The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-30
BRONCO BILL CAPTURED
The 0flcefS Find His Trail and Liter.
ally Camp On II.
The Distinguished Cowboy For
maiiy Charged With Being a
Horse Thief and Held for
That Offence.

Deputy Sheriff Stebbins and Chief Hale
had a long and most interesting chase on
Monday after Bronco Bill Quinn. who so
successfully made away with his horse
from the livery stable that morning.
Upon arriving ut McCune's camp II was
found that Quinn had left there some two
hours before. The reason he was not de-
tanned there until the arrival of the ofii-
GERS was because of his tough appearance.
There was no one there who cared TO
tackle HIM.
The two officers Immediately started i'm
pursuit and trailed Bill eight miles by the
track of his horses hoofs. Upon arriving
at Flats ranch they stopped their team
n left them to feed. Taking two saddle
horses the chase was continued for two
miles more, where they learned that their
maj was two hours ahead of them. The
ride was again begun and about Is miles
was covered. the pursuers going well into
the Big Hole Basin, when they were over
taken by Euly Demo, "a young ina who
had followed them IL miles bareback to
notify them that Bronco Bill had doubled
on b road and gone back i'm the oppo-
site direction.
1t seems that Quinn had gone into the
brush about n mile from Flats ranch.
tethered his horse and lam down for a
few hours rest. About the time he was
ready to resume his ride the two officers
passed by and he accordingly went in the
opposite direction.
When the two officers returned with the
boy they continued the hunt again until
they reached McCune's camp. Here they
ascertained that Quinn had not come
back that way and after sampling a little
OF cCune "original packages" the Of
ficers again turned back. After n ride
of nine miles, they put up their horses at
a ranch. This was about $50 O'Clock in
tho nvnntnO A. thnx hnI hn1 abn.tt
enough riding for n day, il was decided
that Hale and the boy should walk over to
Flats ranch i'm search Of Quinn. Arriv-
ing there they came into the place through
the back way. Flat vas met near the
barn. Upon being asked IL he had seen
to go over TO the house, he meantime start
ing around the barn. Chief Hale asked
what was the matter with going through
the barn, and Flat responded i'm such a
manner as to arouse a suspicion. Chief
Hale then sent Demo for a lamp, and on
his return they went through the barn.
romeo Bill was found i'm one of the stalls.
I'M corner. lie had nothing to say and
declined to tell where his horse was. 1t
was soon learned that the animal was
three miles up the canyon tetherrd i'm The
brush. The horse was secured and about
. O'Clock the officers started To return
with their man. They reached Anaconda
about $3.50 o'clock in the morning and
were pretty well knocked out.
Bronco Bill was jailed over night and
was arraigned before Judge Aspiring yes
terday afternoon. County Attorney Shaw
appeared for the prosecution and Lawyer
O'Leary for the defendant. The defense
was that the horse was the property OF the
prisoner, n consequently no crime was
committed. However, the judge was OF
the opinion that the evidence
was against the prisoner and he was ac-
cordingly bound over to appear before
the grand jury on a charge of horse steal
ing. He was taken to Deer Lodge yester-
day afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Steb.
bins. The horse is now i'm care of chief
Hale, who has a claim for SD on the ami
NAL. Colonel O'Leary was given a bill of
sale by the prisoner for defending him
and claims the horse, but il is not proba-
BILE he will get the animal until the SD is
Daid TO Chief Hale.