The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-13
TRAGEDY MOST HORRIBLE.
Eve Men sre Killed in a Montana Town BY Cold.
BlOOded Robbers.

HELENA, Mont, Special Telegram, June g.
The greatest tragedy OF the year occurred to-
day ut Silver, a station on the Montana Gen.
tral railroad about seventeen miles north of
Helena. The station on the Montana Gen.
trail. called Silver, is near the old town and
is the junction of the Marysv.lle railroad and
the stage line to Jay Gould, Empire and
other mining camps. About his time the
monthly shipment of bullion from the Jay
Gould mine Is made, and the treasure,
amounting to several thousand dollars, usu-
ally remains over night a5 Silver Junction.
Yesterday two strange men, FiDlanders ap-
parentlY, and brothers, hung around Silver
Junction all day, one of them armed with q
Winchester rifle. These men were very in
quisitive, and put in much time asking
questions about the railroad office as to
when the bullion shipments were received,
how much money the railroad agent hand!ed
etc. h station agent, F. c. Jobst, either
did not notice their presence or thought
nothing Of 1t The men camped for the
night near by, and this morning ut z o'clock
broke into the station. They went aJ once
to the room where Jobst sept, and, without
u warning OF any kind, one of them
SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD
with o Winchester rifle while he was in bed.
JODSG lhuSulaUcly UCCaul0 UNCONSCIOUS
His room mate, BurreIl, a young telegraph
operator from Michigan, who Was spending
the night with him, jumped through the
window to escape. and ran toward a neigh
boring section house, presumably to give
the alarm. but Jobsts assassin
fired through the window at him md
dropped him before he ran twenty yards
Burell was killed instantly and Jobst died
in a few hours. The murderers then broke
open the money drawer and e through
the Office. They wer disappointed in regard to
the bullion, which they evidently INTENDED to
steal, and secured about 500. They then
fled to the mountains. about five miles dis
tant, near the Missouri river. Meanwhile q
neighbor had seen Burel shot and gave the
alarm, A section hand, who had been
formerly an operator, rushed to the Office and
telegraphed the news to Helena. while Billy
Johns, q farmer OF the vicinity, raised
a posse of ranchmen and started in pursuit
of che murderers Sheriff Jefferies Of Hell
ena left at once by special train with q posse
of thirty men,, all armed with repeating
rifles, while Marysvilie sent out q N armed
force. The pursuers concentrated about
noon, and, headed by Beidler, the renowned
scout of the vigilante days, began the task OF
SURROUNDING THE FUGITIVE ROBBERS.
About 1 o'clock the murderers were cor
raled in a gulch in the mountains i've miles
from Silver City. Here they had embedded
themselves up to their shoulders in e sand
pit, aud babe defiance to all who came, firing
rapidly from their Winchester rifles when
ever q pursuer came within range. The
sheriff repeatedly called upon them
desperadoes replied with a volley Of
bullets. They knew sure lynching awaited
them it captured, and they resolved to die
game. Finding that they would not surren-
swiftly the circle of armed avengers closed
about the last retreat Of the robbers. Rifles
Of the pursuers smoked and snapped on
every side, while the concealed murderers
kept up calling fire from
time within ten yards OF the robbers, rushed
into the retreat, only to find two dead bodies
fairly riddled with bullets. Nobody knows
them, though they were evidently brothers,
the youngestbelng about TWENTY-FIVE and the
eldest not more than thirty. From articles
name is Quade and that they are the same
parties who have been engaged for two
weeks past In robbing ranches near Silver
City. President Broadwater and General
Manager Shelby. Of the Montana Central,
were untiring in their efforts to hunt down
the murderers, the former Offering a reward
OF $500 for their capture. The bodies of the
victims of the tragedy, Jobst n Burrell,
will be buried tomorrow. Jobst was q
young man of twenty-three. and Burrell was
only a boy OF eighteen. ~ -7
WELL KNOWN IN GREAT FALLS.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Special Telegram,
June 5.-Jobst and Burrell, who wero muir
dered at Silver to-day, were both well known
in railroad circles here. Jobst came to Mon
tana last fall from New London, Wis, and was
brakeman on the Manitoba from Glasgow to
Minot@ He subsequently stayed here with
Burrell until he got work as. agent and ope-
rator at Silver. Burial was employed as
! operator on the Manitoba railroad. He fol-
lowed mp the track 4 the building Of the
| Montana extension. and finally came here.
| resigned and went to his friend Jobst, at Sill
| yer, to await employment. He was o good
| violin player aud took delight in teaching
the railroad men at Glasgow, Mont. He ia
| eaid to have come from New London, Wis. ,
but has relatives at Detroit, Mich.