The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-06-22
COWARDLY ASSASSINATION WITHIN
AFEW MILES OF LIVINGSTON.
The Murderer Traced and Captured at a
House on the Outskirts Of Town.
AFUIL ACCOUNT OF THE TRAGEDY

Yesterday afternoon about six o'clock {
party of excited men, headed by White
Calfee, came into Livingston bearing the
startling intelligence that a most cold
blooded and dastardly murder had beer
committed about twenty miles up the
Yellowstone above Livingston and that
there was good reason to believe that the
murderer might be found near town
Their opinion proved correct, as will
afterward appear.
The members of the pursuing party,
who alone in Livingston knew anything OF
the particulars of the tragedy, gave slight
ly different accounts of the affair, but we
have been able to extract the following
story, which we believe to be correct, as
nearly as can be ascertained without
further evidence.
T. Rogers and Peter Lyman had been
working ON the railroad west of Bozeman
and by successful contracts in a small way
had accumulated sum of money amount
Ing to at least $500. which Rogers carried
on his person. The two came to Boze-
maa and from there, on Wednesday last,
with wagon, team of horses and camping
outfit, started for Gardner, intending to
go from there to the Clarks Fork mines
At the Mountain House on the Bozeman
road to the upper Yellowstone, they
stopped and bought some liquor and in
paying for it Rogers displayed large
roll of money. A man named Clark, who
was hanging about the place, seems to
have been attracted by the sight of SO
liberal supply of money and at once
found means to gain the acquaintance of
its owner. He asked them where they
were going and finding they knew moth
ing of the country intimated that as he
was travelling in that direction it would be
a good arrangement to go in company
with them. He claimed to know
Ill about packing into the mines
md persuaded Rogers and Lyman
hat he could be of great assistance to
them, and when they resumed their jour
1ey Clark was with them. About five
,'clock on the afternoon of the same day
he party camped near Trail creek, about
;wenty miles south of Livingston, and
bout five miles back from the river, Clark
them that this was about the
'nly available chance for camping in that
,art of the country. After the tent was
'itched, Clark proposed to Rogers that
ley take the rifle and go up into the
brush for the purpose of kill
ng some game, representing that antelope
nd black-tailed deer were plentiful in
hat locality. Rogers agreed, and the
wo set of, taking with them the rifle
which belonged to Lyman, and which he
ad loaded. (Just here the story is a little
lark, owing to the perturbed condition of
,yman's mind and the difficulty with
Which he gave an account of exactly what
ccurred). Rogers and Clark had been
one but short time when Lyman in
amp heard three shots and started out
oward the brush to see if any game had
cen killed. He had not gone very far
,hen he met Clark, who told him they
ad killed an antelope and for him to go
, the camp, get an axe, and bring it up
the brush, with which to cut up the
arcass. Suspicion of foul play seems to
ave Immediately arisen in Lyman's mind.
instead of complying with Clark's request,
e returned to camp and made prepara-
ons for fight. It is difficult to imagine
ON this account whcreon Lyman based
Is sudden suspicious and terrorized
;tion. Where Clark went after this shor.
'terview is not stated, but he probably
turned into the brush. Lyman went