The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-01-01
FOR KILLING SCHUBERT.
Jones Trial for Murder Begins in
the United States Court To-
Morrow
Beginning with Holding Up the
Express and Ending IN
Big Fight
IN. Accused L. the Oniy One Left Of the
Four whs Carried out The
Train Robbery.

Charles Jones. the sole Surviving member
OF the party Who held MP The Northern IA
cifc express last August near Livingston
viii be placed on trial IN the United states
couyt 20 morrow. not for that ofienae, but
ON ths charge OF shooting aud killing hsn-
~ Schubsrt, one Of the men Who vent with
a rosss from the Blackioot reservation 20
capture the gang over q month after the
robbery. AZ the shooting occurred on the
reservntion ID became n federal matter
Jones has bean In the county jail here for
nearly two months lie will be defended
bv John Il. BarrOws and +. q. Russell.
After the trial OF Jones will come that Of
James Moots. who IL charged with compli-
CITY in the killing Of Schubert. Both men
were indicted BY the federal grand jury. AZ
one time since the arrest OF the men u
looked 80 thoush Moots would tell all he
knew about the shooting and help convict
Jones Now, however. he has shut up like
An oyster, and the eoveFnnsnt will have 20
prove its case without his aid
The east boun Northern Pacific express
which left Helena on August 25 Was held up
by fouf masked men near Reeds point a
station atty miles ,ai Of Livingston the
same highs. The train vss stopped In the
man climbing on the engine ana compelling |
abe engineer TO stop al the point OF revolver. |
The gang then marched she trainmsn 30
abe express car. One door Of abe express
safe Was open. bat the inner door was
closed. The messenger convinced the rob
bers that he had no way Of osening the In
nsr door and a. they had not the time 60
blow the safe open they concluded 10 give
no that part OF the job. The trainmen were
then marched 90 the rear end OF the train
and esdsrsd 90 have the rear door OF the
last sleeper opened. Before 10 was IN
locked some one fred through the door,
narrowly missing one OF the srainmen. In
trance hayia0 been effected the robbers
went through the tain, taking money,
watches and diamonds from the termed
paessngers They secured a number OF
cold watches and some other ievelty ana
several hundred dollars in money. After
orderingluneh from the dining car they
Jeff ths train and mounting horses dlsaI-
reared. Jack White. Jack Chapman, Chas.
Jones aud samuel Shsimer, % was learned
later. composed she gang. The hrst three
had planned with a one-Grmed man NAMED
Jim 10 hold up and rob the Big Timber
bank. jim Was drowned while crossing the
Yellowstone and shermeT was ihen taken
into the scheme. Then Il was decided 50
hold M the train instead Of the bank.
Deputy United States Marshal sam Jack
son took no the trail OF the robbers and
followed ID across country until be located
them on the reservation. There wee I've
men in the gang by this time. they having
been Joined By Jimmy Moots, young fell
low ON kalispell. They had laid their
plsns 40 hold up a Great Northern train a.
the deserted railroad camp Of MeCaTthy-
Vile. Jackson and the Indians sutGriaed
she men a. breakfast on tie morning OF
Oct. outside an old cabin near AidValf.
He called on them 10 surrender Instead
Of doing so they backed into the cabin
where .hsir weapons were and opened q
through the chinks. Henry Schubert, who
had gone out With the party from Black
foot. Was shot and killed. be Indians
broke for cover and before rsinforeemeuts
could be scared the men dug their way out
Of the cabin the back way and escsped.
posse from kalIspsu and some Indian
police from the EesefvaAion were secured
and the chase nov begun IN earnest. II {
was in fact a running so cove. Tie chFse
partook of the nature Of RAINING
light ell Of Oct. 4. Shots we're eX-
changed bat 10 one was hurt Tho
robbers we're hard pressed. They bad had
20 abandon their horses aud now they shed (
their blankets and everything else that thsy
could do without That night Sheriff /
Gsnener, Of Kalispsll, with JucRs ODon-
nell and Harry Chambers, Of the same
place. we're walking up the railroad aok,
when they suddenly came across three !
men. The hunted men began firing. aud I
the pursusrs dropped alongside the en-
bankmont and returned this ire. Two OF /
the robbers fell and the other surrendered
10 was found that Jack Chapman. one OF /
the Tobbera Was dead. and sam nhermor. /
another OF them. Inortally wounded. The /
one who surrendered was james Noots. I
lie had been wounded in the heshJ part Of /
she left leg during the running hight. /
Jones surrendered 90 an Irish section boss /
next day, having been driven 10 10 by hun |
ger. The same day shsrmor died at halia-
pell, having frst confessed the whole affair
from the train robbery on. Jack White.
the other member OF the gang, was killed
on Oct. % By j. Z. Gsnsman, OF halispen.
lie had been wandering around since the
tight and was suffering from hunger and eX-
posure. On Oct. II. meeting Gensman,
whom he had known IN Choteau county.
10 told Of bis condition and asked
for aid. Gensman promised 70
meet him later and did 40 on ths ga. He
did not 90 10 hello White. however bat to
capture MIN, aud took along Joe Etzpat-
rick. AZ the appointed rendezvous fitz-
patrick concealed himself IN the bushes
while Genaman advanced TO meet " hite.
Gsnsman ordered White 10 surrender.
Whit, 40 Gsnsman shyr, threW deWn his
rifle and reached for his revolver. Then
Gsnsman fred aud killed him and took the
body to kalispelL. Instead Of being laudod
~ hero for his act Gensman was ar
rested on the charge Of homicide, as 10 was
clear that by informing the proper author
tiles be could have had White captu 81
alive, The desirs 20 get the reward, how
ever got aim Into troubls.
All the four who held up the train we're
cowboys. Jones had al one time hVe1 IN
Helena. CbipmAn Wa an Enalisnman,
sail and slender. anc wore glasses. lie
was known a. the dude cowboy" Bher-
tner while 70 king q a cowboy IN the east
sIn part Of the state some twO years ago,
vas arrested and taken back 20 Ohio TO an
sWer the cha 20 Of TobbinF IA pvstoilce
How be Jared on that trip Is not known.
lie returned 20 Montana. hovever, ami 10
his death. hoots wa boy Of all work.
or some say mo work, around kalispell.
and vas moi regarded generally as vicious
fellow.