The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-16
On GREAT SPREE.
How Two Young Hen Amused Them.
selves on the Road.

Quite q commotion was created on Main
and Granite streets about 7:3O o'clock last
evening by the sharp ringing Of three
pistol shots, and at once there was a large
crowd OF people rushing up Main street in
pursuit OF buggy containing two young
men and drawn by two white horses, ut
which the bullets from the pistols were di-
rected. The cause of all the commotion is
Substantially as follows:
On Wednesday morning John Alchorn.
the con OF a carpenter employed at the
Lexington mine. and another young man
who gives the name of William Gallagher,
called at Warfield & Houser's stable and
hired a team to drive to Silver Bow. pay
ing in advance for the same. About 1
O'Clock the firm received a telegram from
Alchorn, asking if they could 60 on to Ana
conda with the rig and return to-day.
Thinking that everything was all right, the
answer WIS sent that they could do SO.
Yesterday morning the firm received a TEL
ephone message from Eph. Thomas. the liv.
cry mar at Anaconda, to the effect that
the two young gents we're having a high old
time down there, and that he (ThOmas)
had taken the team from them. Mr..
Houser replied, advising him to hold the
outfit until the latter came down.
EN ROUTE HOME.
In Some man. er not yet known Alchorn
and Gallagher again obtained possession
OF the team, and in the afternoon started
for Butte, both men being under the influ-
ence of liquor. The next heard of them
was at Silver Bow. which place they
reached a few minutes after 6 O'Clock. A
young man named Schusster. who il en-
ployed at Chris Nissler's brewery happened
to come out at the door and began ringing
the gong for supper just as the two men
came along in the buggy. Probably not
approaching the music of the instrument,
one of them pulled a pistol and took a
shot at Schusster, theAball entering the left
arm at the elbow, and inficting a painful
but not serious wound, which will necessi-
tate his taking a rest for somedays. They
whipped up their horses, and proceeded on
their way to Butte, without waiting to see
the effect Of tiasir shot.
A telephone message was at once e to
Sheriff Sullivan to arrest the men for the
shooting, and Under Sheriff Buzzo and
Tailor Shortsleeve procured a team and
started out to meet them. They went
down within two miles of Silver Bow,
where they met a couple of men following
the shooters, who said that the fugitives
had taken the road which goes by way of
Burlington to this city, and thus the Of
ticers had missed them, but they followed
them on the back track. The officers
were on the lookout for them in town.
When they came in on Granite street Officer
was some distance from them, but
he fired q shot into the air to attract the
attention of Officer Young, who was on
the block above on Main street.
TWO MORE SHOTS
Were fired by Constable Engle, but those
only seemed to increase the desire OF the
young men to escape, and whipping up
their horses, they turned into Quartz street,
Just around the corner OF which they left
the buggy and sought safety in fight on
loot. Gallagher ran through to Granite
street, where an officer caught him, but
.lchorn made good his escape, and has not
yet been captured, the snpposition being
that he was in a wagon which was being rap
idly driven through VAUDEVILLE about $50
clock. Gallagher was taken to the County
Jail, where he denied any knowledge Of the
affair, saying that he was not driving n
lid not know the cause OF the trouble, but
ran because the driver did so.
A few minutes after this the team was re-
turned to the stable. where it was ascer-
that the buggy was somewhat dam
aged, but not to any great extent, '. lille the
horses were not injured beyond having
oeen driven harder than is beneficial to any
animals.
Every endeavor is being made to over
take young Alchorn, and it will. consider
the disagreeable nature of the weather,
very difficult for him to make good his