"JIM" GRADY" HAS HEARING

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SHERIFF POTTER WITNESS FOR 

	           STATE
	   
DEFENSE OFFERS OBJECTION
	   
   Carbon County Official Not Allowed

	to Testify Regarding Statements by Mosier
  
 The preliminary hearing of James E. Grady,  
one of the trio charged with the murder of Police 
Sergeant Hannah in this city a month ago, is on 
before Judge Mann at the county building today.  
The trial began at 10 o'clock and bids fair to last 
all day.  Grady is represented by the law firm of 
Hathhorn & Groves and the state by the county 
attorney.

     The first witness called for the state was 
Sheriff Potter of Carbon county, who was active 
in running down two of the criminals, the elder 
Grady boy and Mosier.

     During the entire morning session of the court 
the time was occupied in the introduction of 
testimony for the state and Sheriff Potter related 
in detail the capture of Mosier and Ed Grady, but 
in questioning the witness as to his knowledge of 
the prisoner before the court being connected 
with the crime, and that knowledge being 
obtained in a statement obtained from Mosier, 
the defense objected and the objection was 
sustained.

     Fred Morris, the bartender at the Owl 
saloon on the night of the tragedy, testified 
that at about 1 o'clock on the morning of July 
1 the prisoner came in through the front door 
of the saloon and saluted him in a friendly 
way.  Then he saw two men pass on the 
sidewalk in front of the building and a few 
minuets later the holdup occurred.  His 
testimony covered in detail the occurrences 
during the night of the holdup, which has 
already been published.

     The testimony for the defendant will be 
an attempt at an alibi.  The prisoner will 
attempt to show that he knew nothing of the 
holdup and will rely a great deal upon a 
statement which will be made during the 
proceedings of the preliminary trial that he 
was at the slaoon only a short time previous 
to the holdup and bought several bottles of 
beer for two girls, one of them being his 
sister.    The preliminary hearing of James E. 
Grady,  one of the trio charged with the murder 
of Police Sergeant Hannah in this city a month 
ago, is on before Judge Mann at the county 
building today.  The trial began at 10 o'clock and 
bids fair to last all day.  Grady is represented by 
the law firm of Hathhorn & Groves and the state 
by the county attorney.

     The first witness called for the state was 
Sheriff Potter of Carbon county, who was active 
in running down two of the criminals, the elder 
Grady boy and Mosier.

     During the entire morning session of the court 
the time was occupied in the introduction of 
testimony for the state and Sheriff Potter related 
in detail the capture of Mosier and Ed Grady, but 
in questioning the witness as to his knowledge of 
the prisoner before the court being connected 
with the crime, and that knowledge being 
obtained in a statement obtained from Mosier, 
the defense objected and the objection was 
sustained.

     Fred Morris, the bartender at the Owl 
saloon on the night of the tragedy, testified 
that at about 1 o'clock on the morning of July 
1 the prisoner came in through the front door 
of the saloon and saluted him in a friendly 
way.  Then he saw two men pass on the 
sidewalk in front of the building and a few 
minuets later the holdup occurred.  His 

testimony covered in detail the occurrences 
during the night of the holdup, which has 
already been published.

     The testimony for the defendant will be 
an attempt at an alibi.  The prisoner will 
attempt to show that he knew nothing of the 
holdup and will rely a great deal upon a 
statement which will be made during the 
proceedings of the preliminary trial that he 
was at the slaoon only a short time previous 
to the holdup and bought several bottles of 
beer for two girls, one of them being his 
sister.
The Billing Gazette

Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, Tuesday, August 3, 1904