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THE BUTTE INTER MOUNTAIN__
VOL XXIII. No. 110. BUTTE, MONTANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS
HEINZE'S MAPS
OF LITTLE
IMPORT
Charts Submitted Fail to
Show Workings Said
to Be Worked.
MANY ARE IMAGINARY
Places Where Injunction
Is Said to Be Violated
Not Set Down.
An extraordinary situation was devel
oped today in the Pennsylvania case con
tempt matter on trial in Judge Clancy's
court, in which Heinze charged the Bos
ton & ,Montana company with violating the
injunction order in the suit.
Witness J. 1H1. Trerise, Heinse's first ex
pert, and the llcinze maps, put in evidence
for the purpose of proving Heinze's con
tention, developed the remarkable situa
tion. Together they revealed some pe
culiar discrepancies between the charges
and the proof, and also rather extraor
dinary methods of connecting one with the
other.
The Speciflo Charge.
The Boston & Montana company is
charged with violating the injunction by
working the veins which Heinze claims
the injunction gave to him. The maps
were introduced in evidence and hung up
on easels, so Trerise and his fellow wit
nesses might testify, by means of them,
as to where the Boston & Montana com
pany has been working in violation of the
injunction.
Yet, while Mr. Trerise was giving evi
dence today, he was compelled to admit
that both of the cross-section maps. the
principal maps before the court, there
being no other cross-sections and only one
plane map, which merely showed the
levels in the mine, omitted to show any
of the workings of the Boston & Montana
company upon which the contempt action
is basdd.
Neither Show It.
Neither of the maps showed where the
Boston & Montana company had worked
the ledges, which ledges are claimed by
Heinze to be within the enjoined plane
set over to hint, nor in that respect laid
before the court the underground situ
ation so he might judge for himself
whether the ore bodies thus worked are
included within the injunction lines or
not.
Another extraordinary situation was re
vealed when Mr. Trerise, after acknowl
edging the failure of the two cross-sections
to show tihe places of the alleged viola
tions of the injunction, put still another
cross-section in evidence to remedy the
defects of the first.
When he had told what the new cross
section was intended to represent, and
that it was supposed to show the contents
of the Pennsylvania claim in a cut right
across where the Boston & Montana com
pany had been working-show the ledges
and the workings cut north and south-it
was developed that nearly all of the lines
on the map, which pretended to show
workings carried down through the earth
on veins, were mere imaginary drawings.
Merely Imaginary.
Mr. Trerise confessed that in one ease
there were projections between three
points which were 325 feet in length; that
the lines on the map did not show any
openings in the ground, but mere imagi
nary connections projected through the
earth from one point to another, and
touching a bit of ore developed here and
another bit developed there. These points
were too feet and 125 feet apart.
When the case opened this morning the
cross-examination of J. H. Trerise,
Heinze's first expert witness, was resumed
by IMr. Forbis.
"Did you look at your map last night?"
Mr. Forbis asked.
"Yes, sir," the witness replied.
"Did you look at your map to see how
far you had run south with the crosscut
on the eoo level?"
"It runs south about ioo feet.'
"It Is southwest, isn't it ?"
"Yes."
"The fifth floor is south of the extreme
work done south on the 7oo level of the
Pennsylvania mine prior to the trial of
the case ?"
"Yes."
"What workings are there on No. 7
vein ?"
"I think the upraise some distance above
our 700 level is on the streak called the
No. 7 vein by the Pennsylvania people."
"What distance is it actually stoped?"
the lawyer asked.
"I think close to the 7oo level," the wit
ness replied.
"IIas it ever been stoped below the
lower transverse fissure ?" '
"I think not."
"I'll ask you if it doesn't disanppear at
the fissure ?"
"I think not," sail Trerise.
The purpose of this cross-examination
was to test thq witness' knowledge of the
vein which the plaintiff says exists :ll the
way down from the surface of the Rarus
to the 1,300 level of the Pennsylvania, and
the locality in the earth here under discus.
sion was at the 700 level of the Pennsyl
vania mine.
The witness showed a good deal of un
certainty about what kind of a vein ex
isted at this point, and about just where it
was and what its dimetsions were.
