The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-15
|CAUGHT TWO BAD men.
Tho Police Department Did Some
Very Excellent Work in Thief
Taking Last Night
An Attempt Made to Kill an Officer
audthe Would Be MUIR
derer In Jail
JudRo Crutclior Finds an Unwolcomo v:si-
tor In His acknowledgement Frey's
FIght-Irvin's Escape.

The hard luck that seems to attendspolio'
officers on the night beat on the east aid.
of tow came very near striking Policeman
Irwin last night. but his good star was ir
the ASCENDANT and the man who tried tC
kill him il 10 In the city Jail with a tori
bic wound in his left log, and under the
care Of . physician. The story Of the
affair begins at Judge Crutcher's house on
Harrison avenue. Between six and seven
o'clock last evening Judge Csutoher went
home and going upstairs was greatly sur
prised to find q strange man In the rear
room. The Judge made a grab for him,
but only succeeded in getting his hat, the
intruder jumping out of the window and
getting out Of sight before the judge could
get out Of the house. Mr.. Csutchsr went
Immediately to police headquarters and re-
ported the affair, leaving the burglars hat
In the marshai's possession, presumably as
IN evidence Of good faith. The alarm was
immediately sent ont and every officer was
Instructed to bring in all suspicious char
acters. Marshal McCann started ont to help
IN tho round. up. as did Sergeant Frey, the
latter going down to the Montana Central
depot.
The sergeant while walking down toward
the tailinRs noticed a man como tumbling
down over the bank. He started to see who
Il was when the follow ran and
Frey pursued him. finally catching him
between a couple Of cars.
II am not q thief" wal the first thing the
fellow snid. where il the depot2' was
his next remark.
ssCorNn cpAp hopA -ikh $50 and -i11 shaw
you," said the sergeant.
The stranger objected. and the sergeant
forced him TO 30. Getting to the station
he resisted again, and the sergeant poked
his gun IN his face. The follow did not
seem to min any more than IL it had been
: %toothpiok. SO Frey put the gun back in
his pocket, and for q fsw seconds there
was tho ~liveliest sort OF q wrestling match.
Finally the sergeant got a twist on the
fellows coat and choked him so he had to
give up. Then an officer came up and Dom
Pedro. as he gave his name. was landed In
Jail. He is net. probably, the man who WAS
In Judge Crutcher's. but he is his partner,
who watched on the outside.
Not long after this a. rest by the sergeant
Officer Irwin noticed two men on Rodney
street acting in a Suspicious manner He
followed them. and they stopped at the
Chessman flats, at sixth avenue and Ewing
street. He went up to them and inquired
II they lived in Helena. They said they
did. He asked whom they knew and they
Seplied, Con Kelly.
''Then We will 20 down and zee Kelly"
said the officer, 'and see If he does know
you."
The men acouiesoed, and the THO started
vance. They had not taken half 4 dozen
steps when the shorter OF the
men suddenly turned, pulled a p;s-
tol out OF his breast, and pointed
it directly at the officers face. Irwin
lodged. and ns he did so punched the
would-be murderer in the side. The gun
was discharged right over Twins shoulder.
close to his head. Then the men started to
run. firing as they ran, the officer returning
the shots. III latter fred four times and
the former three. At Warren street the |
men TUNED north toward the school house
and the officer continued down Sixth to
Main, his idoa being to head them of, judy
Ing they would make for the Montana Cen.
sfal depot. He blow his whistle as no ran, |
and at Main street Officer Lynch
Joined him. Twin told the lat
ter what had happened. and the
arrived at Lawrence street two men ca mo
out, and crossed over to the west side OF
the street. Irwin said they were the men
and the officers followed them, catching I'D
to them when opposite the Windsor house,
Lynch drew his gun and ordered them to
UHAo" 0P y AlA 4TSlu III Ll1 same.
The command was obeyed, and while the
men were in that position a third party
them. The little man was not
armed. but the larger one had two pistols
on his person., one an ordinary revolver
and the other a big cavalry pistol. Ths
officers took them to Jail, and on the way up
she little fellow seemed to be weak. Ar
irving at the Jail an examination showed
his left leg to be in a terrible condition.
Just at the knee it was cut completely
around to the bone and the flesh was hang.
down over the knee. DR.. Billiard, the
county physician was called. and he pro-
nounced it a very bad wound. Ii took an
hour to dress it and will require very
attention to prevent serious re-
suits. At first the man, who gave his ma me
as Mike Mcdonald. would not say how he
received the injury. Finally he said he had
fallen =; of a high bank and cut it
and his partner. who gave his name az
VIM. Thomas. not being acquainted with
tho city. whom they ran down Warren
street. won't through the high school grounds
and over the Lawrence street ~embankment.
Only Mcdonald. however. WAS Injured.
The capture of Mcdonald ID a very i'm. |
one. His right name is John |
Keenan,. and he only recently escaped from
the Colorado penitentiary, where he is
wanted to serve out Il term of fifteen wears
Tor robbery. There Is a reward Of 500 for |
90" S'pSuAcs LIZ Adb Is pdrtuer, VINO Sa- |
capped at the Same time. but he has not been
captured.
During the last twenty.four hours there
mas been a big arrival of hard cases in the
city. and last night there were eight or ten
arrests of suspicious characters in addition
10 those referred to. About one o'clock
tbs morning thieves tried to get into Dr.,
Carm'chaeps house on spruce stree. The
doctor is out of town. but Mrs. Carmichael
was awakened and she telephoned to the
police station. Officers were Immediately
sent over. but the men had escaped.
Full line of wooden, cashmere and neece liped
hose at Butcher d Bradlcy's. 100 broadway,
Notice.