Tbeprisoner is of medium height ^rd^wears a long and grizzly beard as uncouth^as his bair, which is nearly white. When^asked ^Why did you kill Gesswein ^^ he^said: ^He bas ruined me. I invented and^had patented a r-1! -c(. ,r for jewelers, made^the samples myself and sold them to G-ts-^wein at Si apiece. I lived pretty well on that^for a time, but be soon copied tny reflectors^himself and 1 was unable to get aloug, so^1 took it to tbe United States court before^a judge who de 'ided against me. Then I^decided to leave Philadelphia, where I was^living, with two of my sisters, and come^to New York to speak myself to that n an^1 had no money to go into business again,^no money to enter the home for aged peo^^ple in Philadelphia, -nd 1 could not remain^a burden to my sisters When Ges^wem^refused positively my request for 8500. 1^drew a revolver and quickly fired at him,^without leaving tbe chair 1 was occupying^by Ms left side.
Gessweinwas 41 years of age. His fam^^ily consisted of a wife and six children^three boys and three girls.
MINES AND MINING
TheColden Messenger Company Nearly^Ready tu Turn Out itulllon.
Montana'sgold production will be In^creased this year over last owing to t.ie^wonderful record being made by the Spot^^ted Horse mine at Maiden, which sold dur^^ing tbe spring tor half a million d liars and^is considered very cheap at thai figure.^For its milling capacity the Spotted Horse^mill will have a remarkabl* record for its^first year. Its last month run was repre^^sented by a $58,000 brick of gold, which^was viewed by many while exhibited in^tbe Montana National bank, and it was^then the largest brick ever cast in Mot -^tana and has since been made a part of^Col. Broad water's $100,000 bar, the largest^single brick of gold ever made.
