The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-19
From the Deily OF Sunday.
THE ROBBERS CAPTURED
They Prove to be Butte Parties
=. and Undoubtedly the Mon
0tana Street Robbers.
They Show Fight and One of
Them is Shot Dead in
His Tracks.

A correspondent writes frum Mis-.
soula under date of Dec. Nth:
''The parties who robbed Eddy,
Hammond & Co.'S. store in Stevens
vile, were captured last night on the
Rock Greek trail leading to Philips
burg. They showed fight ,and one of
them n ,med Clark, was killed, the
other two were brought into town to-
night and are now in Jail. One OF
them is Martin Fitschen, formerly
of Butte; the other one is named
Beck. The preliminary examina-
ton takes place tomorrow"
A MINER reporter last night in
vestigated the antecedents of the
three men in Butte, and in the
course of his investigations elected
facts which show conclusively that
Clark, Fitschen and Beck were the
perpetrators of the Montana street
robbery, Clark being the leader OF
the gang who presented the revolver
at VIM. Ptouts' head and com.
PEELED him to open lis safe,
a week ago last Tuesday night. Mar.
tin Fitschen proves to be the brother
Of one of our most respected citizens,
GeorgeC. Fitschen, in whose saloon
on Main street he has been employed
at different times during the past
three years, and since August last he
has been steadily employed there as
night bartender. Beck turns out to
be the we'll known miner Johnny
Beck, who with q man named Frank
Dewey, was working the Geneva
mine, situated southwest of the old
Iravonia property on the 22d of last
month when the shaft house was de-
stroyed by giant powder explosion
and both had a narrow escape from
death.
About Clark, who forfeited his life
in resisting the officers at Rock
Creek, hut little is known. 1t appears
that both Clark and Beck became fire.
quenters of fFitschen's saloon within a
few days after the explosion at the
Geneva mine, and that they were
there almost constantly after night
while Martin Fitschen was on watch
Fitschen and the day barkeepel
lodged in 81 small frame house or
Wyoming street near Mercury, anc
he took Beck and Clark there abou
the 1st inst. telling the other bar
keeper tnat they were broke and h
wanted to give them place to sleep
It was in this retired cabin that tn
three formed the alliance for high
way robbery and plotted the crime
which have in so short time result
ed disastrously to the plotters.
The Pfouts robbery was committee
on the evening of the 4th inst, ant
from that time until the report of tn
Stevensville robbery Was publishe'
in yesterday mornings MINER n
clue was obtained to the perpetrators
The reporter last night discovered
man who saw three men come from
the direction of Pfouts' store on tn
evening of the 4th inst, and circlin
around through the old place
grounds, come up Wyoming stree
and enter the house occupied b.
Fitschen, Clark and Beck. 1t ha
also transpired that on the 5th, 6tl
and 7th insts. they kept themselve
close within the house. On the ST.
inst. they all came out and circulate'
freely about the town, meeting man.
acquaintance, some of whom wer
the officers at that moment in searcl
of the robbers of Pfouts' store. Ol
the 9th inst, (last Sunday they too
the noon train, telling their friend
they were going to the C@u
d'Alenes. The supposition is that the
left the train at Missoula and wen
up the valley to Stevensville, wher
they wound up their short but pecu
culiarly desperate and reckless ca
reer of crime by the raid on Eddy
Hammond & Company's store. n
doubt exists in the minds of III
officers that they are the same mel
who robbed Pfout's store, but for tn
purpose of being fully assured of thei
identity Mr.. Pfouts will take thl
mornings tram for Missoula; and b
feels confident that if they are tn
same men he will be able to recog
Mise them.
Bitten by Dog.