Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-15
NEARING II N


Hut One More Act Remains TO Close Thur
day Nights Tragedy.
The second act Of Thursday nights ira,
edy took place 10 the d strict court yests
day when Frank Williams, the pal Of job
Martin, alias John Greer, the burgia
killed by special Oficsr Trrce. was arraigne
in the district court. Williams was locke
up at about IL O'Clock Thursday nigh
and at 1870 o'clock yesterday mornii
the grand jury returned an Indictment 4,
burglary against him. Upon this indiei
ment he Was arraigned q few minutes afte
and as he had no money the court ap
pointed Colopel Pemberton to defend him
After q short consultation with his attol
ney he decided to waive his right to th
statutory time in which to plead and en-
tered a plea OF guilty and asked tina
sentence be pronounced at once.
The Judge promptly sentenced him tc
ten years imprisonment In the p~enitentiary
and q few hours afterward he was on I'll,
way to Deer Lodge in charge OF Sheriff
Lloyd, where ne arrived eighteen hour.
after the commission Of the crime fol
which ne is now undergoing sentence.
williams ID q young nan OF about "a
years OF age, and says that he is a plas
terer by trade and that he came to Butte
about two months ago, and formed the
acquaintance OF Martin, or Greer. im,,,e,li
ately after his arrival.
THE DEAL MAN.
An inquest was held upon the BODY OF the
dead burglar by Coroner Howard yester.
day morning at 8 o'clock, at which the fol.
lowing gentlemen acted as jurors: j.. e.
Coulter. j. p. jackson, Al. Marston, John
howe. Robert Cleaye Inc j. I'll. Cradle.
Daugh. Five witnesses, 8. s. Tree, Frank
Williams, Charles r. Sanders, George Pas.
coe and John N. Leighton were examined.
Tnelr evidence cOrroborated the facts as
published in The MINER yesterday morn.
Ing, . the jury returned a verdict ia nc.
cordance and exonerated Officer TrieeJrom
all blame.
Martin or Greer, whatever his name was,
WAS known to quite q number OF residents
OF Butte and WAS regarded rs u tough
character and a man hard to handle, az
several OF the city police who have had
some experience with him are willing 10
certify. He first visited Butte last fall
with the Salt LSks base ball club and
played first base and change catcher. A
few months ago he returned and continued
To Ioaf about the city until he was sent
across the range Thursday night. While
knocking about the city he gave the name
OF John Greer, and was also known under
the name OF "Pittsburg Jack"
His real name is known to but one man
the city, q MIR. Reynolds, who was a
OF his aud who is nov a clerk
in Richards store, but he refuses to diyulge
it. just before Greer died he sent for Rev.
nolds and AZ his dying request asked hin
never to divulge his name to Y saw.
ing That he had given u fictitious nam to
tne officers and wanted to die under it. He
also asked Mr.. Reynolds never to tell his
mo5ner now he died but simply tell her he
dead, should Mr.. Reynolds ever meet
ner. The promise was given and all efforts
yesterday to cause Reynolds to break that
pledge proved futile. Should he persist in
ais aoheren % to that promise the dead
burglars name will probably never be
Mr.. Reynolds says that Greer was of a
god, Christian family, and had been well
brought up. He saw him Wednesday
lignt, q lew hours before the shooting, and
Jreer told him he was playing in hard
uck." but he had no thought that he was
Engaged in anything which was q violation
)f the law.
To-day Greer will be buried, and the
curtain will drop OF the final act of a trap-
'dy which probably stirred up Butte to a
depth and caused more excitement
did any OF the deeds oil violence.
and murder which the city has
Witnessed ever since it has had an ex.
For the sake Of the dead mans mother
nd relatives it ID tn be hoped that the
.norance concerning his end, under which
hey are now living may never be dispelled
y the action of some prying hand. Moth.
1g rot be gained thereby, aud innocent |
'ersons would be made to suffer needless
ain and anguish.