He thought Ihe could trace the vein
above the fissure and he was sure it ex
isted further west than thle exact point the
lawyer wanted to know about.
The witness could not trace the rein tiup
from below to the crossfissure at this
point. The fissure in question was the
east finsure. The witness coubl not trace
the vein west of the fissure, The witness
said thie slope calledl the stull stope follows
s veilt,
.Coatinuld as Page ZIevsa)
SHOT TO DEATH BY
GUARDS IN MASKS
PETER MORTENSEN PAYS EXTREME
PENALTY FOR ATROCIOUS
MURDER OF J. R. HAY.
FACES RIFLES WITH NERVE
None Will K.-ow Who Fired the Fatal
Shot, as All of the Guns Wcre
Not Loaded With Balls.
SBY ASiOII'AIE.I Pi 'FSF.
Salt Lake. Utah, Nov. 2.--Peter Mor
tensen, the slayer of Jamles R. liay, was
shot to death in the southeast passage of
the state penitentiary yard ait io:31 this
mnorninlg. Mainlltlailig his illoclnce to
the last, he walked to the chair placed
against the heavy stone wall of the prison
yard without weakening and bid the guards
and deputy sheriffs good-bye with no
tremor in his voice.
Mortensen was killed instantly, the four
bullets from the rifles of the execution
squad, concealed behind a thick curtain in
thie door of the blacksmith shop, 12 yards
distanlt, piercing the white target pinned
over his heart. When the shots rang out
M.ortensen lunged forward in the chair,
his head. dropped on his breast and his
hands, strapped to the chair, quivered a
moment and then were still.
Examination showed that all four bul
lets had gone clear through his body
and into the boards blehind the chair.
Mortsecn's remlains were later turned
over to his relatives for burial.
To the very last Mortensen asserted his
innocence of the murder of linay. "I did
not kill Jimmy Hlay," he said to the news
((Continuleil on Page 't'hree.)
MILLER CASE UP
BEFORE A. F. OF L.
BY AS..Oc'IA ti'D PRESS.
Po0.tnn, Mass., Nov. o.-W.hen the co :
vention of the Federation of l.alor rcas
semblted today thile was some expectation
that final adjournment might be reached
tomorrow evening.
The first business of today was to adot
some plan whereby the problems arising
from the relations of the building trades
affiliated with the federation might be
eciectually settled, either by first enlarg
ing the executive council by creating a
special executive council or by creating a
special committee which would have e:
tensive powers to deal with the building
trades difficulties. Action upon this mat
ter was postponed from yesterday when the
convention was divided as to the proper
course to pursue.
Vice-President Duncan stated that Presi
dent Roosevelt had responded to the ap
peal of the federation, repeatedly made to
many presidents, and had pardoned
Ephriam W. Clark, who has been serving
a life sentence for murder as one of the
schooner Jefferson Borden mutineers. The
announcement was greeted with applause
and a vote of thanks was ordered to be
telegraphed to the president and congratu
latio.,s to Clark.
The committee on law reported favor
ably on a resolution to add two members
to the executive council who shall look
after all matters pertaining to the build
ing trades.
The A. F. of L. disposed summarily of
the "open shop" issue as raised in the case
of William A. Miller, now employed in the
government printing oflice at Washington,
and the Miller case itself by unanimously
declaring in favor of the union shop in
government as well as in private enter
prises and by petitioning President Roose
velt to re-examine the evidence offered
against Miller and if verified to remove
Miller. Although the resolution adopted
presented the federation's view on both
the "open shop" and the Miller .case, the
issues are kept entirely distinct. The re
examination of the Miller case is not re
quested because Miller is a non-unionist, a
circumstance formerly urged as a reason
for his removal, but because the federation
believes Miller is "totally unfit to be in
charge of working people."
Resolutions were adopted favoring the
construction of the Panama canal by citi
zens of the United States urging that the
Chinese exclusion act be made to apply in
the Philippines and Hawaiian islands and
favoring woman's suffrage and the election
of the president and of United States sen
ators by a direct vote.
