The Helena independent., 1894-01-01
FOR KILLING SCHUBERT.
ID
Jones Trial for Murder Begins in
the United States Court To-
Morrow.
Beginning With Holding Up tho
Express and Ending In q
Big Fight
The Accused IL the Only Ons Left OF the
-Four whe Carried Out The
Train Robbery.

Charles Jones, the sole Surviving member
Of the party Who held mp ths Northern Pa
cifc express last August near Livingston
will bs placed on trial in the United State
court to MORROW, not for that offenss, bu
on the charge Of shooting aud killing Hen
~ Schubert. ono Of the men Who went will
q posss from the Biackfoot~ reservation &
capture the gang over = month after tht
robbery. Az tho shooting occurred ON the
reservation II became = federal matter
Jones has bean In the county jail here fol
nesr!y two months. He will be defended
BY John r. Barrovs and E. @. Russell
After the trial Of Jones will come that OF
James Aoots. who ID charged with compli-
city in tho killing Of Schubert. Both men
we're indicted BY the federal grand jury. Al
ono time since the arrest Of the men i
looked a. though Noots would tell all b.
knew about tho shooting and help convio
Jones. Nov, however. he has shut up like
an oyster. and the government will have te
prove it, case without his aid.
The east bound Northern Pacific express
which loft Helena on August 25 was held NJ
By four masked men near Reeds point, .
station Afty miles ts1t of LivinR.ton ths
Same nighs. The train was stopped In the
usual hiGhwayman style BY two of the
men climbing on the engine and compiling
the engineer to stop at the point of revolver.
The gang then marched the tRsinmsn TO
the express car. One door of the express
safe was open. but the inner door was
closed. The messenger convinced the rob-
bsrs that he had no wav Of opening tho In
~. k~@ ~~A AhA tu~A a.
blow the safe open they concluded to give
up tha. part Of tho job. The tEainmen were
then marched TO the rear end Of tho train
and ordered to have the rear door Of the
last sleeper opened. Before it was IN
locked some one fred through the door.
narrowly missing one OF the trainmen. En-
trance having been effected the robbers
went through tho trsis. taking money.
watches and diamonds from tho terrified
passengers. They secuted q number OF
gold watches and some other jswslEy and
several hundred dollars In money. After
ordering lunch from the dining car they
Left the train and mounting horses. disap-
pearsd. Jack White. Jack Chapman, Chas.
Jones and Samuel shetmsr. it was learned
later. composed tho gang. The first three
had planned with one armed man named
Jim TO hold mp and rob tho Big Timber
bank. jim was drowned while crossing the
Yellowstone and shermer was shen taken
hold up the train instead of the bank.
Deputy United states Marshal Sam Jack.
son took up the trail of the robbers and
followed it across country until he located
them on the reservation. There were five
mon in the gang by this time. they having
low ,om Kalispsll. They had laid their
plans to hold mp Great Northern train at
the deserted railroad camp OF MCCARTHY
Vile. Jackson and the Indians surprised
the mon as breakfast on the morning of
Oct. 3 outside an old cabin near Nidvals.
He called on them to surrender, Instead
of doing 30 they backed into the cabin
where .hsir weapons were and opened ti'e
through the chinks. Henry Schubert, who
had gone out with the party from Black
foot. was shot and killed. The Indians
broke for cover and before reinforoements
could be secured the men dug their way out
Of the cabin the back way and escaped.
A posse from Kalispsll and some Indian
police from the reservation were secured
and the chase now begun in earnest. It
was in fact q running TO cove. The chase
partook of the nature of a running
fight all of Oct. 4. Shots were e1-
changed. but 40 one va, hurt: The
to abandon their horses and now they shed
their blankets and everything else that they
could do without. That night Sheriff
GsnRner. of Kalispell. with Judes ODon-
nell and Harry Chambers. of the same
place. were walking up tho railroad tack,
whom they suddenly came across three
men. Tho hunted men began firing. and
the pursusrs dropped alongside the en-
bankmsnt and returned the fire. Two Of
the robbers fell and the otber surrendered,
II was found that Jack Chapman. one Of
the robbers. was dead, and Sam ehermer.
another OF them. mortally wounded. The
ono who surrendered was James Moots.
r. ha6 In ha fjaah of
the left leg during the running fight.
Jones surrendered to m. Irish section boss
next day, having been driven to it by hun
ger. The Same day Shermer died at Ka!is-
pell, having first confessed tho whole affair
from the trsin robbery on. Jack White.
on Oct. % by j. p. Gsnsmnn. Of Kalispsll.
He had been wandering around since the
nxht and was suffering from hunger and ex-
posure. On Oct. II. meeting Gsnsman,
whom he had known in Choteau county.
he told of his condition and asked
meet him later and did 10 on the 23d. He
did not 30 tothelD Whito. however. but to
capture him, and took along Joe Fitzpat-
rick. Al the appointed rendezvous Fitz-
patrick concealed himself In She bushes
while Gensman advanced to meet White.
Gensman ordered White to surrender.
Whit. so Gsnsman says. throw dewn his
rifle and reached for his revolver. Then
Gsnsman fred and killed him and took the
body to Kalispell. Instead of being lauded
rs . hero for his act. Gensman was ar
restsd on the charge Of homicide. as it was
clear that by informing the proper author
tiles he could have had White captu cd
alive. The desire to got the reward, how
ever. got him into trouble.
All the four who hold up the train were
cowboys. Jones had ut one time livel in
Helena. Chipman was An EnRlishman An,
tall and slender. and wore glasses. He
was known as the dude cowboy" Bher-
nsr while woi king as q cowboy in the east
ern part OF the state some two years ago,
was arrested and taken back to Ohio to an
swer the chasas Of robbing pVstotlice.
How he fared on that trip ia not known.
He returned to Montana, however, and to
his death. hoots was boy Of all work."
or some say mo work." around Kslispell.
and was not regarded generally as q vicious