St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-06
Desperate Resistance Of the
Robbers While Surround
ed by a Posse.
After Refusing to Surrender,
They Are Riddled With
Bullets.
Members Of the Clan-na-Gael
Testify at the Cronin
Inquest.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
HELENA, Mont. June 5.-All day
yesterday two men were noticed loafing
around the little station of Silver City,
sixteen miles from Helena, on the Mon
tana Central railroad. They were very
inquisitive, and asked all sorts of ques-
tions about the railroad Office, amount
of money handled there. etc. This
morning at 7:2O o'clock, as Agent JObst
was about to arise, two men entered his
bedroom, and without warning of any
kind, one of them leveled a rifle at MIN,
and shot him through the head, the ball
entering the left cheek. Jabst fell back
unconscious. Young Burell, tele-
graph operator from Great Falls who
was spending the night with Jobst,
made his escape by jumping through
the window, carrying the sash and all
with him. He ran towards the section
house to give the alarm. but he never
reached it. The assassin of Jobst
showed his murderous rife through the
window and shot Burell in the back
just as he was about to enter the sec
tion house. The boy, for he was only
youth, dropped dead in his tracks.
THE ROBBERS
then proceeded to go through the Office
and broke open the money drawer.
where they found a few dollars. All
the money in the agents hands was in
an express envelope ready for shipping
by the next train. ThiB was left lying
On the ticket counter and the robbers
missed it, probably not knowing what
it contained. The fellow who shot
Burell must have rested his gun on the
package. After ransacking the Office
the robbers took to the hills: The
murder of the operator was seen
by Mrs. Sheers, who lives near
by, and she at once gave the
alarm. A posse was at once organized
at Silver City. which started in pursuit.
Sheriff Jefferies also went out with
posse from Helena, composed of leading
business men, reporters and your cor
respondent. Arriving at Silver City.
the posse was divided into three Sec
tions. Beidler. the famous old-time
Judge Lynch, who is thoroughly versed
in the country, took the trail and soon
located the thieves in coulee about
two miles from the station. where they
WE'RE CORRALLED
by Sheriff Walker. Every avenue of
escape was soon closed. The robbers
were located in gulch, where they had
covered themselves with sand and kept
up an incessant fire upon the officers
and men. They were respectfully
called upon to surrender, but refused to
do so, and it became evident that every
hope to capture them alive must neces-
sarily be abandoned, and the outlaws
found their punishment in swift death.
With the final charge the police closed
in, and firing rapidly killed both mur-
derers, more than twenty shots pene-
trating their bodies. They were loaded
on wagon and brought to Silver City,
where witnesses quickly identified them
as the suspicious strangers that had
been lettering around there since yes
terday. The pistol of Agent Jobst was
also identified. Burell recently
came to Montana from Michigan. A
book was found on one of the murder
ers in which were the names Julius and
Robert Chuade. They are thought to-
be Finlanders. The general suppOsi-
tion is that the robbers expected to find
in the depot the monthly shipment of
bullion from the Jay Gould mine.