The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-14
TRAGEDY MOST HORRIBLE.


Bl0tded EOlbers.
HELENA. Mont, Specia. lie -rani, June D
The greatest tragedy OF the wear occurrc 20.
day ut Silver, stat on On the Montana Cen.
trail railroad about seventeen miles norm o.
Helena. The station on the II ,atunu c u
trail, called Silver. is near the ol town anG
is the junction of the Marysy lie railroad ant
the stage line to Jay Gould, E,np.c nnC
other mining camps Abou. ;L:s time n
monthly shipment of bali on firm t."J :,
Gould 'n'nc is maize, and tha trctsur.
amounting TO several thousand collars. usu.
aiiy remains over night q Silver Junc'inu
Yesterday two strange man. Fipignder> ~.
parenrlv, ami brothers. hun. around " 4
Junction all day, en-. OF them armed with II
Winchester ritle These nm We're very in.
4uiS!tive, and put in much time askin!
Iurst onS about the rnll: o ID niii "a as Ia
when the bullion shipments wer. receive l.
now much money the tailroaj atca; ha d ed
etc. The station ay-n', L c jobs. either
uid not notice taelr presence or though.
nothing OF it The men cannot tor INC
night hear by. aud t.:is morning 81, . O'clock
iruk" III o the station, ii " wcnf Il. unr.
10 the room where ,lou>t cpt. and, wi,nou,
Il Waning OF any KIND. ole ot lhrm
SHOT HIM IN TIE HEAD
with W.mches:cr r!f!e w:!lc H., WIS in bed
1ohsi lum .,.Iaie,v bccaln" uncon.cI. n :,
HIS room mate, Dul!cii, lounL 'c...rnpu
operator from Michigan. vii, ~. s;e:.d.n.r
the night with him, iimp-,i Through uh.
VIII cuN To csc trc. ami r.n towar,i Il mel. H.
boring section house, PIE c'uniby 10 give
the alarm, hut J1hs:'S assu>sln
fired through :ic wiuloN at iml aud
cropped him before lie ran twca,v y;.,ds
Bure.l was i.i!lei instantly nj Jobs. d.!
| III few hours. ln. mur,.c'rrS ,hon broke
| oUcn III. money drawer and went through
the uitic'. Inev w"r disappointed III rI!,i II
| the bu ion, which they .vi'irn,iv inlcu,.cd u
steal, aud secured ahuut $50 lhcv then
| He'd To the mountains. about iivu uiirS "a s.
| tanI. near ths Missouri RIVER Meanwhile. /;
nc:"hbor had seen Bure.. snu. aud ..;.vc III,
| :iarm. 4 section hand, who hal bcnu
formerly an olrrator. ru-ned IN the & 1lc" n
tcl,"raphcd the news tu lieicna. wll!.c Bi y
johns, farmer ot the v.rinitv, raised
! posse of ranchmen aud started in pursui,
ot III" mUracrer> Sheriff .lritc.i.s ut llci.
ena left at once by special tram with Il y ,>sc
OF thirty men, all armed with irp..a':, =
| riics. while MarvSvil.c sent GU: an armc,
force. The rurSu.rs concentrated ahou,
Eonn. and. headc by E"idlrr til. rrnovnc,
scout OF ta: yiyiiantG q .rs. began III. Ill X o,
suERnuNDISG THE FUGITIVE: RoBHEES.
About l O'Clock tac muia.icr> " .rn c,:-
raied in eulch in til, mountains ii;c miles
from Silver Citv Here tucv l,a,i embedded
| themselves up to their shoulders in :: sand
pit. and Dadc IL iancc to all W no came, iiriau
rau,ily from Their Winchester rti : wn.n-
ever q rlrSucr came within rang. The
snriilf repeatedly called upnn then,
| to SURRENDER but every time the
,esperadocs replied with IL vnIlc@ ni
bullets They knew sure lynching awaited
them ii captured. an they resolved 10 die
game. Finding that they would not s,rrcn
der. the sheriff gave orders To clHr-r. ana
| swiftly the circle of armed avengers e usc
| aDOut the last retreat nf the robbers X Ne.
every side. while the concealed murdcrcr-
kept up II CALLING fire from
| their cover Finally the dcsrcrauoes ceased
firing and the puisncrs. wh" were by THAI
time within ten yards of the rupbrlS, rushed
into the retreat, only to find two dead bottles
them. though they wer" evidently brothers
the Young Isl being about twenty five aud tli.
| eldest not more than thirty. From articles
found On their bottles il is presumed then
name is Qliade and that they are the Saint
parties WIN have been engaged for two
weeks laSt In robbng ranches near Silver
City President Eroalwaier and General
Manager Shelby. of the Montana Contra
were untiring i'll their efforts To hunt down
the murdcrcrs. the former offering Il rcwar.
Of 5000 tor their capture Ine bodies uf tho
victims of the tragedy, Jobst and Burrcll
will be buried tomorrow. Jub.t was {;
y0uny man of twenty three. and Iiurrell wa.
on.y Il boy of eighteen.
WELL KNOWN IN GREAT FALLS
GREAT FALLS. Mont, Special Telegram.
June l-JOi,s: aud Bu.ie l. VINO were mar
deretl at Silver to-day, were buth well known
in raiiroad circles here Jubst came to Mon
,ana last tall from New London, Wis, md was
brakeman on the Manitoba from Glasgow 50
Mlnot IL. subsequently stayed here with
Burreli until he rot work az agent and Op.-
ratOr ut Silver. Buire'l was employed as
operator on the Manitoba railroad. He fol
lowed up the track in the building "f the
Montana extension. and finally came here,
where he stavcl unit! Marc! last when h.
resigned and went TO his friend Jobst, ut Sill
violin player and took delight in teaching
the railroad men at Glasgow, Mont. He i,
sa:d to have come from New london, Wis
but has relatives NJ ID .troit, Mich