Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-20

Officer Murray's account of the affair is
az follows. and ss it is very complete,
taking in the action Of all the police from
the first start. it is given entire:
"About half past 10 O'Clock, or close to
IL, Tuesday night, Dan Tewey came to me
on the corner of Broadway and stated
that a man had been robbed at bis house
OF $1,4OO, and wanted to know if l had
seen him, as he was looking for a police
man and had just left his house. He stated
that four men had got off the train that
morning and stayed at his house. They
vent to bed quite early. Mr.. Tewsy was OF
up a job on the old man. He said one OF
the men (Tice) was at the house now and
one (Riley) was with Stewart looking for
Straight the man supposed to have taken
the money. I told Tewey to wait at the
house, that I would be back again in five
minutes. l started down to hunt up
Marshal Coulter. On my way down in
front of the Inter Mountain Office I met
Mr.. Pinkham who wanted to know what
the row was and said that Officer Carroll
had Just gone up stairs and had called
Under Sheriff Frank Tbomes, that there
were q couple of men with them. l went
up into the telegraph Office and saw there
Stewart. the man who lost the money,
Frank Themes and Carroll telegraphing.
81 then returned to the Southern Hotel
and arrested Tice on suspicion, in company
with Officer Lalande. When I got Tice to
shall Coulter to his room, which he did. I
then went in search OF Riley, the other man.
Officer Carroll and I took him to jail. On
the way up the Marshal overlook US. |
stated the case to the Marshal. On our
way down we met Officer Waters, who had
been in every place in town with Stewart
and Riley. From this point on we were all
busy looking and trying to get q clue.
"Lalande and Waters got a pointer and
in company with Stewart walked to the
depot. Marshal Coulter requested me to
accompany him there. We hunted the de-
pot thoroughly with the aid OF some rail
road men. Marshal Coulter was sick and
concluded to rest somewhere until the train
went out in the morning and ordered me TO
the Montana Central depot to see if Straight
was up there. Mr.. Stewart was with me.
As I came out OF the depot met Officer
had been to the Road House. l then came
to town. At the corner of Broadway and
Main George Fitzgibbons called me and
said that Frank Loveioy and Others had
been looking for two hours for me to let
me know hat a man named Mahoney, a
back driver, had driven Straight out to a
cabin in some canyon.
Then began q search for Mahoney
Offers James and Swanson were put on
right away and worked faithfully. Officer
Swanson was put on to another hack
driver and told to watch him close, which
he did, and through watching him got on
to Mr.. Mahoney. This hack driver got out
a buggy from the livery stable. l told him
that | would take the buggy and see that
it was paid for. Swanson and l got in and
called to Mahoney to get in. Some friends
of mine were talking to Mahoney and tell.
ing him to do the square thing with me and
he would be remunerated. Officer Carroll
took Swanson's place with me, Mahoney
got in and away we went to Silver Bow
JUNCTION passing where Straight We
met the Marshal at the junction and agreed
to telephone him. We then anne back to
the old Silver Bow hotel"
The result was that Officers Murray and
Carroll nv ed in front of the hotel where
Straight was just about early breakfast
time. The hack driver pointed out the
fugitive. Murray and Carroll had N their
overcoats and showed none OF their police
insignia, so that they looked like any two
ordinary men. Murray went up to Straight,
sat down by him and quietly told him that
az soon as his breakfast was finished he
would have to accom- ,any them to Butte
Noticing from his manner that he meant
fight, Mur1ay caught him with his left hand
by the left arm aud assisted him to rise
from his chair. As he did so Muir
ray nailed his pistol, which was un
der his jumper, keeping close to him, when
a struggle ensued, Murray retaining h,
hold of the place where the pistol was
Carroll caught him by the throat am
choked him into submission, cutting hlt
| hand on a broken pane OF glass in the door
against which the scufle took place. Al
soon as Murray got the pistol away from
Straight and into his pocket, he drew his
own pistol and told him he would let hin
have it if he made another break. The
officers then put Their nippers or
Straight and took him up tC
his room, and while Officer Murray
stood with his back against the closed
door and his revolver in his hand, Officer
Carroll demanded the money he had taken,
| He at first made q faint attempt to oluf
| the officers, but seeing that useless, dis
gorged $50 and a pocket book (Which lat
| ter he claimed his ewn) saying that was
| every cent he had taken IRON the old man,
| meaning Stewart, and that he a paid al
his, expenses out Of his own money. H
WAB JakSu UdCh " UOWA III StNAsO vi I'm
GERS Carroll and Murray, and later in the
day brought before Judge Lippincett fol
a~rraignment, when he waived examination
and is held for the grand jury.
On his person were found letters from
his mother showing that he had been in
some serious scrape before and warning
him, as a mother will even the worst SCAMP
of a son, OF the evil results OF the course o
life he was lead ng. Judge Lippin:ott
| states from what he knows OF the family
| that Straight il very we'll connected, his
| mother having married after the death o
| Straight's father a wealthy lumbermaI
named Lindsey Mahaffey OF Williamsport
| Pa, who is now retired from business. Thu
letters show the influential position OF thu
family. Straight is quite young claiming
/ to be only IL but is possibly a year or two
| older. He has shown himself possessed o
| qualities that may make him a very dan
| gerous criminal and a long term OF i'm
prisonDent for the present offense will bt
| the best safeguard for society and perhaps
for himself.
Joe Riley and C. N. Tice, who had beer
| lodged in Jail on Tuesday night as accom-
plices. were brought up yesterday mornin,
before Judge Lippincott and given twenty
four hours to plead. Straight says they
had nothing to do with his action. Mr.
Stewart says he does not think Riley haG
any hand in the robbery, as he showed
himself SO anxious to afford every assist
auce in his power during the search OF
Tuesday night, while Tice paid no regarc
to it, but remained in his room regardless
Riley = action is only natural, rs it was h
whom Stewart befriended and helped
to come out here, and Stewart