The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-13
SHOT DEAD BY HER SON
Capture Of the Lad at CreRsop's
Springs After a Long 81
He says IL Was an
Accident.

- Wv l"Na
BUrrE, Feb. 12.-The little village of
four miles west of this city. !
was the scene apparently of u horrible
murder at noon to-day. Near the north
four-room house. painted IA
iingy brown. The one entrance tn the
house is from the southeast corner, lead
ing into "a kitchen. Directly i'm front of
The entrance door il n door leading into /
a bedroom about lOxs feet i'm size, in
small p~assaseway leads frnm the
toy ,Mn a'e" other h%sairSo.ns. on. ia -
at the end of the passage and the other at
the ives, side. On the east side of the
been occupied for the past * months by
Mrs. Richard Bryant. her son Thomas. l6
years old. her Edith. !. years old.
but came To America with her husband
Mich. where Mr.. Bryant had charge Of q
mine. Five years ago the family rcImoved
To Butte. living first at Dublin Gulch and
then near walkcrviile. where Mr.. Bryant
had a ranch. Less than two years ago
they moved tn Burlington.
Mr.. Bryant was still not satisfied i'm his
efforts tai amass wealth, and ~ year ago
left for Australia, intending. To send for
his family las soon as he could get enough
money together. Mrs. Bryant started up
a boarding house at Burlington, with the
idea of assisting i'm raising funds for the
proposed removal. Being "a pleasant,
kindly and Intelligent woman, her board
ing house proved popular and she has had
about 10 regular. boarders. Yesterday
Mrs. Bryant received a letter from her
dated AT Melbourne, in which he
inclosed u draft for S1UO, and proposed
that his family join him OH April 1. Every
i iiH. ex. san s ;ns a %!aiasa". ~ , I.h ba an' Tom r"m.
who is described by those who know him
as ~ regular dare devil.
Sixteen years OLD, he il about = feet 4
inches i'm height, weighs 40 pounds, has IA
ruddy face, curly black hair and black
eyes and is "a fine looking gentleman alto
gether, except for a look of wickcducss in
his eyes. The ~Dcighbors say that the boy
had often Threatened to kill his mother.
didn't know what To Ito with the boy and
didn't dare whip him. Among the board
ers at Mrs. Bryant's was one who slept in
the little room at the end of the passage.
The boarslcr is Fred Hicks, who works on
night shift at the Champion mine. Hicks
went to bed at . o'clock this morning.
Soon after II o'clock. AS rear is he
could judge. Hicks was awakened by "a
conversation which appeared To he taking
place i'm the kitchen. He heard Tom
"Shali I put this bag of Hour in the bar
rel ?'
Mrs. Bryant, was heard to answer:
AFTER talking like you did this morning !
don't want you to do it,"
There was further conversation hut Mr..
Hicks went to sleep again and did not
catch the drift of il. Not long aftcrward
he was awakened by the report of "a re-
NoINtr. n mpgtietlt aItef NIfS. Bryant
screamed ooh Hicks. Hicks! aud She.
fell against his door. bursting il open.
Hicks hurrictiiy arose and found the
woman lying in a tub of water at his door.
The tub had been standing there and she.
! had apparently stumbled over il i'm fleeing
tn Hicks for protection.
"What is the matter. Mrs. lSry ~
said Hicks. He lifted her up and placed
her on his bed, but she seemed quite dead
hole above the left breast which seemed
inclined and the ball had APP
Iarently reached the heart.
Tom ran in the room where his mother
was lying and Hicks asked him what IA,
Erred. 1 conidn't help it," said Tom.
Tom then went back into the bedroom
where the shooting had taken place,
again, Don't say anything. l am going
away" Hicks, who seemed tai have beer
supplied by the occurrence, ran back q
his own room to see if anything could IL
lone for he dying woman Meanwhile
h siN-year old daughter. Edith. who .has
been in the kitchen when the shoo,in,
occurred, had ran to the house of Mrs
Thomas Kartwcll, which is about 80 fee
from the scene of the murder. Mrs. Kart
Mrs. Bryan, and had left there abou
five minutes before II o'clock. SIN
had not been i'm her own house more tina,
II minute when Edith rushed i'm crying
Mother * dead; Tom shot her." Mrs
kartwell went at once to- the house AM
found Tom standing in the door;
Tom. what have yoi DONE a-ke'
Mrs. kartwcll.
- went to put the gun away and
slipped out of my hand said Tom.
Mrs. kartwel, went to the bedroom
wherciAfrs. Bryant was lying. She SCENE
To be dead. The boy pcercd from Ill
~passagcway in at his mothers pale face
He then said:
II will go out and kill myself" He the
left the house. About II minutes after tn
boy had gone. the neighbors who had be-
gun hocking tai the scene camc to the coI
clusion that il would be proprr To put TIA
. hoy i'm custody. But he was gone. He ha
been seen going westward from the vi
lage and several now started in pursui
, Charles Mitchell. who runs the stage b,
} tween Butte and Burlington. jumped on.
/ horse and galioped in full speed in Ill
direction the boy had gone. He foiiowc
, for five miles. going as far a. Cryst:
had hidden in the placer digging about
"a mile west OF Burlington. A par,
r of half "a dozen started in pursui
! avail. The boys of the village said ths
2 bowie knife. Due revolver was left a
took place. Ii was "a :ss-raliber Smith
Wesson, and had cartridges in il, "a
! though one chamhe seemed To ha,
2 been recently discharged. The pursuer
I were well armed. as they knew the boy y.
capable of a desperate resistance. IL
L news reached the sherifr's Office in Butt
n about , o'clock this afternoon, and Cnd'
Sheriff Themes AT once started afts
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