Show nt the blackfoot has the following uram astle was brought down from blackfoot on saturday evening by sheriff homer en route to malad city he having been bound over n the sum of to appear before the grand jury at the next term of court lo 10 answer to the charge of shooting with intent to kill antte is single is 21 years of age ia sandy complexion ed light muss tache is about ftc inches in height and a broncho rider by occupation ilia parents are respectable people and cesido in butte city montana lie was born in ogden his parents at that date being residents of ogden and of the mormon church lie has a fayr education and is rather a genteel looking and apparently well behaved young man tho trouble at blackfoot which accidentally ci resulted so unfortunately to mrs snyder was caused by too touch bad whiskey his statement of the affair is as follows lol lows some herbera her dera friends of hia located about miles irom blackfoot came into town to attend a dance at the star by mrs gill but not having received indita i tiona astle after socially taking a couple of drinks with them volunteered to go to tho managers of the dance and try to have invitations extended to them ua found oae of the managers on the street who said it was all right aitla then returned to hh friends and they indulged in two or three more drinks all round and then all hands went to alio dance during the evening one of the gerders herders nailed montgomery attempted to baiso a disturbance with tho negro cook and atla acing as mediator took montgomery away going first to the blackfoot billiard hall took a drink there and then went to the gem saloon and got another drink then returned to the dance after this aitla danced two or three times mrs snyder being his partner once he informing the lady that he was drunk and she remarking at the same all likely to get drunk during an intermission in the dance astle was standing in the door talk aug with conductor brodu mont gomery camo to him and said whitey let us dance baying at the sime that hed asked every lady in the room to ducor and been refused bv all of them astle went and invited a lady to WAS engaged astle now stepped out towards the door whore montgomery was tha latter saying if we cant dance dont let us let anybody else dance floor manager still said all set astle exclaiming im not set Moat gom ry at this moment stepped towards the hoor malaer again called all set when As tle exclaimed if I dont dance no d d man in the house shall dance and jerked tout his pistol holding the muzzle pointing upwards towards tho roof julius the butcher jumped and caught him by the right hand and threw it back mr still caught him by the left hand and reached around and caught hold of tho pistol astle attempted to break away from them when all of them ml to the flior lo 10 the fall the pistol was discharged tho ball striking mrs snyder back of the shoulder point mr still got tho pistol away from him and he was arrested taken before justice moat lim over as stated A pitol was placed in the hands of snyder the huband of the lady and astle ra quested him to hoot him but the offer was declined moral whis key and a loaded are danger oas things for a to carry at the same time |