The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-06-08
Horrible Crime at Silver City.

| Silver City Junction, on the Montana
Central railroad, was the scene OF most
dastardly crime early Wednesday morn
ing. The railroad depot at that place
was entered by two burglars who, with
out warning of any kind, shot and ia
tally wounded Station Agent Jobst, the
ball entering the left chez k and passing
through his head. Young Burrell, a tel
egraph operator from Great Falls, who
was spending the night with 10 bst, mode
his escape from the building by jumping
through a window, carrying sash and all
with him. He ran toward the section
house to give the alarm, but he never
reached it. The ass ASSN of JObst showed
his murderous rifle through the window
and shot Burell in the back just as he
was about to en- ter the section house.
The boy, for he was only youth,
dropped dead in his tracks. The rob-
bers then proceeded to 60 through the
office and broke open the money drawer,
where they found few dollars. All the
money in the agents hands was in an
express envelope ready for shipping by
the next train This was left lying on
the ticket counter ard the robbers
missed it. probably not knowing what it
contained. The fellow who shot Burell
must have rested his gun on the pack
age. After ransa cking the office the
robbers took to the hills, starting off in
q northeasterly direction towards the
Missouri river on foot. The murder OF
the operator was seen by a Mrs. Sheers,
who lived near by, and she at once gave
the alarm. AS soon as it was known
murder had been co committed, party OF
ranchmen headed by Billy Johns started
in pursuit of the murderers. Meanwhile
a section hand, the only one about the
premises; being some what familiar with
t4leoranhins, t4 went to the instrument
Helena with Sheriff Jeffries and a a 6osse 66sG
at Silver CtitvW' tlfeh 4sa4rs, I1non arrival
rection of X. Beidler, who knew every
foot of the ground n that section, start
ed in pursuit and came upon the robbers
in a coulee fcCl miles east OF Silver,
where they had buried themselves be-
hind an entrenchment OF sand. Ihey
refused to surrender when commanded
repeatedly to do SO. and it became evil
dent that they could not be captured
alive. With final charge the posse
closed in, and firing rapidly killed both
| the murlerers, more than twenty shOts
| penetrating their bodies. They were
| loaded on a wagon and taken to Silver,
where witnesses quickly identified them
as suspicious strangers who had been
lettering around there the previous day.
The pistol of Agent Jobst was also iden.
titled. 1t was found in the possession OF
the older one. Both murderers ap-
peared to be foreigners and brothers, as
there was decided resemblance notice
able. In a memorandum book found
upon one of the murders are recorded
the following names on fly leaf: Julius
Quade, lied Quadc, Rob't Quade. 1t is
supposed that the robbers expected to
tind in the depot the monthly shipment
of bullion from the Jay Gould mine.
At a coroner's inquest held Thursday
the murderers were recognized as the
Quade boys, cousins, from Minnesota.
They had formerly resided in Iowa, but
were outlawed from that state for vari-
OuS crimes