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__·' ilig z te 'VOL. XX. BILLINGS, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, ;MONTANA, FRIDAY, JULY 8,1904.N. CLOSING OUT SALE SDon't Forget o YOU CAN l SAVE I 50% ON a CLOTHING r HATS ° D GENTS' SFURISHINGS 0 o BOOTS 3 l AND r SSHtOES ° AL AT i JOHN D. Z LOSEKAfIP'S g E C 1 CLOSING- 4 a OUT SALE. CLOSING OUT SALE Yegen Bros. Savings Bank OP BILLINGS; wONTANA. Transact a General Banking Business. Adminuister Estates. Buy and Sell Real BEstate and Live Stock. Responsible Capital, $125,000 Collect Rents and Take Charge of Business Af 'faire for Non-Residents. FRED INABNIT, Cashier BillingsState Bank Capital Stock, 150,000.00 OFFICERS: Paul McCormick, President. B. G. Shorey, Vice-Pres. Charles Spear, Cashier. John A. Hoyt, Teller. PIRECTORS: H. C. Bostwiek W. Hansard, C. O. Gruwell, Paul McCormick, A. H. Barth, B. G. Shorey, Chas. Spear. --ansact a General Banking Business. GRUWELL BLOCK SILLINGS, - MONTANA. COLEMAN i THE COAL MAN Dealer in SCREEND LUMP AND WASHED NUT COAL Give Our Washed Nut S Coal a trial iii your ' range. It is especially adapted for cook stoves Office and Yards ± 29th Street and Miannesota Aveue Bell Phone 10. Moffett Phone 79 I II. S. COLEMAN, Agent. JOHN STAFFEK MANUFACiTURER Patronize Home Manutasfure Call for These Brands: J. C. S. BILLINGS BUDS , .ROSEBUD . ..B I.521.W. NQ e il ; (iRAIDY ALSO .,CAUilIT Last of Sergeant Hannah's Murderers Taken into Custody, IS BETRAYED BY A WOIAN, Mrs. Melissa J. Merrill Yields to Temptation of Large Reward and Leads Posse to Hiding Place-Both Men Make Confessions. 7. Uile iisw s ueiays complain ed y Hamlet it now appears as if stce swift and certain could be d out to the men who robbed the Owl saloon and murdered Police Spr geant Robert T. Hannah. They are in custody and have made complete confessions of their crime. As published in last Tuesday's is sue of The Gazette, Orton C,. Moser was captured by Sheriff Potter of Carbon county and a couple of assist ants the day before, across the Wy oming line. The prisoner was taken to Red Lodge, where he arrived Tues day morning. That afternoon he was "sweated" by the sheriff and De tective Hindman of the Northern Pa cific and told the entire affair. Wednesday mornipg Edward Grady, Moser's accomplice, was captured here within a short distance of the city, and also confessed. He, too, is in the Red Lodge jail, as it was deemed wise to take him there to prevent any possibility of a mob at tempting to wreak vengeance upon him. Betrayed by Woman. Grady's arrest was brought about by a woman, who revealed his hid ing place upon a written guarantee from President P. B. Moss that she would be paia ·the reward of $750 of fered for his apprehension. The woman. Mrs. Melissa J. Mer rill, approached Attorney H. C. Crip pen last Tuesday and asked if the reward would be paid if Grady were given into custody. Mr. Urippen call ed on Mr. Moss and stated the facts to him. Mr. Moss at once gave the required assurance in writing, which was given to the woman and she sent for Stock Detective James T. Webb, whom she knows well, and made ar rangements to meet him that night at a place indicated by her, where she said Grady would be. She insisted that Mr. Webo go alone, saying she did not want to be known in the mat ter and promised him that Grady would be unarmed, save that he had a razor. At first Mr. Webb was inclined to do as she asked him, but after con sultation with Sheriff Hubbard it was decided not to take any chances; as the many escapes of the man were still in mind. Accordingly a posse was organized consisting of Mr. Webb, Under Sneriff Bayles and Policemen Garnant and Mowre. Two of the men were mounted on horseback and two went on foot and went to the place where the woman said she was to meet Grady, which was at the bridge of the Big Ditch company's canal at the head of Twenty-ninth street. Shortly after the first four had gone out Sheriff Potter of Red Lodge, who arrived in the city earlier in the ev ening, and Attorney Crippen mounted horses and also left for the rendez vous. Quarry Frightened Off. The men had stationed themselves within convenient distances and await ed the appearance of Grady and the Woman, who had told them she would be at the bridge at 10 o'clock. It was only a few minutes after that hour when' the watchers heard voices of a couple of persons engaged in conver sation on the briage. They began to crawl toward the bridge, those op foot going first, with the mounted men behind. Before the posse could act W. H. Heffner passed along the 'road and crossed the bridge. This frightened Grady and he ran away and disappear ed in the darkness. Mrs. Merrill fol lowed and overtook him and sought to induce him to return to the bridge, but he refused. She left a bottle of whisky with him and made another appoitment with him for Wednesday night, when she agreed to bring a gun and horse to enable him to