The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-01
TWO DARING OUTLAWS.
A Ceur d'Alene Robbers Revolving
Confession.
ssFunpy Pete's" Dying DecIarations-Two
of His Comrades Captured-Burned
Booty-At the Pistol Point.

$4,000, ~
lon, the ex-convict and Happy
Jack" the two daring outlaws who
held up a Occur d. Alene gambling sa-
loon, whom the officers and a posse
of citizens have been looking for for
several days. some of them with the
intention of lynching them, We're cap
tured by a constable and six assist
ants this morning and brought to
Spokane. One of the constable's as
aged mother and a bride of six
months. was killed in the encounter.
The circumstances surrounding the
robbery of the $1,000 in money and
| jewelry taken from the gambling hall
have led to most horrible discoveries.
man known as Funny Pete" who
was never known here by any ether
name, was shot by another posse, and
a few minutes before he died said
there was a gang of them, and that
during the past year they had robbed
banks and stores at the point of pis-
tolls of over 100000. His last words
were:
Il know we have killed nine wom-
en-, many more men, and God, who
knows how many, 1 hope will forgive
me-"
He implicated others in several of
their deals. He said his gang held up
the Northern Pacific train at Hot
Springs. this state, several months ago
and committed the robbery at Wal
lace, where $1,000 was taken from
store. He said they had robbed four
postoffices in this state and Idaho with
in the past three months, and had
planned several more bank robberies,
which they would soon have carried
out had not the officers driven them
into the mountains for robbing the
Occur d'Alene gambling house. AS
he was telling of the plans to rob the
Palouse City bank he died
The two men now in jail were told
of the confession tonight, and while
Happy jack was protesting that it
did not refer to them, Jack Dillon said
it was a good thing Funny Pete"
died before he could tell more.
Jack Dillon is the man who was
sentenced to the Boise penitentiary for
eight years for manslaughter, and
denis life when the prisoners had
planned to kill him and escape.
Happy jack has been known ali
over the west as shrewd worker.
He would take money from his gang
and play the faro bank in the pros
porous mining camps for several days,
and then, just at the right time, his
confederates would come in and take
the entire bank
There was great excitement in Occur
q Alene, but the prisoners are con-
sidered safe in jail here. One of the
prisoners tonight admits that he
burned roll of bills amounting to
$500 when he was satisfied that they
would be captured.
The sheriffs of Montana believe
they have located the other two mem
bers of the gang, and if they can cap
ture them alive it is believed that one
Of the gang can be persuaded to turn
states evidence.
Jack Dillon and Happy Jack" were
captured through the cleverness of
Constable Beehtel. Tuesday night
Bechtel received a telegram from Bel
mont, stating that the men had bought
horses there that day Early yester-
day morning Bechtel went to Belmont,
accompanied by posse and began the
search. They tracked the horses sew
eral miles and found man who said
two horsemen answering the descrip-
ton Of Dillon and Happy jack had
been inquiring the way to the cabin of
Sam Peterson, who has a ranch at the
foot of Tamarac Butte.
Going to the cabin, BechteI= knocked,
and covering Peterson with shotgun,
when the door was opened, stepped in
side and discovered Dillon. In another
minute he had handouts on his wrists.
Careful search was made, but Happy
Jack could not be found, and the con-
stable rode to Oakdale with the hand
cuffed man sitting in front of him.
Lodging him in Jail, Bechtel went to
bed. About 1890 he arose and went to
the jail
He saw Sam Peterson ride down the
street past the front of the jail Sus-
pecting a plot. the officers fastened to
the rear of the building. There sat
Happy Jack mounted on his horse,
with two big revolvers in his belt, evil
IDENTIFY trying to discover which window
opened into Dillon's cell. He saw the
game was up, held up his hands and
slid out of the saddle. The handouts
were snapped on his wrists and he
was lodged in jail.
Happy Jacks two revolvers answer
the description of the weapons that
opened the eyes of the Occur dAlene
gamblers last week.-San Francisco