The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-13
TRAGEDY MOST HORRIBLE.
Two Men are Killed in n Montana Town by Cold.
RlOOded Robbers,

Two Men are Killed in a Montana Town by Cold
RlOOded Robbers.
HELENA, Mont, Special Telegram, June s.
The greatest tragedy of the year Occurre to-
day at Silver, station on the Montana Cen
trail railroad about seventeen miles north OF
Helena The station on the Montana Cen
trail, called Silver, is near the old town and
is the junction of the Marysville railroad and
the Stage line to Jay Gould, Empire and
other mining camps. About this time the
monthly shipment of bullion from the Jay
Gould mine is made, and the treasure,
amounting to several thousand collars, usu-
ally remains over night at Silver Junction.
Yesterday two strange men, FiDlanderS ap-
parentlY, and brothers, hung around Silver
Junction all day, one of them armed with a
Winchester rife. 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 handed,
etc. The station agent, F. c. JObst, either
did not notice their presence or thought
nothing of it The men campei for the
night near by, and this morning ut o'clock
broke into the station. They went at once
to the room where JoDst ept, and, without
u warning OF any kind, one of.them
SHOT HIM IN THE HEAD
with Winchester rifle while he was in bed
JobsU Immediately became unconscious.
His room mate, Burrel, q young telegraph
operator from Michigan vino Was spending
the night with him, Jumped through the
window to escape, and ran toward neigh
boring section house, presumably to give
the alarm, but Jobst's assassin
fired through the window at him and
dropped him before he ran twenty wards
Burell was killed instantly ma JObst died
in few hours. The murdererS then broke
open the money drawer and went through
the office They wera 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 a
ne0hbor had seen BureI shot and gave the
alarm. A section hand who hal been
formerly an operator rushed to the office IN
telegraphed the news 10 Helena, while Bill V
Johns a farmer of the vicinity, raised
a posse of ranchmen and started in pursuit
of the lnurderers. Sheriff Jefferies of Hell
ena left at once by special train with posse
of thirty men, all armed with repeating
rifles, while MarysviIe sent out an armed
force. The pursuers concentrated about
noon, and, headed by Deidlar, the renowned
scout of the vigllante d'YS, began the task OF
SURROUNDING THE FUGITIVE ROBBERS.
About l O'clock the murdarers We're cor
raled in gulch in the mountains five miles
from Silver City. Here they had embedded
themselves up to their shoulders in 4 sand
pit, and babe defiance to all who came, firing
rapidly from Their Winchester rifles when
ever a pursuer came within range. The
sheriff repeatedly called upon them
to surrender, but every time the
desperadoes replied with a volley OF
bullets. They knew sure lynching awaited
them if captured, and they resolved TO die
game. Finding that they would not surren-
der, the sheriff gave orders to charge, and
swiftly the circle of armed avengers clOSej
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
their cover Finally the desperadoes ceased
firing and the pursuers, who were by thai
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 youngest being about twenty five aud the
eldest not more than thirty. From articles
found on their bodies it is presumed theil
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 Genera
| Manager Shelby, of the Montana Central
! were unLiring in their efforts to hunt dowr
the murderers, the former Offering q reward
| of $500 for their capture. The bodies of the
victims of the tragedy, Jobst and Burrell
| will be buried tomorrow. Jobst was &
young man of twenty-three, and Durrell was
| only boy of eighteen
WE'LL KNOWN IN GREAT FALLS.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Special Telegram
June 5.-Jobst and Burrel, who were 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 wa
| brakeman ON the Manitoba from Glasgow Il
Minot He subsequently stayed here will
1oC ot Euorlr q mud
| rator at Silver. Burrell was employed az
operator on the Manitoba railroad. He fol
lowed up the track in the building of the
Montana extension, and finally came here
where he stayed until March last when h
| resigned and went to his friend Jobst, at Sill
yer, to await employment He was gooC
violin player and took delight in teaching
the railroad men at Glasgow, Mont He il
said to have come from New London, Wis.
but has relatives at Detroit, Mich.