The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-05-01
ALL CAMPED IN HELENA
Five Hundred Followers Of Hogan PrlS-
OlerS al The Fair Grounds.
TO BE HANDLED BY THE LAW
II Is a jolly Crowd and the Poor
Fellows seem to be Glad They
have Found somewhere
TO Rest and Eat
spec a plspaiea to the s;anilrL

I spec a psnAieh 10 the StantlrL
HELENA, April 5J.-Just a day short Of
one week after they LETT Butte on train
taken from the Northern Pacific railroad,
General Hogan's division Of the army of
| the commonvcal wcr, brought back to
| Helena in charge Of United States troops.
! Owing TO the fact that the exact time ot
their arrival was not known, the crowd a.
the depot 10 receive them did not exceed
! 800. \ very short stop was made at the
depot, but II was long enough to allow ono
of the men TO jump the train and escape
into the crowd. No effort was made 20
pursue him.
The train kept on to the crossing of the
Montana Central aud the Northern Pa
citic, where the men were unloaded and
marched under guard to the fair grounds.
| There the troops pitched their tents
while the prisoners took possession OF the
buildings. As soon as the men had dis
posed of their traps they began building
fires 10 cook their breakfast. As soon as
1t became noiscd about that the men had
arrived and were at the fair grounds, a
movement Of tho population began that
hack. street car and afoot. Sentries we're
| placed NJ the entrance and only few
people were admitted.
Tho prisoners are in charge of Marshal
McDerunott and tho military are simply
acting as guards. There are three COM
panics of tho 22nd infantry with Captains
Webster. Kcll and Kctchum in command,
tho whole under the orders of Major Lis
cum, who is the ranking officer.
In the United States court this after
noon Judge Knowles directed that tho
leaders be brought before him tomorrow
morning. so that they might he admitted
10 bail aud allowed any reasonable time to
prepare for their defense. George Hall
dorm, acting on behalf of the citizens of
| Butte. will defend General Hogan aud his
| followers. As soon as tho Hogan army
reached Helena this morning he applied
TO Marshal Mcncrmott for permission to
see and consult with his clients. This
was granted. aud he at once went out to
tho fair grounds, where he spent the
greater part of the day with Hogan.
District Attorney Leslie says. The
first steps against the prisoners will be
the proceedings FOR contempt Of court,
and these can be pressed tho minute the
court gets through with the Hanks case.
IL Is for the grand jury to say whether
they shall be prosecuted for criminal
oHenses. Should they find indictments
against Hogan and his followers, each
man would he entitled to separate trial,
aud the time that would be required for
lhis would bo determined by the number
of indictments found"
Tho men arc happy aud jolly lot.
They say they will yet get TO Washington.
Special Dispatch to the standard.
HELENA. April 31--Relative to his dis
patch to the president, asking that federal
troops intercept the Coxeyites at Fort
Keogh, Governor Richards says: II re-
fused TO ask for federal aid until the
United States marshal made a written de-
mand upon me, alleging his inability TO
enforce the order of the federal court and
that his deputies had been dsarmed and
we're IN peril. This demand was made
after the Billings affair. and then wired
the president. short time there
after learned that prior to ths
sending OF my telegram the
war department had responded
TO a demand made direct by Judge
Knowles and Marshal McDermott and
that the president had ordered the inter-
ventlou of federal troops "a hours before
the receipt of my request. The president
took tue ground that as il was matter
emanating from a federal court, action
should be taken by the war department
without reference to the executive of the
state. Thus tho whole matter. from the
issuance Of the writ 20 the final disposi.
tion of the captured men, Is in the hands
of the federal authorities, and tue local
militia, held in readiness to protect the
property OF citizens and assist the local
officers in the preservation of the peace,
had their services been required, we're dis.
missed"