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Show I j WOULD NOT TESTIFY J WITH SPECTATORS PRESENT i BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 12. A Kalispeli, ijjp Mont., special to tho Miner says: ',& Proceedings in the trial of Joe Ilob- , ipl bins,. aged 19, alleged accessory to tho : tj murder of the Yoakums, father and son, M were stalled and throughout faced a ,t quandary for thirty minutes this after- VfjlA noon when Fred Lebeau, the chirjf wit- 'xti ness for the state and now awaiting m'l sentence under conviction of first dc-grco dc-grco murder, flatly refused to testify jjja further unless spectators should be ex- eluded from the room. Ycsterdny Lo- ,W. beau wqnt to bed declaring he would ?gj never enter the court room except to sif receive sentence, "unless you take mo .'51: there dead," lie relented this morn- (Sf, ing under the condition that tho court f. room be vacated, which was ac- complished after an explanation by jjRj Doputy Sheriff Ingrahmn. Then Lebeau m answered freely during tho morning ses-sion. ses-sion. But when tho spectators declined ;Jr to again vacate this afternoon the wit- jlh ness remained obdurate after reneatcd ijt . admonitions by tho court and a fine of 'st S25 had .been ontered for contempt, it When informed of this action Lebeau M remarked (hat it made no difference, as If iie expected to hang anyway. At 5 M, ' pi J m., however, the room was again t I cleared and Lebeau went on tho stand and' answered all aue'stions and the fine !. m v."t remitted, j'l! |