The Helena independent., 1894-09-26
GROSS IS IN CUSTODY
The Noted Castle Desperate Is Now
Under Arrest Back In
Missouri
Aud Win Be Brought Back 20
Montana TO bo Tried for
Murder
lie Got AWAY After tho Fight with the
Posse aud All Traces OF Him We're

Sheriff ]. j. OMAR. OF White sulphul
Spfings who has been Ia the city ashofi
time. received q telegram from WAtoo Mo.
that Wllliam Gross ths famous hsaEhs'
county murderer had been captured. Thl
story Of aross and william Gay and thsll
oal ser OF crime 10 familiar 70 all Montana
10 will be remembered that these tvo dss
sradoss robbed and buTnsd a counirJ
store IN BotthsFn Wyoming and hurried
across the border Into MontHns With ih'
stolen goois. Ths men we're traced u
Castle. where thsJ had lived for some tint
with their familisa and warrants fol
their arrest were put In the hands OF
the ofhosrs. shsrla omar. VI AssshsI
county, started ou, 70 arrest Gross and
GaJ, As did Deputy Sheriff William RAIDER.
How the brave deputy ms, dross. and how
the dsspsrsdo shot and killed ihs eflesr
who hsroioally attsmp ptsd 10 mAks the ar
Tsll 10 . matter OF stats histoFy. Briefly
stated. whom RAIDER met ,hs men he ordered
them 10 surTsnds. Both made movements
As II 10 frS. RAIDER took q sho, al Gross,
who fell apparently morlslly wounded.
Gay started to run and RAIDER sftsr him.
After RAIDER had raised Gross, the latter,
who was no, hurt, but only shsmming,
raised mp and shot the deputy.
Deputy sheriff RAIDER was murdered May
Q, 1893. Sheriff OMAR al once started oni
with posse In pursuit OF the two dsspsrs-
dosA They tfailsd ths seonRdsels eighty
miles northsast frem the scene Of the mur-
der. and overlook them In the thick brush
bordering the hussslshsll. The posse ran
right into the two men, Who we're In
trsnohsd In thlckst waiting for their pur-
susra The hrst intimA alton that this posse
bad Of the dsspsfadoss presence vas q shot
from Gays rife. which killed Jas. Aaoksy.
Q member Of the pursuinR party.
A general fight took place here. Many
shots we're exchanged but nobody vas in
iursd except brave James Maoksy. Who was
killed outricbt The sheriff and posse were
81 great disadvantage In this light The
IN murdsrors had dug q rifle pit In shs thick
ss, part Of The brush, and they we're veil
supplied With rides and ammunition. The
shsriff and his men could locate she dss-
peradoss only by the smoke from their
rifisA and they had no good protsction
from tho Gre Of the murdsrous pair In the
bIush. That evening Gross and Gar Sc
cured their horses and huriisdly isfG In
their hight they abandoned part OF Their
weapons.
This was the last seen OF Gross and Gay.
Thor were reported ~ various times ~
having been seen. but nothing suthsntio
was known OF them after that naaasmsnt
In the Mussslshsll country until the present
time. Sheriff OMAR was uncsasing In
his efforts 10 capture the tive man.
He nAilsd the stats sftsr them
and sent their photographs and
descriptions all over the ooantry. Last
spring Mrs. G oss lsft Castle for 81. Louis.
No. Sheriff OMAR kept informed OF her
every movement. He had dsteetlvss watch
Ing her in shs hope that Gross would 90 TO
her The long search has been al last re-
wsrdsd By the capture Of the noted outlaw.
There 10 . state reward of $3.50 and a
county reward OF $500 on Gross and An
equal amount ON Gay.
sheriff OMAR will get requisitlon to-
day for Gross. and will leave for Missouri
Thursday. Ho will bring his prisoner back
10 White Sulphlr Springs where he will be
tiled on a charge Of murder.