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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1906
Page
23
Western Montana office of the Standard lists location at 130 Mig gins avenue Missoula and telephone number 118 for advertising applications as a brief notice.
A fragmented report indicates the case known as Coyote Bill has been granted a new trial. The note mentions a prior trial and a juror-related action, with emphasis on proper procedure and impending court dates.
Helena March 18 The Montana Supreme Court grants K W F Beeskove a new trial after ruling the information lacked jurisdictional detail tying the crime to Missoula County. The opinion, written by Chief Justice Brantly, notes one procedural error and upholds most evidentiary rulings, with stark public division over the verdict.
A man known as Beenskove, famed hunter and trapper, lived rough in Missoula. He quarrelled with neighbors over fences and timber rights, carried a gun, and drew attention with his Buffalo Bill style. After a 1905 dispute led to a fatal shooting, he was jailed awaiting supreme court action, hoping for a new trial and freedom.
Missoula reports the state supreme court has granted a new law to K I W Beess Kove known as Coyote Bill lifting the death sentence for a time. Attorneys say the appeal rested on information defects insufficient evidence and faulty instructions. A new trial will rely on self defense and insanity as before.
Missoula residents Mark Peppard and James Driscoll arrived from New York and plan to work as contractors on the big Colorado River dam in Arizona. Peppard, who has spent years in South America, stopped in to visit his brother Obert Peppard. One hundred eating cards and plates for a dollar advertised locally.
The March meeting of Missoula city council adjourned after postponing bids for cement walks curbing and tree planting in Improvement Districts Nos 1 and 2 in South Mirwonia. The ordinance will be revised to address cost shared by property owners and reimbursements. bond terms and contractor performance were discussed. two extensions to the fund and a new hydrant were reviewed. mayoral appointments were deferred.
Missoula March 18 President Elliott of the Northern Pacific and party including Assistant General Superintendent Dan Boyle arrived with passenger No 3 for a general inspection trip of all branch lines. A private car train carried the group over the Bitter Root branch to Hamilton tonight. Superintendent Andrew Gibson and Traveling Engineer J E Day joined the party. returning tomorrow, Elliott will head east to Drummond to inspect the Philipsburg branch.
William af of this city returned from a difficult trip to Niagara Bullch on the North Fork of the Cle water with James Corbett and others. He left about ten days ago, crossed the divide on snowshoes, a 24 mile journey, was caught by a hurricane storm on the summit. He suffered little, but would not undertake it again this season.
Missoula March 19. Elks minstrel show committee plans first chorus rehearsal next Friday. The latest Witmark Chicago overture will be used. Thirty performers plus two lead men chosen from the city’s top musical talent. March 19 County Assessor Dan McQuarrie appointed fourth deputy John D McQuarrie. All assessors busy with valuations as work progresses rapidly.
A marriage related filing was reported in Missoula on March 19 with Weense named in the action as the party sued this afternoon by the Clerk of Court.
MISSOULA NOTES. W R Van Valen returns from a trip to New York and eastern cities. T McLeod of the Missoula Water and Power company visited Butte on business. Edward Bisbes, a plumbing inspector of Butte and once a notable Missoula resident, was in town during the week. Frank Wagner, Albion mines superintendent near Princeton Granite county, spent several days in Missoula and notes many Butte men are gaining interest in district properties.
A Missoula Democratic city committee meeting on March 19 selected Rimsett as chairman and Adam Sickell for a position in the Fourth ward. T. N. Marlowe chaired in Edward’s absence, with W. W. McCormick as secretary. Committees from each ward named times for the upcoming primary on March 21.
The city ownership party met at the courthouse to select delegates for the convention. Ten delegates from each ward were named with a notable absence by Mayor Smith. Ward delegates include candidates from the first to fourth wards, reflecting local political activity amid March events. Special dispatches report pardons by Gov Toole and a trial in Helena, plus Livingston articles of incorporation filed for the People's Mercantile Co. in Montana.
In St Petersburg March rumors spread that Count Witte would retire as premier. A prudent source said Witte, speaking in the imperial council, suggested his term was ending and that Privy Councillor Kokovsoff, former finance minister, would succeed him.
The preliminary hearing for John J. Walsh, jailed on charges tied to the Chicago National Bank failure in this city, was continued to March 27. Attorneys for Walsh requested the delay to ensure their presence.
An ad touts Hyomel as a non stomach dosing cure for catarrh. It offers a complete $1 outfit with an inhaler a dropper and Hyomel bottle, plus 60 cent refills and a free sample via mail from The Hyomel Company in New York.
At a Missoula YMCA board meeting both the physical director Louis H. Battersby and secretary J T Flanagan resigned effective April 1 and immediately. Battersby will head Mobile Alabama YMCA and Flanagan joined the Navy department at Brooklyn. W M Parsons urged quick action to fill both posts within 30 days.
Mrs Adelheld Seheur, involved in a suit accusing Dr Hedges’s wife of alienation of affection, was brought to Willings for a show. Her husband, a Lavina merchant, reports his wife is insane over the affair. Belcheur claims a full confession and says the woman is now in hospital.
EA Rooney a switchman with a broken back after a Northern Pacific railroad accident near the Rarus mine was conscious and cheerful in St James hospital. He received family and friends as doctors said there is slight hope he may pull through despite spinal injury. Rooney has two small children and a wife visited him, with fellow railroad men offering support.
Helena notified Fuller of supreme court sign and he awaits execution with a special guard. Attorneys will seek a rehearing and, if denied, ask Governor to commute to life. Fuller, 61, argues age. Also a Nebraska man, G D White, faces a false pretenses charge in Justice court. Detective Melnerny recovered White in custody for transport. Senate executive session confirms postmaster nominations for Montana and Big Timber.
A man identified as William Bilston was found dead in his lodging room in Dillon after an apparent self drowning in a bowl of water. Coroner’s inquest concluded death from unknown causes. No identifying papers or strong clues were found, with only a few personal items recovered.
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