The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-30
Prom ~ Daily Il Friday.
0An0BT ON THB FLY.
A 40 600 Bank Robber Arrest
ed In Butte.

There arrived on the I1e1eua s'''ee
nisht before last very plain and "n'
assuming gentleman, who might have
been taken for q Choteau county
sheen rancher or . Wood River min
er. The gentleman appeared to have
business on hand, and 1t was observed
that he occupied his time principally
in the examination Of hotel registers
and inspecting the livery and board
ing stables Of the city. Yesterday
forenoon the gentleman In company
with City Marshal Lou +. Smith
and Deputy Marshal Lys'e'
visited Mr.. Stoner's stable, on Nom
tana street and arrested q young man
named Thos. Moore, who proved to
he one Of the parties implicated In
the robbery Of the First National
Bank Of Kewanee, Illinois, Oh the
18th Of last August, aud 1t then trans
pired that the unassuming gentleman
was J. G.. McGinn, one Of Pinkcr-
toms most efficient officers, He had
followed Moore through Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, along the Northern
Pacific railroad to Fargo, thence to
bismarck, Miles City, Billings and
Fort Custer, where he bou hi q horse
and struck through the country to
Bozeman, and from, there to tl.i> city,
where lie landed last Tuesday.
The clue hy which Moore was traced
in his circuito,ls travels Was his hand
writing upon hotel registers, which
proved AN unerriny guide ior the de-
tective. After leaving Custer the
horse VIII: n he had purchased there
proved an additional clue. The rob
berry was highly sensational one,
and created y great excitement ut the
time. About 6p. H., after the hank
had closed, Moore knocked 1T the
door. 4 lady clerk opened the door,
when Moore seixtsl her, and aided by
two other men, who Immediately
rushed in. forced her back into the
hank vault, where they bound and
gagged s.er. Thecashicr Of the hank,
]. ID. Pratt, who turned out to tx an
accomplicc In the robbery, was
also bound and gagged and the rob
bers then proceeded to empty the til)s
Of $1,000 in cash most Of it being
coin, which they put into sacks and
carried off in broad daylight through
streets crowded with people. All the
parties to the crime have been ar
rested and most Of the money recOv-
cred through he efficient efforts Of
Detective McGinn and other men,
her; Of the pinkcrton force. Pratt,
the cashier, was arrested at once. and
SS.Oh,. which lie had concealed under
the sidewalk in front Of his fathers
house was recovered. I'D. Welcl,,
another at.con,plice, was arrested in
New York seven day. after the rob
lery and S:;,SN recovered. Another
member Of the gang. J. :. Scott, was
arrested in 1t. I.oui. about the same
time, and now Moore. the last of the
.,ng. IS arrested and gives up about
Sl,:iW NOR. Of the ;n.oty.
MM.ve is ~ intelligent: and pleas
ant appearing young man. and cvi.
IDENTIFY Il novice in crime. He Is said
to hav. friends in this vicinity. and
to be respectfully connected il the
East. He has travelled under half a
dOzen different aliases since tlie rob-
berry, aud the Detective stated that
MuO:c il not his real name, which he
declined to givc ON account vi the re-
s,n Il liability Of the prisoners family.
OF, .'r Mct:;nn. with his prisoner,
left ter Chicago OF this morning.
trails.