The semi-weekly miner., 1883-08-04
CATURED BANDITS
Tho Trout Creek Stage Robbers
Held Up by Helena Of6c srs.
Arrested in Possession OF the
Booty.

Lodge and Helena stage at Trou
creek last Sunday had chance to try
the taste of their own medicine ant
were in turn 'held up" by the eff
GERS Of the law at Sheds Bridges las
Wednesday moaning. The Helen.
Independent of I'd says:
To Deputy Sheriff Steele princi
pally the credit of trailing these fel
lows and capturing them belongs
He was q member Of the party which
tracked them from the place of tn,
robbery to their camp and then fol
lowed their wagon trail to the road
After this all the trailing was don,
by him until it became a settled fac
that they had come over to this side
of the range, had passed just north o.
town, and were makiug cost on thu
Bozeman road. This much he ascer
tained by about the middle of the af.
ternoon Tuesday. He then came tc
town and accompanied by deputy
sheriff Joe Roberts, the trail was
again taken up on the Bozeman road.
Here it was not difficult to follow, as
the wheels of the wagon in which the
robbers were travelling had well
worn tires. the wheels "wobbled''
and the wagon was narrow tracked.
The men had also been seer at va
rious places along the road and the
descriptions in every instance Tailed.
The officers travelled all Tuesday
night, and Wednesday morning
40 mo IN oirhf of <h- ~,o>o ol>.x 6
miles this side of Sheds Bridges,
some seventy miles from He ena.
They soon got near enough to see
that the robbers were three in num-
Der. They were travelling in the
narrow-tracked wagon, which had
been tracked for so many miles. One
of them was driving, and the other
two sat holding Henry rifles in their
hands. The officers, although armed
with revolvers and a shotgun and
rifle, did net deem it best TO rush up
on the fellows. but awaited an oppor-
tuni4y to get the drop on them. This
occurred at Sheds Bridges. where
ons of the robbers got out and went
int the store. The Others law down
their guns. not suppOsing that the
peaceable looking men behind were
officers. Steele and Roberts drove
lazily up alongside the ether wagon,
and thon quickly presented their
guns and called on the ROBBERS to
throw up their hands. The order
was obeyed. Steele then told Rob
erts to keep the men covered with
his gun, and he (Steele) would 90 in
to the store and bring out tie other
one of the three. The third man was
captured without difficulty, and was
brought out.
1t ives found on investigation that
the men in addition to their Henry
rifles, had two revolvers each, and
plenty of ammunition. The cap
tured men were stripped and search
ed, which resulted in the diamond
ring which was taken from one of
the passengers being found in the
stocking of one of the trio. A gold
watch chain to which was attached
lOcket with the letter "P" inscribed
upon it was found in a stocking of
another of the men. Other stolen
were also found upon them
amply ouAlOACAV W COuNlCC Juculs
One of the Henry rifles is supposed
to be t hat taken from one of the rob-
bed stage passengers. The shotgun
used in the robbery, and the masks
and moccasins, had probably been
thrown away.
This look place at about 10 O'Clock
morning. The officers
took their prisoners to Gallatin,
where they were placed upon the
Helena bound train. They were
safely lodged in Jail here ut about.
half-past 6 o'clock last evening. 1t
was a good piece of work, and one
for which both Steele and RoDerts
are entitled to great praise"
The captured men say their names
are Marion Gamble, Thos. Sheldon
and Fred Wiley. They claim to
have been graders on the Yellow
stone division of the Northern Pacific
and to have been on the
West Side in quest of work. They
1isclaim all connection with the rob-
berry, but make no attempt to account
for the stolen property found i'm their
possession.