The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-12-30
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aging ''boys 20 over to the dance q
the Baltimore saloon and I win b
there IN . few nainutes." He then
crossed the street and went behind
Nsdeau's building on the
opposite side, aud has
credible that In city of the size Of
Butee, . man peEsoslally known TO
half the Residents Of the city, could
disappear in this way, leaving no sign
nor the slightest clue to his where
abOuts OF fate; and until yesterday
the general belief wa, that not being
Particularly we'll acquainted With
either Of his companions. Bean had
given them the slip In tho manner
detailed BY them. In order to carry
out rome frolic Of his own. which be
did rot desire to share with them;
and that he would set turn up Ill
right. Yesterday the conviction Rain-
ed strength that the matter WAS more
serious, and that the miusing man had
either met with some horrible fate, "
was detained In sosne deadfall against
his will. During the forenoon groups
Of men gathered upon the street cor.
ness and eagerly discussed oil the
points In the ca.e which could b
raised from the the very meagre
facts known about It. At noon the Ma
sonic maternity, Of which Bean was .
member, held meeting and resolved
10 prosecute the search for their mis-
sing brother to the utmost extent Of
their AGILITY. At one o'clock IN i'm
prosmtu meeting Of citizens Was
held 1t the store Of G. b. Housef 4
Co. About fifty leading citizens were
present, and an immediate search
was decided upon. At two O'Clock
p. IN. the party started out, and -
they passetl up East Park sareet they
were Joined by others until the
search party numbered ut least 1j0
men. In the number were included
such men A. sheriff Irwin, MAMMAL
Smith, Joseph A. Hyde, VIM. War
field, J. q. Thomas, VIM. Thompson,
and other prominent business men.
At the corner Of East Park and
Wyoming streets the party divided
into three sections, one taking Park
street east Of Wyoming, one Park
street west Of that point and tn"
other went southward to Galelsa
street. These sections again divided
up into squads Of two or three men
each, whtcl, were scattered In such
Q manner ~ to cover the entire
ground to he searched. Then COM
meneed such . search ~ has never
been seen ar heard Of before In
this or probably any other
country. Every house wae entered.
II authority was demanded, the an
swer va, 1--WE have the authority
Of humanity and right; We mean you
no harm, Tut W propose to search
your house." Each house Wa exam
lined from cellar to attic. Beds were
peere1 under, back yards were In
spested, lumber and wood piles were
Overloaded, and the inmates were
closely Questioned. After the houses
had been thoroughly searched, The
squads scattered out over the Old paar
Ger dieRin9D south and east Of town,
and searched the gulches, prospect
boxes. bitches, and all the
broken ground which abound IN
that direction. Many exciting toci-
dents occurred, one man found In the
ditch east of Arizona street, . shirt,
which seemed to he blood stained;
mounting . knell near by he beekon-
ed to the scattered forces, and men
came from every direction, expecting
to see the CHASTITY c:rlse VI the
murdered man. The shirt W'aS OF
blue check material and ceased to be
of interest when one Of the party de.
.lared that Rcan wore . white shirt.
ON Arizona street y lone woman
denied slmittance to her house,
and entrencI,eL behind a ferOctoals
l,ull-,lOg, she successfully rpp''lsct1
the attempts Of several squads
To search her house; until finally q
mild slx,ken gentleman persuaded
her to nluxzle her dog, ane, the house
was found to Ike as innocent ~ others
Of clue or sign. in . small house
south u l;alena street, ahai hut y
stones throw from where Bean dis
np,,e:,rel, u. w. Anderson, y team.
sier. WINS found, who stated that At
half:,s,st four y clock Thursday la'orn-
ing lie saw three men carrying what
nr,1n.ared. IN the dim light Of the
m,tn,n. To H. the lnsiy Of woman,
eOinv east ward on l;alena street; he
s,1um,se,l 1t was some low woman be-
ing carried home in q state Of tnt.lxt-
cation. and paid hut little attention
to the matter. and could moi say
whether they tufDed north ON Wyon'-
ing street or continued IN mn
easterly direction ON t;alena. 4 blan-
ket thrown over the lssly Of u man
.,,uhl easily be mistaken for wo-
mans dress, in the uncertain light
1,f the moon, and this story was
eagerly seized upon ~ something
which might lead to a clue: but 1t
was soon Invested Of interest ~ the
statement that the woman who was
carried home ut that hour was known
tO IN. a notorious character Of the
town. A MINER reporter resolved
i,im,.elf into . detective force and
proceeded to run this story down.
aud he found to certainty that the
woman named was not intoxicated
or ON (;alena street during Tuesday
night or "Wednesday morning,
and by diut Of patient and thor.
ouch investigation he satisfied
hin,self that no woman had been In
a helDless condition Of drunkenness IN
that vicinity. An incident which
.reote,l considerable excitement was
the finding Of . pool "f blood on the
sn,,w I'm front Of Schuer's grocery IN
Fast Park street. and bloody marks
in the snow further east on the same
.,reet where It crsIse<s the d1tcn.
Similar incidents. all more more less
excitinc. but Of less Importance than
the foregoing, might be detailed. The
senr.h Continued until dark when
the earnest party reluctantly len their ..r
vnnrE. most Of them determined to
renew the hunt to-day. summing
iii the known cirrun,staneeo up,
the most plausible theory
mc,v see,r,e 10 lie that when M. Bean
vent behind the Naileau a'utliing lie
s.ve his companions the SLIP. AZ
they waited at the corner Tor some
min ,,tes and then went over ana
is,oked for him In the vicinity Ut that
huilsiiux, he must have gone east
v.ni amer getting the building BE-
t.sen himself aud his companions;
smd milking . circuit ic probably
1872. ,n town. or onto Park or Gale
M sfreet. and ri terssl the house where
~ ma his fate. Until! -Ant'er:*'n .
sforv Of the body carried along 'aIe-
M :iree.t. N explained sway, many
iii i.,lieve that It was the body Ut
moor Bean, and that those three men