leave the country. Leaving the man where he was, she returned to the road and met the posse, to whom she told of the new arrangement. As it was intensely dark it was concluded that to make search for the man, who was lying somewh8re in the alfalfa field into which .id ran when Heffner appeared, would .b. useless and the officers re turne&'4.town. ,1 Seo Attempt Is Successful. At th.heriff's office a consultation was h4and it was decided not to wait u the following night to make the cape, as it was feared Grady might f of or suspect the woman's other poss;e of a dozen or so men was made ai hd shortly before daylight it left Sisdxurrounded the field where Grady wnown. to be. By the time the membeps had taken up the sta tions agreed upon day had broken. Grady suddenly appeared, having just awakened, and he saw the posse and realized that further escape was impossible. Instead, however, of quietly submitting to arrest, he at tempted to deceive the officers by pre tending to be working on the ditch. to which he walked and followed it as far as the road, making a close inspection of the canal at every step. When he arrived at the fence he cross ed it and then went under the bridge. Before he had reached the fence he had beerecognized by Charles Smith, a member of the posse. When he was under the bridge, Sheriff Potter, who did not know him, ordered Grady to come out. As soon as he reappear ed Mr. Smith covered him with his rifle and gave the command to hold up his hands. This Grady did and in doing so showed a razor he had in his left hand. An order to drop the weapon was promptly obeyed. Was Afraid of Torture. Grady made no resistance to his captors, but was afraid "he would be tortured and asked them not to burn him. As the result of too free im bibing of the whiskey given him by Mrs. Merrill he was quite drunk and when assured that he would not be burned or otherwise tortured seemed suddenly to regain his spirits and was quite lively at times. He said that although they had known that Fred Morris, the bartender, 'recogniz ed them they had spared his life and now he should be given a "show." Grady's appearance was greatly changed. He was dirty and unkempt and looked as though he had been lying out for weeks, instead of only a few days. He had cut off his mous tache so as to make identification harder for those who might be look ing for him. Leaving the man in charge' of the others, Mr. Webb came to town and informed the sheriff of the capture. A. team was secured and Mr. Webb drove back and guarded by Sheriff Patter; R. L. Nix and Under Sheriff Bayles, Grady was driven to Laurel, where he was held until the arrival of the Red Lodge train, aboard of which he was put and taken to Red Lodge. Makes a Confessfon. Grady made a full confession and related all the details of the' robbery and murder. His version corresponds with that of Mooser, except that he shielded his brother, "Jinx," whom he declared to be innocent .of any com plicity- in the affair and to be in total ignorance of any of the events lead :ing up to or connected with the double S'crime. SWhen asked why they had shot lHannah he replied that when men undertook a job of that kind they-were prepared to do anything to escape; that the officer had sought to arrest them and they shot him. As Related by Moser. In his confession Moser lays the blame for suggesting the rsbLerey onto the two Grady . He said that "Ed" Grady broached the subject ot 'robbing the, Owl saloon to him two cr three months ago, but he had refused to go into it. Subsequently S.'Jim" Grady had taken up the mat , ter and repeatedly urged him to join • them. Finally he consented, but with the understanding that no one was to be hurt, saying he did not want to kill any one. I Last Thursday, he said, "Jim" Grady Shad ridden to the Newman ranch, where Moser had been working, and told him he had looked over the ground and it would be "dead easy." Friday night, he said, he came to town and went to the Davidson house, where he met the two Gradys and which was his first meeting with "Ed," who told him he had been under cover for a couple of days and that if the robbery was to be coimmitted it would have to be that night Or not at all. Preparations for the job were at once begun. They ,secured, over Icoats and bade the masks they wore a'. the time of the robbery. At about 11 o'clock he and "Ed' !Grady came up town, cutting'across the Northern Pacific yards, d took !pP a place in the alley in rear of the saloon that was to be'fbbbed. They had been there someti" when "Jim" Grady appeared and ought them a bottle of beer. He At -them and went to the Northern hog where a dance was in progress. 3ter the dance was over he came bac.