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Show -OCT TELLS STORY OF SIS OWN CRIME FORT BENTON, Mont., Feb. 2. At tho adjournment of the trial in tho Paul Freoso murder ense this afternoon, after-noon, the defendant was on tho stand whore ho had boon nearly all after: noon under the close cross-examination of Attorney Spoer and it is expected ex-pected that the trial will occupy moat of tomorrow's session. Tho defendant in tolling his version of tho shooting did not toll a materially material-ly different story from the statements that have been heretofore published, purporting to come from him. He con-trudlctud con-trudlctud some of the statements of the officers as to threat made bv himself against Gllmore. Freoso said that he had-loaned the deceased $102 that he had asked for the return or the loan and haj written about It and got no satisfaction hearing that Gll-raoro Gll-raoro was about to sell out and go back to Washington, he determined to make an 'effort to collect the money, mon-ey, get security, or buy Gilmoro's team and for that purpose went to Gilmoro's Gil-moro's ranch ou tho day of the shoot- I ng Gllmore became angry ut his demands, picked up a club and threatened threat-ened to knock tho defendant's brains out. that as Gllmore turned und picked pick-ed up a dub, tho'defendnnt shot, not Intending to kill but to scare h;m. Ho cleanod the room of blood, londed tho body Into a wagon and started for Great Falls to givo hlmsolf up. At tho ranch of William Garrard, In attempting to got water out of n I well for tho team and for hlmsolf, 1 he fell over backwards and hurt his head, from that time on ho did not ; know what happened and did not ro-! ro-! member throwing tho body In tho well. Attorney Speer endeavored to show , incfislstencles In tho defendants statements as to what ho remembered and whnt ho could not remember. The defendant showed considerable self possesslonin his answers, and tho prosecution did not succeed la shaklug his story to any extent. |