Show peculiar defense in murder case butte J B sullivan a well known sa loonman of butte was acquitted by a jury on friday of the murder of oc joseph saler safer in this city saler safer was shot by sullivan september 8 1908 and died two weeks later the defense set up by sullivans attorneys was that salers death was not due to the wound inflicted by sullivan but to defective surgery and medical treatment this defense involved a number of doctors and nearly disrupted the sliver silver bow medical society charges being filed with the society against several of its members and resulting in a hearing and damage suit lilt the doctors finally compro comero aisea their difficulties 10 |