interest
in the case was brought about thrugh
The Plentywood Herald publicity and
its demand that this man Collins be
prosecuted to the limit of the law.
That this was done, there is no ques-
resented in court by County attorney
Blackwell and Assistant attorney
General T. H. Macdonald and the
defendant by two of our local
attorneys who gave valient battle To
the prosecution, but the evidence was
Of such a nature that the jury could
bring in only one verdict, that of
guilty"
Charged Hippodrome
For weeks prior to that special
term of district court the Producers
News had resorted to its usual
style of journalism and charged that
it was merely a h%ippodrome or circus
put on by County Attorney Blackwell
for political purposes. Many people
in this county believed this to be true
and were deeply resentful that the
case came up for trial, but when this
verdict was rendered it met with al
most universal favor, and the only
ones who did note favor it was tn
Producers News gang, as it has been
generally known that Mig Collins has
been one Of the best supporters the
Producers New has ever had, while
on the other hand he held a whip
hand over that crowd and made Tay-
lor bow to his dictates. However that
there was actual friendship between
them can be recalled in the political
talks Taylor made this fall when he
said again and again that Mig Collins
was "p~ersecuted" instead of prosecu-
ted.
Mig Held Whip Hand
That Mig Collins had the whiI
hand over Taylor was also noticed by
one of u Supreme Court judges who
called at his office one day this al
when he was campaigning for reel.
ection. This happened to be Associ-
ate Justice Matthews, and while visit.
ing in the Producers News sanctun
with "Red-flag" Taylor, Mig Collins
walked in and whispered in Taylor's
ear whereupon that gentleman wad.
died out of the office without as much
as an excuse me" to Judge Matthews
Appeal Filed
After the trial was finished {
notice of appeal was filed without
delay, and bondsmen for Collins were
finally secured and in due course Of
time the transcripts of the trial was
filed in the Supreme Court in Helens
where it was argued the 18th of No
vember, with Paul Babcock of Plen
tywood representing Collins, and tn
state by Asst. Attorney General T
H. Macdonald.
The court took considerable tins
in thoroughly studying this case a
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