The Helena independent., 1894-12-23
HE COT TEN YEARS.
The Final Act In the Story Of the Holdup
on the Northern Pacific
Railroad.
LAST SURVIVOR OF THE ROBBERS,
Joens Expected Just About What judge
Knowles Though, He Ought to
Have and Gave Him.
LAST SURVIVOR OF THE ROBBERS.

OF the posse that attempted TO captur,
the men on the BMckflot rcserya tiol
the oct. following the robbery. Jone,
was brought into the United state.
court al o'clock yesterday Afternoon
10 receive sentence for the crime OF
manslaughtvE ~ which he had been
found guilty. when Judge Knowles
asked him IL he had anything to say
why sentence should not be pronounced
against him, Jones stood bolt upright
and replied No. sir: ! have not.
e. G. Russell, one of his attorneys,
called attention 20 the fact that Jones
had been In jail for a year and two
months, and asked that that be taken
into consideration in pronouncing sen
tencc. Judge Knowles said:
ut is customary and II has been the
habit of judges FOR many years 10 make
some remarks 10 man about 10 be
sentenced TO the penltentiary | do not
think there is much use saying any
thing 10 you. You are not a boy. You
have reached the age where a man
ought to have discretion and an hon
orable motive In life. AS far as / can
find out YOU have undertaken a life
of crime Instead of working for an
honorable living you have tried TO filch
from others that which they have
earned, and when the officers tried To
arrest you you sought 20 take their
lives. l have no hope that when you
have served your time you will adopt
another mode Of life.
"As | understand It. you have re-
spectacle father and mother but they
were unable to do anything with you,
and you left them because your char
acter was too bad to allow you 10 re-
main In the community where they re-
side, You came to this country and
here Joined a band which had for its
object robbery and plunder. Ii is TO
be regretted that society cannot be
protected from you for a longer period
than the law limits this sentence.
The judgment Of the court is that
you be confined in the penitentiary at
Deer lodge for the period OF ten years
and be fined 800"
As the sentence was pronounced
Jones smiled and sat down That's
just 5000 better of than / expected 10
be- he remarked 10 those near him.
II looked for the full limit" To his
counsel. +. c. Russell and John r.
| Barrows, he expressed the greatest
| gratitude for their efforts In his behalf
| When on his former trial he had been
found guilty Of murder In the first de-
| gree. he thought that was the last OF II
until the execution, His counsel,
though appointed by the court, and
without any hope Of remuneration.
fought the case until they secured a
| new trial. and this one resulted in the
verdict OF manslaughter. With good
behavior Jones term Of Imprisonment
will be over in six years and three
months.
Some time In August Of 1898.
a plot was Matched between Jack Chip
man, Charles Jones, Jack White and
one armed man named Jim to rob the
Big Timber bank The one armed man
was drowned while trying TO cross the
Yellowstone at Laurel, and this caused
delay In carrying out the plan. Then
the bank suspended and the gang had
10 look for something else. Sam Sher-
mer joined them and the plan was
made up to rob the Northern Pacific
express, on Aug. - the east bound
train was held up near Greycliffe, and
the passengers robbed. The amount Of
money and jewelry secured was scarcely
commensurate with the size Of the un-
dertaking After the robbery the men
made across country, sometimes To-
gether and at other times singly or In
pairs. until they reached the BlackfOot
reservation, There Sam Jackson. who
was acting FOR the railroad company.
and who had commission as deputy
United States marshal with him, ran
across them in an old cabin near Mid
vale He summoned a posse OF Indians
10 his aid
Henry Schubert a restaurant keeper,
went with the posse. The men had
been joined on the reservation BY
Jimmy MoOts, young man ut all work
and no work around kAlispell On
the morning of oct. the gang was
surprised by the posse In the cabin
In the fight which took place Schu-
bert was killed and Duck Head. an In
dian, wounded, The posse retreated
and the men escaped from the cabin
by digging under one side.
More white men were gotten at Kali
lspcll and all the trails in that part Of
the country were guarded. That same
night posse under Sheriff Gangner,
Of Flathead county ran across Shcr-
mcr Chipmau and Muots while patrull-
Ing "A purtlun pf the Great Northern
track. Shots wOn. exchanged and Chip
man frll dead ShDrmpr was mprthlly
wounded aud Mputs surrendered. Both
were taken to kuispoll, where Shcr-
msr died aft"r making confession,
Jones' was captured tho day following
| thu fight NJ the cabin, pr, more prop
| crly speaking, he was tired uf lodging
Ihls pursuprs. 50 hc surrendered ~ %
| section boss. Jack White, tho other
member " the gtnE Was killed a few
! days later by =. j. Gcnsm1u. Tho lat
| ter knew NluH and meeting him IN
/ the hills, tho rubber asked for help.
saying h" was bon terrible condition.
Grnsmuu m1p' Gn appointment 90
meet White iu u frW days. This hc did
Joe FltSputrics W,ul JluuS and cuU-
ccalod himsrlf iu thr bushes "a the
/ designated place ut meeting Whom
White came aluU4 Gen.mau tIld him
t1 throw up his hDuds. White dropped
bis I1ilp Hud ielrhrd frr his rcNolh rr,
when Gcuswuu shot him dead,
jones Dud MDJU were brought "a
Helena ana Indicted for the murder NJ
schubert Munts tuIuOd states uVl,
dencc on Jones' first trial last January
land his trstimuuy was such rs tu lu-
nunnoc thu Jury va finding verdict pl
murder Iu the first degree against
Jones' In consideration NJ hi7 cyi
d,uCc Mpots was allowed o. plead quilts
= 10 manslaughtcr and sentenced 90 th,
psnltuntiary for Two ycHrg Jones got q
; new trial because tho Judge had fnilo,
% instruct the jury that ID verdict u
mauslaughtcr was allowable In his cas'
also.
At the second trial NIoots WAS pres
ont having brcu purduucd so that hi
r evidence would be admitted. The jurl
brought iu o. verdict OG manslaughtot
Q and the sentence yesterday ends fo
some six years, anyhow. the history a
the great train robbery on the Nvrthgr