* them and told them he had bee1i in the saloon, saying, "now's the ti. It's pickings." With this "Jim" l4ft them iand they undertook the rob y. Moser's account of the ea s that occurred in the saloon an4 in the alley is practically the sa as that given by the bartender at inquest and to the newspaper reporters. He claims that Grady fired the first shot at Hannah and that then he shot Lhe officer with the shotgun he carried. After the shooting, he saia, they ran north to the Burlington tracks and then west to near the brickyard, cross ing the'drainage ditch in their flight. Into the latter they threw the shot gun and also the masks and part of the clothes they wore. Money is Recovered. Moser told where the money taken from the saloon was cached and to aid in its recovery drew a rude map of the locality where he said it had been buried. Supplied with this information, Mr. Potter came to Billings tuesday ev ening. Accompanying him was Doc tor J. A. Crum of Chance. They went to the place indicated and securing a rake made a careful search of the ground, raking up every spot that in dicated recent disturbance of the soil. The search proved long and tedious, but was finally rewarded by Doctor Crum striking the exact spot with his foot. Some of the loose coin was un earthed first and then the bag came into view. In all $210 was recovered. The place where the money was buried is northwest of the city about a mile, near the brickyard. Moser said that after the had buried the money he and Grady passed west of the Sisters' hospital and south to the Davidson house, where they ar rived a few minutes before Sheriff Hubbard appeared. He furthermore said that he had not seen Grady since the time they jumped out of the win dow, as they separated as soon as they struck the ground. Had Another Job in View. In his confession Grady said they had expected to make no more than $200 or $300 as-the proceeds of the Owl robbery and had undertaken it merely for the purpose of gaining a "stake" to tide them over until the time was ripe for another "job" they had planned. lHe refused to say what the other was, but said it was a big one and one from which they would have realized a large sum. Is Not Fully Believed. Glad to have the man in their power, the officers are not inclined to ques tion Mrs. Merrill too closely as to how she came in touch with Grady. However, they manifest an apparent disinclination to. take as absolutely true all she says in connection with the matter. She claims that she don ned men's clothing and haqited the railroad tracks and out of thi way places, confident she would see and recognize Grady, and that she did meet him and ingriatiated herself into his confidence. While this may be so, they say, they doubt it. In their opinion she knew Grady and he ap pealed to her, or else she knew somi man who was a friend of h!s and thi. she acted as g>-between for them, tak ing food and other articles to him, and when finally assured she would get the reward, decided to inform on the fugitive and be the gainer there by. Whether furnished by him or some one else is not known, but after his arrest Grady said he had a bed some where northwest of the city where he had blankets concealed in the rim rock. He claimed to have slept there several nights. Sometime the true particulars may be known, but until then one story seems to be as good as another. Any way, the woman has the money, which was paid to her by the First National bank Wednesday morning. Her re ceipt was taken and is now properly filed. Masks and Gun Found. Wednesday afternoon the two masks and the shotgun used by Moser and Grady were found by Policemen Gar nant and Mowre. They were recover ed in the drain ditch at the place indicated by Moser in his confession. The gun is a magazine affair and is remarkable for its length of barrel. The masks are made of colored ging ham and evidently were torn from an apron or dress. They correspond ex actly with the description of them given by Fred Morris, who said they were plaid, with what he beideve'd to be blue stripes running through them. A couple of coats were also found with other articles. All were und about two-and-a-half feet of wa x, WOOL EXCHANGE OVER \ Only Few Clips Are Sold There Thus Far. This is the third day since the open ing of the wool exchange. Because of the very liberal buying for weeks past at 'private sale comparatively little of the staple remains to be sold and business on the open market thus far has been quiet. J. Koshland & Co. have the distinc tion of being the buyers of the first clip sold on the exchange this year, It was that of the Bloomington Land and Livestock company, 25,000 pounds, for which they paid 17% cents. This sale was made last Wednesday. Other sales since then, up to noon today, were: Kittlewell & Eldering, 22,000 pounds; to Jeremiah Williams & Co.; 16 cents. M. I. Draljr, 22,000 pounds; to J. Koshland and Co.; 16% cents. Bell Bros. & Son, 27,000 pounds; to Brown & Adams; 17%' cents. Fisher & Beattie, 20,000 pounds; to J. Koshland & Co.; 15% cents. J. Wilson, 60,000 pounds; to J. Kosh land & Co.; 18 cents. IN POSSESSION OF GROUND. Irrigation Company Secures Order from