Sun River sun. [volume] (Sun River, Mont.) 1884-1885, 1885-03-05
to five years for burglary.
Frank Ashton, sentenced to five years
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to five years for burglary.
Frank Ashton, sentenced to five years
for highway robbery.
Frank Mccormick, charged with pass.
ing $1O0 counterfeit bill, awaiting the
action of the grand jury.
------- Springfield, bound over to await
the action of tho grand jury on charge
Of stealing.
The escaped gang were undoubtedly
the hardest criminals in the JAIL Henry
Edmonson, who had the longest term to
serve, being notorious as pal Of Con
Murphy and member of his gang.
Thursday evening, Sheriff Churchill
got II clcw that some of the prisoners
were on the railroad west Of the city, and
he boarded the west bound train and when
the train stopped ut Avon, the first station
east Of Garrison. he was rewarded In his
search by seeing two Of the escaped Grim.
inals trying to
HOARD THE TRAIN.
Ono Of them cried out, "Thercs Church.
ILL.," aud with that they jumped, one talk.
ing of across the field on one side of the
track while the other started in the oppo.
site direction. Churchill recognized them
rs Ashton and Clark, and started the
brakeman after the latter with shot gun,
while he followed Ashton with u revolver.
The brakeman captured his man without
difficulty The sheriff had much harder
time TO secure Ashton, who had started on
the run across the flat. Churchill called
to him to halt, but the command was not
needed, 50 he turned loose with his rcvol.
YER and shot five times ut Ashton, the fifth
shot taking eject in the prisoners back
and bringing him down.
While at Garrison Ashton's wound
was examined by II physician from Deer
Lodge, who said tho wound wns not dan.
gerous and that the prisoner would bear
transportation to Helena. They nrc now
safely lodged once more in the Jail.
Frank Ashton, the escaped prisoner,
shot when captured last Thursday, died
Saturday ut . II. m. ia the county Jail.
The deceased prisoner came from Minne-
sofa and was for some time engaged rs II
barber in the Cosmopolitan barber shop.
lie was convicted of highway robbery ut
the last term Of court for knocking down
and robbing II Chnaman, and was sen.
fenced to five years in prison. lie has
brothers and sisters living In Alexander,
Minnesota, who we're tclcgrnphed Of his
dcccase.
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CAPTURE OF EDMoNsoN AND DwYER IN A
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Word was received il Helena Saturday
afternoon of the hiding place of Edmon.
son and Dwycr, and n posse Of men i'm.
mcdiatcly took up the trail, under the
guidance Of O'Neil. About II o'clock ut
night they came to the escaped prisoners
cache and recapturcd them without diff.
Guilty. Edmonson was afraid he would be
Nurphydizcd and was mighty anxious to
be placed again inside the bars, where he
felt secure. The hiding place OF the pris.
oners was given away by John O'Neil,
the man who informed on Con Murphy.
The circumstances are rs follows: After
Edmonson and Dwycr left Helena they
struck across the mountains east of town,
passed near Montana City, crossed the
Bozcman road and continued on that side
past Spokane butte, and made their camp
in small gulch in the Spokane range.
Being hard pressed for grub, Dwyer went
to O'Ncii's cabin, told him everything
and struck bargain with him, by which
it was agreed that he should procure them
grub and clothing and keep them sup
piled at their camp in the gulch until he
could get up some horses for them, when
they would skip" rs soon rs the snow
melted. O'Neil visited their camp, agreed
to the conditions proposed, and left them
for Helena, ostensibly to procure pro,i
sions. Instead Of that he came into llel
ena and gave them away to the autho'i
ties, and then followed their capture and
return to Jail as narrated.
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