St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-07
REVEALED BY JOvE.
A ThunderboIt'S Aid in the
Capture Of Nine China
men in Montana.
officers Get a Glimpse Of the
CelestiaIs From a Flash
Of Lightning.
a Catholic Priest OF Washing
ton State Is Tarred and
Feathered.
He Was in the Habit OF Com
mitting Grimes Upon Lit
tie Children.

Special to the Globe.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Aug. Ga
flash of lightning, resulting in the death
of human being. last night enabled
officers of the government to capture
nine Cinnamon. Sunday Deputy Col
lectOr DOwd received information that
fresh trail had been discovered on the
Benton trail seven miles west of Sweet
Grass. and that quite a large party of
men had left their footprints in the sand
at a place where they had evidently got
out of a wagon to 90 up hill. Mr..
DOWd and another officer at once started
to follow the trail, but were surprised
to find that by an unhappy combination
of circumstances there was not a horse
to be had in the little camp on the
boundary. AS a last resort they applied
to the Canadian mounted police detach-
ment under Inspector Chalmers. but
here also they were disappointed.
Chalmers men and horses were all out
on
4 Flying "TRIP
in pursuit of some whisky smugglers.
Nothing practical could be done at the
moment. and the officers were COM
PEELED to await the arrival of the first
sOuth-bound freight train on the Great
Falls x Canada railroad. which they
boarded and came south to Rocky
Springs. where Mr. DOWd left the train
in order TO scout across the country in
coming up with the party. The other
officer came into Shelby junction, where
he ascertained definitely that the party
had not taken a train east
bound on the Great Northern eX-
tension. and then he came on to
Great Falls and to Benton, where he re-
ported the situation to Collector Sulli-
van. That official at once started
Special Deputy Collector Cummings out
on the Great Northern extension from
Havre, notified the Helena officers to be
on the lookout, and sent another officer
along the line of the Montana Central
west of Great Falls. with instructions to
notify the officers and examine all west
bound trains. This morning. passen-
gers who arrived from Fort Benton on
the freight train, brought the curious
story that the Cinnamon had been capt
ured near that place in
Most R Remarkable Manner.
Wednesday evening furious thun-
der storm prevailed in this section of
CUnuLl v dNGOill BulllCh " llOoNN Ia
and hail. a man named Sam Heron
was coming into Benton from his ranch
with team and was caught in the
shower about four miles from town. A
binding flash of lightning lit up the
prairie and Heron was appalled, to see
a thundeTbOlt strike wagon at some
distance ahead of him on the trail. He
rode up to the spot, where he
found the driver of the vehicle
dead and nine Cinnamon crouching
down in the wagon. Taking in the sit
uatiOn at a glance, Heron rode rapidly
into Benton and notified Collector Sulli-
van, who Immediately summoned as
sistance and went out in the storm and
took the Cinnamon prisoners. They
left the dead body of the teamster on
the range and brought the Cinnamon
into town. where they were secured.
Under recent decision all Cinnamon
captured by the officers must be re-
turned to China, and the nine now in
custody at Benton will undoubtedly be
sent direct 10 San Francisco in charge
Of officers, and be sent thence to Hong
Kong.