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Show BRIBERY IS CHARGED. Sonsational Incident at Heaving Be- foro Montana Legislature. HELENA. Mont., Feb. 21. The preliminary prelim-inary hearing before Justice of the Fence Fraser at Billings of Fred If. Hnthhorn, the attorney decided upon by the Republican Repub-lican caucus! for Judge of the new Thirteenth Thir-teenth Judicial District court, who was charged by D. A. Smith with grand lar-cony lar-cony In falling to turn over 5122, resulted In the proceedings being dismissed, and ono of tho most uensailonnl Incidents of the present session of tho Montana Legislature Legis-lature Is closed. Smith declined to gjve testimony of a damaging character against Hnthhorn. Attorney Hogan, omploj'ed to assist In the prosecution, charged that Hathhorn had bribed Smith not to testify against him. an accusation which Hnthhorn Hnth-horn strongly resented. |