The full text of the resolution concern
ing the Miller case follows:
"Whereas, The attention of President
Roosevelt, Secretary of Commerce and La
bor Cortelyou and Public Printer Palmer
has been called to the employment in the
bindery of the government printing office
of one William A. Miller, assistant fore
man ; and,
"Wl-creas, Said William A. Miller has
proved in affidavits and court records in
our possession to be a big:amist, perjurer,
defaulter and one totally unfit to be in
charge of working people; and,
"Whereas, The attention of the public
officials above referred to has been called
to seven violations of civil service rules
and two violations of revised statutes (an-d
of which violations, demand instant dis.
missal from the service) by said William
A. Miller; and,
"Whereas, President Roosevelt has de
clared the charge of personal unfitness of
William A. Miller, to be one of 'routine
matter of administrative detail;' and,
"Whereas, We regard the continued re
tention of William A. Miller in the govern
ment employment to be a menace to pro
duction of creditable work because of dis
satisfaction with his tmethlods as foreman;
therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the American Federa
tion of Labor, in convention assembled,
hereby petition President Roosevelt to ex,
amine into the affidavits and testimonies
submitted by local union No. 4, Interna
tional Brotherhood of Bookbinders, to
Public Printer Palmer, and upon verifica
tion to immediately remove him, William
A. Miller, from the government service."
An amendment to the resolution that the
federation place itself on record in favor
of the union shop everywhere in federal,
state and municipal employment, as well
as in private enterprises, was unanimously
adopted,
PANAMA WILL SIAND
FIRMLY FOR ITS
FREEDOM
Colombian Commission
ers Effect Nothing by
Colon Meeting.
BY At.O('IAII"D l IVu R.
Colo('mt, Nov. c:.-The Pih'aata contius
sion conferred at length today with the
C'olomblian cuOtnnissiners, hladed by tenl
eral Reyes, which arrived here yesterday
fronl Savanilla onl the French stranleti
Canadia. The Panalntlns refutttl every
overture declaring their potition to lbe
irrevocahle and declared that they would
not receive any further comini.ssions from
Colombia unless they recognized the re
public of Panama.
German Ship Not Stopped.
Washington. 1). C., Nov. o2.- The navy
departiment received a c;ablegrani froti
Admiral ('oghlan at Colon, replying to a
question whether there was aily truth in
the report that the German stuCcaIera
Markomniai c aund Scotia had been stoppe I
at C'olon by American Itre l-of-war. Ad
miral Coglilan stated that the lMarkomania
stopped off Colon en route to C'artagetla to
land pass.lgers, but was nlot interfered
with.
'T'he Scotia arrived about sullnset three
days over due; was informed that no
armed force would lie piermnitted to land.
but the vessel was not interfered with a.l
only darkness prevented her getting alont:
side the dock at once.
Russia in Line.
I1Y ASSltIA'I Elt I' SS.
St. l'e:ersburg, Nov. 20.--The officials
of the foreign office say Russia doubtless
will recognize i;Pa1:tnia in ldule trille andl
will welcomlie the constructcinn of a neutral
canal, as her collllterce will share ill the
gencer..l Iencit derived therefrom.
Says Celcmbia Deserved It.
11Y ASSOC., IATED 1i1111-4.
hluenos Ayres, Nov. .to.-Thec Tl'ribtunn. 'res.
h!cnt Rcas' iorcan, Iuublishes an article in
which it says thle recognition of the new gov
trnie.nt oIf Panliltia by the I naited States is
fully juttitd by the state of anarchy reigning
in ctOllllot ia for Itimany years.
Ratification of Treaty.
IY AtbOC'IATiED PI'5SS.
Washington, Nov. 2.--At the cabinet
m:tctin't to.,lav it was dei:lcd to make no
effort to ratify the i-thl'cian canal treaty
here until it is ratili.-d at Panama.
IAX HULL LDLIVERL
WESTON TURNS OVER A LIST OF
NAMES TO THE CITY
TREASURER.
