The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-23
THEY WILL REST NOW
The Band Of Highvaymsn Is Becom-
ing Smaller Every Day.
ANOTHER THIEF CAPTURED
George Smith Was Gagged and
Robbed Recently and He Iden-
titles Curran as One OF the
men-Joyce Resting Easier.

The band of highway robbers lately op-
Grating In Butte Is becoming smaller In
numbers. and at the present rate of de-
crease there won't be any of them left In
a few days more. Another was captured
last night, and IL came about In this way:
On Friday evening George Smith. an old
man who occupies a lonely cabin down b.
the city dump. was up town paying po-
ker. He won some money and a number
of men standing about noticed that he
had won. One person with whom he had
passing acquaintance. introduced him
to the long man and the short man. who.
the night afterward. were arrested for
beating up old man Joyce. The men ex-
pressed themselves as mighty glad to
meet Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Smith went home
late In the evening. locked the door Of
his Isolated cabin and went to bed. He
was awakened by a violent knocking at
the door after he had been asleep a. few
hours. He lit q candle. went to the door
and unlocked 1t. The first thing he saw
In the dim light was a gun staring him In
the face In the hands of the tall man to
whom he had been introduced that even
tng. While the tall man pointed the gun
at him two other men seized him and
gagged him with a handkerchief. The
two men held him and the others went
through his clothes. which were on a
chair by the bedside. There were Ave
pocket of his pants and a gold watch
chain. There was also 81 in his vest.
which they did not find. The men did not
blindfold him and he was able to watch
them closely in the light of the candle
and he was able to identify them all alb
soiutely. Then the men went away after
getting the money leaving him gagged
Smith did not say anything to the po-
lice about the robbery unit yesterday,
when he heard OF the long and short men
being arrested. He went up to the coun-
ty jail to see them and identified them as
two of the men who had held him up.
Smith then made the round of the sa-
looms and gambling houses TO see IL he
could spot any of the others in the party
In the Silver Bow brewery he met Peter
Curran. whom he recognized as one of
the party of five. Smith went to Captain
Waters. told him he had Identified anoth-
er of the FIVE robbers and the captain
went and arrested him. Curran has been
arrested a number of times for minor Of
fenses and was sentenced Nov. "a 10 a
term of rs days for vagrancy, which he
had finished only a few days before. II
is believed that the other two in the par
ty Will be arrested soon.
Joyce suffered a good dead Of pain yes
terday from the pistol shot in his arm.
but was able to sit up all day and was
resting easily last night. The two high
waymen did not rest so easily. They were
full of apprehensions regarding lynching.
as they have been given to understand
that the man whom they assaulted is
dead. They were removed from the city
to the county jail early yesterday morn
ing. At the county jail the tall man gave
his name as Frank White and the short
man as George Howard. At the city Jail
the tall man had refused to give his
name and the short man had given his
name as White.
The balance of the money lost by Joyce
was recovered at daylight yesterday
morning Two boys named Kennedy and
Stuart were at the scene OF the robbery
shortly after daylight. They found the
SO piece which Joyce himself dropped for
safety just as he met the highwaymen.
and also 25 cents. They took the money
to Mr. Joyce. who gave the boys 25 cents.