Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1893-10-12
MONTANA NEWS.

Governor Richards has offered a reward
OF 5000 for the arrest and conviction of
the murderer or mprderers of the three
Cinnamon who were found lead in their
cabin a short distance from Butte.
The fast train, east bound. is put on by
the Northern Pacific to carry the mails
from the Pacific coast. 1t is made up for
speed, consisting OF engine, postal car, first
class coach, one tourist and one Pullman.
Gazette.
The Merchants National bank OF Helena
has deposits to the amount of S1,245,-
United States bonds, aggregating S412,-
92S. with total resources OF 81 972, 62s.91
or t~hree-quarters of a million more than
its liabilities.
VIM. Smith, of the firm of Smith Bros,
the extensive Mussellshell stockmen,
crossed the Yellowstone at this point
Thursday with 5000 head of sheep, which
were being driven through to Sheridan,
Wyo. They will be put on feed there and
shipped to Omaha in the spring.--Big Tim.
Der Pioneer.
That Montana cowboys are not forget.
ting the use OF the rope is shown from a
clipping from the S~tockgrowers' journal.
1t says that a short time ago two of Otto
Francs cowboys tackled u full grown
mountain lion with their lariats on horse.
back. They succeeded in making a lncky
throw, the one catching the beast by the
head and the other by the hind feet, and n
few moments later carried the skin of the
animal back to camp as a trophy OF Their
chase.
Senator D. T.. Folsom. OF White Sulphur
Springs. has been in Livingston this week
arranging for the shipment of his sheep to
Chicago. He has been delayed in the mat
ter by a lack OF cars. but expects to gel
his shipment loaded in a few days. In
speaking of Gay and Gross, the Castle DIES
~peradoes, he said that he understood that
the Gay women. after their release Oh
habess corpus proceedings. had gone to
their ranch near Castle and then mysteri
ously disappeared. They were accompa
led by the Gross women and it is pretty
certain that they Joined the outlaws.-En
terprise.
The body OF Frank Weiss, II young Aus
trian, was found neal Cokedale on the 2nC
inst. A couple of days before Weiss tool
a shotgun and started for a hunt. As h
did not return that night a party was or
ganized to search for him. After searchin,
all day with no result they returned home
and all the idle men in the camp turned
ont tho nayt 1uy aud a marty az than
stumbled upon his body. Weiss had beer
shot in the right side with a load OF buck
shot, the bullets ranging from his hip bont
to his collar bone. Another volley had
been fired into his jaw, tearing a portion
OF his face away. Although diligent search
was made, no trace Of Weiss gun could bs
found. His watch was also gone, the chair
only being left. The coroner'sjury returned
n verdict that the deceased came to his
death at the hands OF persons unknown.
A gambler named Jack Albright. who
was formerly band master at Fort Keogh
was fatally shot by a prostitute named
Bertha King at Livingston on the Sd inst
The woman had come up from Miles City
in the morning and gone to Albright'sroom
over p. w. McDonuell's saloon. While
they and Kid Talbot were in there the
shot was fired and Talbot rushed dowr
stairs and informed the bartender of the
shooting. Marshal Mitchell went up auC
found the woman in bed, while the bleedin.
form of Albright lay stretched on the flool
at the foot OF the bed. She was placed un
der arrest and on the way to Jail said that
she shot him accidentally; that she hat
the gun in her hand and he tried to take il
from her and the weapon was accidentall,
discharged. The coroner's inquest rem
though of this there is still great doubt.