One of the tax rolls for the city was
delivered by County Cleik Weston to the
city treasurer yesterday, and it is under
stood that the remaining rolls will be sub
mitted some time this afternoon. The roll
delivered contains the names of tax
payers down to the letter "Il," the bal
ance comprisilg two rolls.
The receipts of the city treasurer in
city taxes during the past few weeks
amount to more than $zo,ooo, and pay
ments are still in progress. At the last
meeting of the city council an attempt
was made by Alderman Ambrose to se
cure the passage of a resolution providing
for an extension of time for the phyment
of city taxes front November 3o to De)
cember 31, but this failed because of the
belief that the time could not be extended
in view of the state law, which stipulates
that all taxes must be paid on or before
November 30.
ATTEMPTS MURDER
UNKNOWN MEN FIRE UPON TUTOR
TO KING--ONLY SLIGHTLY
WOUNDED.
BY ASSOCIATEDI) PRESS.
Madrid, Nov. 20.-An unknown man
fired three times with a revolver today at
Senor liricsta, one of King Alfonso's
tutors, who was slightly wounded. The
attempt on the tutor's life is believed to
have been the outcome of a private
quarrel.
IT WAS NOT MURODER
SPECIAL TO THE INTER MOUNTAIN.
Missoula, Nov. 2o.-Coroner Lucy re
turned today from De Borgia, where he
held an inquiry into the cause of dcath
of W. J. Johnston. The conclusion of the
jury was that Johnston died from ex
posure and that there was no reason to
think he had met with foul play,
FARMERS' INSTITUTE
ON IN PARK COUNTY
SPECIAI. TO THE INTER MOUNTAIN.
Livingston, Nov. so.-The farmers' in
stitute for Park county is in session here
today, under the direction of J. M. Robert
son of the agricultural college.
The speakers are Dr. James Reid, Prof.
W, J. Elliott, Mrs. Harkins and Mrs. Mar
shall of the agricultural college. The at
tendance is not as good as was expected
but is considered fair, as the bad weatslr
has made traveling very bad.
Three sessions are scheduled for today,
morning, afternoon and evening. At the
evening meeting Dr. Reid will lecture.
CALL FOR STATE WARRANTS
Helena, Nov. zo.-The state treasurer's
office has issued a call for all warrante
registered after March 16 and prior: to
March 31, 1903. They are payable on No
vember 3o, after which time interest will
6es6M
ARBITRHAION BOARD
TO SIT ON WINDY
CITY STRIKE
Darrow and Bliss Will Try
to Effect a Settle
merit at Once.
BY A .nSSO IAII I'H14.181.
Chicago, Ill., Nov. Jo. Still clinging to
the 'hop' that a trtnination of the str.it
ear silike might he accompuplished throuRgh
arihlattion,. Mayor Ilarrison aild the aider
nailtiL mediation colnlnititee gatthered in
lhe foltller' ollice today.
At the uIniou I. rdquarters the illprces
siol prcvailled that any offer woubl he
rejected. It was said that tihe comlpally
had ollered nto cItcessioiS with regard
to the rolting l of cars and this was de
clared to lhe one of tIIhe .e ntial poilts
involved from the staolldlpoilt of tlhe
strikers. The sitlatiou alpparently was
that the maliyor and tihe mllediatlioll COn;
ntittte would have to try again if peace
is to be brought about through their ef
forts.
()lrations onl the Cottage (;rove ave
nue, Indiana ;Iavenue. Vel Witwortlh avenle
and Illstend street lines was continued
to lay on practically tilhe sale basis as
esterdlay.
No New Lines Opened.
No new lines were opened today. The
only attenlplt at enlarglllent of the city
railwaly COll)LpanlIy's service was the rtlnnlling
of io cars on the Halstead street lines
instead of five. the Inullmber operated yes
terday. Al increased number of trips
were made, the same police guard being
mainalined.
Ilty agrelement of representatives of the
cily railway companlly andl he strikers the
settllement of the strike has been placed
in the hands of Clarence Darrow, repre
senlling the strikers, and Colonel Bliss,
cotUnsel for the complliany.
BILL UP IN SENATE
CUBAN MEASURE REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
RELATIONS.
