The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-06-29
ATTEMPTED RoBBhaY.
A"S Men Undertake to steal Hct0rt
From the Silver Bow MIL.
f'"t mr.. Talbot Interp0ses His Objee-
lions and n Shotgun.

Yesterday morning about . o'clock, a
oold attempt was made to rob the Silver Bow
mill, the particulars of which are as follows:
For some time Mr.. Talbot has suspected
rom the suspicious actions of certain parties
that a deep laid scheme was afoot to steal re-
tort or amalgam from the Silver Bow Com
pany, and a few days ago hired a man to
watch the premises from the inside of the
blacksmith shop. On sunday night the
Waterman states, three men went to the mill,
fingered about the door for a few moments
and departed. 1T the time Of their arr iyal.
day was beginning to break, so that their de.
lection would have been more than likely,
anu 1t SO happened, too, that just as they were
about to enter, The stamps ceased running. as
the crushed ore had accumulated faster than
the pans could take ii. These two circumstan-
ces 1t is snrinised, deferred the w0uld-bc rob.
bers from the attempted execution of their
purpose. On the report Of their suspicious
conduct to Superintendent Talbot, that gem
tleman look in the situation, and on the next
night, (Monday) armed himself with d shot
gun and reinforced the Waterman. The two
men patiently awaited the expected return of
the robbers, and about 2 O'Clock in the morn
ing were rewarded for their vigil by seeing
two Of tie original party advance towards
the mill. In order to make sure Of their
guilt; Mr.. Talbot decided to let them enter
unmolested and to give them a warm recep-
ton on their attempt to escape with what
booty they might secure.
But a few moments elapsed before the rob-
beers, each heavily laden with retort,
emerged FROM the building. Mr.. Tai
bot and the Waterman at once left the black
smith shop, and the former advancing towads
one of The thieves, commanded him to halt.
Compliance with bis this request was a first
refused, but when Mr. Talbot showed that he
meant business by discharging a load of
buckshot within a few inches of his person,
he anne to astandstill with military diciphne,
and assuring himself that Talbot was the
man at the other end of the shotgun, dropped
the rctort aud gracefully surrendered. The
Waterman was less fortunate in his attempt
to capture the other culprit, who, throwing
HIS letoiL " iHH Siothu, stditeo up Tie Ioau
at a speed that would have made Hammond
ashamed Of himself. The watchman fired at
the retrcating figure, and is under the i'm.
preston that lis bullets took effect, but the
wounds inflicted were not serious enough tC
disable the thief. The man whom Mr.. Tai.
bot captured, was brought to the city and
HOW -eclines in the municipal bastlle to
await the course Of justice. His name is
Compton. There is yet no clue to the iden
tity of his colleague in crime. The value O
the silver which they sought to carry of, is
estimated at over $1,000. 1t will be a long
time before they together engineer anothe
little enterprise of the same kind, and w
hope to see an example made Of the guilt,
, party, which will exert d wholesome ~intiuenc'
towards preventing future depreda'ions 0
bullion thieves III this camp.