District Court. By virtue of an order Issued oy Judge Loud last Wednesday the Bill ings Lana and Irrigation company is now in possession of the strip of ground through the William 'Harmi son ranch, condemnation of which the company nas been seeking. At the last term of the district court Judge Loud granted the petition of the company and appointed W. O. Parker, C. H. Newman and C. M. Chafee appraisers to assess the dam age the company should be required to pay to Mr. Harmison for the use and occupancy of a strip of land 100 feet wide running through a portion of his ranch. They fixed 'the. amount at #602.50., This the company deposited with the clerk of the court and then petitioned for an order permitting it to take possession of the land' ap praised and use it for the purpose desired. O. F. Goddard, one of the attorneys for the company. went to Miles City Tuesday night and Judge Loud made the necessary order. In addition to the order of possession the court also made another restraining Har mison from interfering with the com pany in any way in the use of the land and enjoining him from begin ning any other proceedipgs until those pending shall have been finally 'decid ed. Call and arrange for course of in struction of Western Conservatory Music company, rooms 17-18, Gruwell block. ' )-2 SAY CONCERN IS BANR KIMBERLY-MONTANA COM PA ROW TRANSFERRED HERB.: WANTED IT DONE 8EORE1L Creditors File Petition with Re in Bankruptcy--BUtte Man Appointed Receiver. Local interest has been given row in the Kimberly-Montana ot ' Mining company, a concern operating at Jardine, Park county. Just wha the trouble is that has aivided th company into factions is not, klio ` down this way, out from what can:: be learned it is very evident that it I i bitter and before peace shall ha: been restored once more some, de, cidedly acrimonious and expensive litigation will intervene. A man named Ryan, who is the gen eral manager of the company and= resides at Jardine, seems to be one Sthe prime causes of the dissetita t that threatens the very existenceot the corporation that admittedly 'i thee owner of some exceedingly valuabl property and which only a compa . tively short time ago was in the iili ) stages of what promised to e very prosperous and profitable fu 'ture. Ryan has incurred the enmityt4' of a major portion of the residenz~sg .of Jardine and his removal 4aa: b.en; asked by them. A week age~ a: ` e: ing of some of the directors was Ield at Jardine, at which a lengthy protest was submitted by the Jardineites against the retention of Ryan, but no. heed was paid to it. In their indict.i ment of the ,objectionable manager l were as many charges as were, ma0e. 6 by the colonists against King George and of about the same sort. Wanted No Publicity. One of the factions within is know. as "the Chicago 'men," and just nn10* i it apparently has the upper hanred.i% 'the fight, as it has begun proceeding against the company to have it da clared a bankrupt and has succeededO in having a receiver appointed. ' hlie matter was done with the utzmostai,' secrecy and efforts were made to .,. keep the public in ignorance by ap-:i peals to "keep It out of the papersp but Referee H. A. Frith, before whomi `2 the.action was insfituted, .replied that;i all such, matters were public and if request were made to him for the privilege of examining ,the papers ;be could not refuse. Last Tuesday a Butte lawyer ,. other from Chicago and sevr ' men arri*ed from the west ani'j"t hunted up Mr. Frilth for the pu of beginning proceedings againast;e it company. Application had been mado to the judge of the federal d4.tri:it court, but in the absence of thato- off cial the clerk of the court made an ýri order referring the case to M.r Frith,; Formal petition was made to hira to i declare the company a bankrupt by' the Big Blackfoot Milhang companay the Anaconda Copper Mining cfoi pany, A. J. Campbell of BUftte an&d;'" Leo Harold of ~Massachuset . Receiver Is Appointed.' No schedules of assets and liabilrfir, ` ties of the alleged bankrupt compa~i a,; were filed, consequently no tnreuste or appraisers could be appointle .i Pending the filing of the schedules" the creditors petitioning asked the appointment of a receiver to :take charge of the concern's property. lThe grounds set forth by them was that the company is now engaged fn:. tt'he reduction of large quantities of .taill Ings, possessing great value, to the de detriment of the creditors, the petjl i 'tioning portion of whom allege to hold claims against the company ag gregating $20,000. In addition to the realty held by-t.e . company, consisting of mi.tg c1lai~, quartz mills and concentr~s,t it is said to own personal property wiorth $3,000 or $4,000. The request for the appointmento'.-? a receiver wa~g gramted and James i Finlen of Butte was named . place. Ele vbondhwas fixzed at It is believed that the aot here is oaiy preliminary to gation that promises to be'