BY ASSOClIATEDII IR'.tSS.
Washington, 1). C., Nov. u.-Th-le hou'te
was in sessiol but five mllinutes today.
After I'c oath was administerec d to Claude
Kitchiin (N. C.) the house adjourned until
Tuesday.
When the senate met today the bill
iassed by the house yesterday to carry
into effect the Cuban reciprocity treaty was
receiveidand lair before tlhe senate. The
Cuban hill was referred to the comllnittee
on furlign relations.
TROOPS TO MINES
COLORADO MILITIA ORDERED TO
TELLURIDE TO PROTECT
BY ASSOC('IA'I eD PREi ES.
Denver, Nov. -o. G(overnor Peabody
teday ordered a detachmlenl of the na
tional guard to proceed to 'lelluride for
the pupolse of affording protection to men
who may be willing to work in the mines
and mills. Major Zeph T. Hlill will be
ill command,
INVITES CUBANS IN
SENATOR NEWLANDS WANTS CUBA
TO BECOME A PART OF THE
UNITED STATES.
BY ASSOr'A'ITEI) PI(RSR.
Washington, Nov. ao.--Senator New
lands, author of the Cuban rerolutions, to
day introduced a joint resolution inviting
Cuba to become a state of the United
States on terms of equality with the
states of the union.
FRANK DRAKE DEAD
BY ASSOCIATED 1'RF.Si.
Centerville, Iowa, Nov. no.-Frank
Drake, ex-governor of Iowa and founder
of Drake university, who has been ill at
his home here for some time, died at to
o'clock this morning.
IN THE JOHN INGRAM ESTATE
James Ingram, administrator of the es
tate of John Ingrain, deceased, has se
cured an order to show cause why he
should not be allowed to sell the real es
tate of the dead man at private sale, and
the order was filed in the district court to
day. It orders the interested parties to ap
pear in Judge McClernan's court Decem
ber a8 at 1o o'clock in the morning and
show cause.
DISTRICT COURT REVERSED
A remittitur in the suit of Patrick J.
Hamilton against. James A. Murray has
been received from the supreme court and
filed in the district court. It reverses the
judgment of the district court in which
tribunal the plaintiff got the decision, The
case is remanded for a new trial.
W. H. Poorman's Luck.
SPECIAL TO TIE INTER MOUNTAIN.
Helena, Nov, o,--Born, at St. Peter's
hospital, to the wife of W. H. Poorman,
supreme court commissioner, a daughter.
Klein Memorial Services.
S''IlAL TO TIHE INTs'r MOUNTAIN,
Helena, Nov. ao.-Memorial services
will be held tonight at Tenmple Emanu-El
for the late Henry Klein.
TOM HORN HANGED
WITHOUT RESCUE
FRIENDS OF WYOMING BAD MAN DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE HIM
FROM THE BASTILE.
EASY DEATH INSTANTANEOUS
Only a Few Admitted to Scene of Execu
tion and Those Are Searched for
Firearms-Horn Composed.
V.' A 'N.Ol I A I I'kt R.
('heytnnle, 'Wylt., Nov. . ;. Goverrnor
Chlattertoll was ti.tused It fore b o'click
this morninlg by friends of 'IT'n Ilhrn,
whot again sougli ht 1 re|li ieve for the cnll
deitnlit d catle detectlive. frlh goverlor
Iilt'ened to the larguments1 of Ilorn's friends
for some. ime anld tIhenrl nid, emllhlatically :
"Tlhere is no luse, genllhlltmln. lllhis rx
ctionl will take place at thle time set hy
the law. I will not interfere in the case.
T''hi ij final."
No less thalln a dozen attemptsl were
made dulring the a;fternoonlt of yesterday
and last night to have the goverlnor delay
the execultion for even a few days. lie
had but one answer for all of them, nnd
thflint was that the law must take its course.
TOM IORIN.
Horn has apparently been hopeful all
along that in some manner he would es
cape the gallows, but last night he wrote
a farewell letter to John C. Coble, manager
of the Iron Mountain Cattle company, by
which he was employed for zo years, his
business being to prevent rustling or
thefts of cattle.
