Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-09-29

believed that Gioystein was murdered
| never lost sight Of the fact that there
rem aimed an element Of doubt. 1t has
been the purnose nf my office to clean
up the mystery, whatever it might be
and with this end in view we have
followed every clew which presented
itself, no matter in what direction il
might lead. | am glad that suspicion
has been lifted from some Of the people
in the Mica neigh hbornood. We could
have concealed the whereabouts o1
Gloystein if we had so desired, bui
never contemplated such action for q
moment
"Who will be entitled, Mr.. Pugh, to
the $500 reward offered for the recover y
Of Gloystein, dead or alive?h
"The sheriff5s office makes no claim
upon this reward. It viii probably be
given to the persons who gave US the
clew that led to his discovery"
"Who are those per5ons?n
~ am not at liberty now to disclose
their nanes.o
DEPUTY SHERIFF PUGH TALKS.
They Worked on Two Theories, ot
I'VE are much pleased with the re.
suit Of our WORK on this case,n said
Deputy Sheriff Felix Pugh last even.
ing. My brother was in Mica the
day after Gloystein disappeared, hav.
ing received notice Of the affair ABOUT
II O'CLOCK in tile morning. He and ]
have been ut work OH it incessa ntly
ever since. We nave number Of old
friends in and about Mica whom we
told that we would find him if alive
without iail. AT first we were under
the impression that GIoystein was dead
and we continued in this belief for sew
erai weeks, with mental reservation,
however, as in our business it does not
do to form positive opinions built
on theories drawn from circumstan-
tial evidence. The necessity for such
caution is shown in this case, since ii
we had kept on looking for dead man
we would never have found a live
one.n
"W hat first made you think he was
alive"'
"When we considered the appalling
character of the alleged crime, our
knowledge of the people accused made
us doubt it. We could find no basis
for q belief in the theory Of suicide, or
murder for the nurp Sc Of robbery. 50
we orked on two theories at the same
time, first that he was dead, as the
wife's story and the finding of the
bloody hat indicated, and secondly
that he had gone away of his own ae-
cord, purposely arranging the signs to
lead toa belief i'll his murder. About 10
days ago we found evidence which was
conclusive to our minds that lie was
alive and in Oregon. 1t was not until
last Friday, however, that we got def
inite Information that he was alive aud
located at More in Sherman county,
Oregon, 20 miles from the railroad. He
was working for q farmer for $3.50 a
day in the harvest field. He had been
there about three weeks, having been
% days at work for a farmer near The
Dales, where lie had arrived broke.
';Tne one thing | regret in this mat
ter is that GIoystein's conduct is not q
statutory crime so that we uld bTl 1g
him back here for trial and gtGnish-
ment. His attempt to throw suspi-
cion OF murder OIL his neighbors is GER
tainly morally greater crime than
many that are punished by long terls
Of imprisonment. The mans utter de-
pravity is further shown by the fact
that he left his sick wife with five chill
dren, some Of them sick, to care for IL
times when 1t is hard struggle for
existence at the best"