"If I go I want John to have this let
ter," he said.
The letter was devoted to saying good
bye to Coble and making a few reqluests
as to what should he done with the per
sonal property lie should leave.
Charles Irwin, the stockmanl, who has
been one of Ilorn's closest friends, re
newed his efforts to see tce condemned
nman early today, but almllli. ssion to the( jaili
or even to the courtlhouse was denied him
by Sheriff Smalley.
"I'll be hdown in time for the exeunllion,
however," Irwin said. "1 have an I'evila
tion from Ilhrn,."
It was reporled that Irwin, faililng in
his effort to see I lorn ahine, wulhll ask
im onli the gallows if he killed \Villie
Nickell.
Sheriff Sma;Illey said that he wouli Iiot
permit any of the spet.latoi.s to speak to
Iborn while he was (in the gli llows.
John C('. ('ole, who came. t. ('ht cynne
last night, was an early aliler at Ith jail.
lie did not ask to see Ihorn, nor did Ibe
speak to anlyone of the guards who were
standing in the doorway. lie oon de
parted toward the business center of the
town.
Police Captain )elaney of Dl)enver
mingled among the police shei ilfs and
militia at the jail.
"I expectedC any momnt11 to see a riot
(('Cntinuali on agie Nine.)
CASE IS NEAR AN END
A. O. JONES' FATE WILL SOON BE
IN THE HANDS OF TWELVE
OF HIS PEERS.
Sf'ECIAiL T TO il IN't:iE MOI'NTAIN.
Bozeman, Nov. o.-'l'The trial of A. O.
Jones, charged with criminal assault on
I.ouise Iosnier, was continued today, with
every indication of going to the jury this
evening. The morning was devoted to
the examination of witi~nrsse. in rebutltl.
The general line of the rebuttal was to iim
peach some of the former witnesses. The
case will be argued this afternoon.
WARMER WEATHER FOR
THE GREATEST CAMP
Chinook Wafts Balmy Breezes to Butte
and It Thaws.
The welcome chinook has struck Butte.
J. R, Wharton, who keeps tab on the
weather here for Uncle Sam, said today
that there had been a decided rise in the
temperature in the last 48 hours. The re
cent unprecedented cold spell has given
away to a regular thaw and today water is
running down the streets and alleys of
iutte.
The weather prediction for Montana to
day is:
"Partly cloudy tonight and SaturIay
with possibly snow flurries. Warmer
weather,"
The thermometer registered 32 above
early this morning and rose during the
day. About so inches of snow fell here
(luring the blizzard and this is disappear
ing rapidly.
The warmer weather has proved a boon
to the railroads and better time is re
ported today on incoming trains from the
East. The Great Northern passenger was
only half an hour late, No, 13, on the
Northern Pacific, was about three and a
half hours late, and the Burlington one
hour and to minutes late. The North
Coast Limited from the Last is on tiome.
CHRSIS DUE IN
/ OMINGAN
WAR
Consul General Galvan
lHurries to Washing
ton-- Had a Call.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
Gil is Defending the City
With 1,)000 Men
Food Supply Low.
ItY Al0',i IMI'I a I'111 .
New York, Niv. a. .-4Consul (;Gneral
(;alvan of San Dloingo wasii h untiuned to
Washingtnn tinlay on olin.ial Imsiness. At
the consullae it coll nut he learned what
was the occasion of this suhlden and ln
expected call. ;U liitl Itachard hais 1.i^n
iappoillnted conun.(Il r inII chif of thll rv
olitionary forces which are bcsiegigl San
I liingo, says a I ilr;dd dispaltch ftro
I'Puerto Plata. I'lisnidcet (;il has I ,ooo
,hdlirrs defcndlig thie capital. Fighting
takes pllce Itcih daily. 'lThe city is shoru
of meait, milk, cIo and vrigetableh.
GEORGE ROBERTS'
LUCK HAS TURNED
THIEF WHO SLIPPED THROUGH
FINGERS or BUTTE OFFICIALU,
IS IN CUSTODY.
George Roberts, the ";Gorilla," the Ieadear
of the ilotorioun Rang of pickpockets who
followed in the wake of Theodore H(,o,wie
velt when the latter visited Montana dur
ing the canmpalign of sjon, and who thoughl
arrested was turned loose becausle of lack
of evidence, is in trouble in Chicago. City
Detective Jerry Murphy lhas received wor.
that Roberts is in the toils for flim
flamming a womanlt out of $.
The arrest of Roberts recalls the senll
sational action of the gang of which hd
was a ntlellher dutring Roosevelt's famons
camlpaignl ill Monltana ill Septemnber, Itiioo.
The other miitbers of lthe gang were D)an
Nugent, Mmhtly, (;rant, Wilson and the
"(). K. Ki," as lihe was called. 'lThey
wert, cn tidt ri i a;boat the slickest aggre
gall Ion hat ever visited this or anty otiler
state.
Robibed Right and Left.
l'rew'.iing tIhrough the crowdsi that gaith
'ti d to sei \II. lotsevelt thciy plied their
trade upin Ihlir Vilitllls. In Helenl.i they
"tomnhl" State, Treasurer Collins fur his
pocketball k at; l railroadI tranllsportationll
tliitd Sta;i Marshal Woolian was anI
other whllos.e ia;'tiress to see Mr. I(Rooe
velt cost him his i pocketihooik, containing
liln y winIl valtabhi, papelj'rs.
A Mr. So.utJiihayd atnd others were also
robbed. 'I he gang after ,operating in lidl
ena left for ltile via I.ogati, inltetndinig to
ommrllit flrthir robberi.es while Mr. Roose
ve'It was here. In the illeatime the Hiel
ena atihoritite shiarned of the robbe.ries
there and notified the Itntte plice. The
latter learued rccnl a Norteiin IPacific de
tective lthat lth ai; was headtling this way
via itoan. Chie f of f'uolic Jack l .avclle,
Det.etive Mil ihy iaid (ifficer Mc;Grath
wen.t to oimne take and there arrested the
'T'hey were taIken to Ieleiina for trial.
lUpon their petlns well founid much in.
Sriiniulatintg videniic' f their thievery, also
Iranlpo rtatlion anid upe is of the itineraries
of 1Mr. I..rOevetll M . Hi yaw atnd other
ipblic men, sholwing tl y had been follow.
ing othter ntable pcople beside Mr. Rouse.
None of Them Sent Up.
Through ivat ios technicalities it was
.polt,ibhl to secnlie the conviction of only
ntie oif the gang, the "t). K. Kid," who
iot two years. lie secured a new trial
and was citeisled without beving tried
again.
lRoberts was not tried becaiuse the com
plainilng witness against him died from a
sunstroke. Iian Nugelit died in the hItos
pital at lrlen.. Roberts' wife, Minnie
May, died while he was awaiting trial.
Roberts was well tsupplied with money and
it is related that lie ordered the most ex
lnsive casket to bie found in Helena for
his dead wife, whose body was sent to
Chicago for interment.
Gray, Murphy and Wilson were never
tried.
hlld thief-takcer say that these famous
igang f pickpockts was one of the slick
est that ever operated anywhere. Roberts
is especially well known to officers of all
cities and the news of his being arrested
in Chicago will be :ead with interest. It
is said that when arrested he claimed to
be a mercihant in Minneapolis, but lihe
could not nmake this claim good.
APPEAL FOR KEERL
SPECIAL TO THlE INTIERI MOUNTAIN,
Helena, Nov. ao.-Tihe appeal in the
Keerl murder case was argued before the
supreme court this morni.i:( and submitted.
C. 13. Nolan and T. J. \\ a.sh appeared for
Keerl, Attorney General D)onovan was to
have represented the state, but did not
have his brief ready.
Keerl was convicted of murder in the
second degree in shooting and killing Tom
Crystal, a barkeeper. and was sentenced
to the penitenttiary for life. Insanity was
the gri:uinds of Isis defense at the trial,
anill the sae:e grounds are alleged lit the
appeal to the stuplrelie court.
Numerous instances of queer actions
are cited in support of the insanity elaiml.