The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-22

kept moving and the officer kept his
gun leveled at them. a pace In the
rear. Several men were met.
Take the gun away from this fell
low" said The officer TO one Of the men
he met But the short man glared so
and made such a significant move to
his pocket that the man concluded he
did not want to risk IL, and ran away.
The officer crossed the gulch with his
captives and climbed the Park street
hill. His only assistant was Archie
Worthington. older brother Of the boy
who had told him Of the trouble.
Young Worthington works at the
White house market and is pretty
nearlv as nervv as Officer Grant
"I'll get the gum" he said. and went
over to the short man and made him
hand over the revolver he had in his
overcoat pocket. Officer Grants revol-
YER assisting him In concluding to sur
render II.
On Montana street there were indi-
cations that the captives intended TO
break away and take chances down
that street They were noticed to be
whispering to each other and they
walked little more rapidly. as though
trying to get a lead officer Grant also
quickened his pace and held the gun
close to the short mans ear while the
kid looked after the tall man. They
concluded not to run and marched
to the city hall alley and up the alley
right up to the city jail. moments
glance was sufficient TO convince the
officers that the two men had been up
to some horrible deed and that IL a
murder had not been committed there
had at least been a desperate attempt
at one. Both men were covered with
blood. yet they bore no wounds OF inn
portance. showing that the blood must
be that OF a victim. The revolver was
a short 3s-caliber of the bulldog pat
tern. One cartridge had been explod-
ed and that recently. The revolver
was covered with blood. The knife
taken from the tall man was encased
I'm a mass OF blood and tobacco. the
loose tobacco In his pocket sticking to
the knife through the blood with which
IL was smeared. The clothing and hats
OF the men wer bloody and blood had
dried on their hands.
The highwaymen were safely behind
the bars. one In the cage and the other
in the box. and policemen headed by
Chief Tebo, Captain Waters and ON
Ger Grant started TO search for the
supposed murdered man. From the
corner OF Park and Alabama to Clark's
barn the road was carefully searched
by means of lanterns. Near the barn
the evidences appeared OF n most hor-
rible struggle. The snow was trampled
and bloody, but the man who had made
the grand fight for his life was no
where TO be seen. IL was conJectured
that the highwaymen might have
thrown him into some prospect hole. In
which that part of the city abounds, or
into the gulch. but there were no
traces OF a body having been dragged
/ or carried I'm any direction from the
scene OF the fight Beyond the imme-
diate vicinity OF the struggle the snow
was almost undisturbed.
FNn -. Na.I - aNwsen
/ ly midnight when a wagon coming up
the road from the direction OF the city
dump attracted their attention. II was
i a scavenger cart, driven by one OF the
scavengers, and In IL was Joyce. alive
but bleeding and badly used up. After
he had been left by his assailants
Joyce staggered 10 his feet and contin-
! ued his journey home. He reached the
house OF the scavenger near the dump.
l where he lives, although the blood dyed
! the snow every step OF the way and he
was every moment growing weaker.
/ The scavenger concluded that he should
have medical attendance and so
hitched up and drove him to town. He
was taken to Wells hospital
An examination by DR.. Wells showed
that the wounds OF Joyce are not dan
| gerous The bullet struck the left
forearm above the wrist and made q
/ furrow along 20 the elbow. There were
/ nVe deep cuts anu BdSncS On tne hcau
| extending from the forehead to the
rear OF the head. These were evident
z, ly made by the gun barrel and ac-
4 count for the bloody condition OF that
weapon. The wounds In the scalp
were bloody and CHASTITY but are not
considered serious. One of the men
had slashed at Joyce wi tn the knife
and had cut his clothing about the
breast in an evident attempt to find his
heart. but no wounds OF consequence
were inflicted by the knife.
The officers contiued their search
and found Joyce's watch. his $40 and
small change. and everything else that
had been taken from him. After their
| capture by officer Grant the highway
men had slyly dropped these articles
along the road and there they We're
found. The remnants Of the packages
of tea. salt, etc. and buckskin sack
belonging TO Joyce were found at the
scene OF the trouble. Everything was
found except the $50 piece which Joyce
says he himself dropped In the road
Just before meeting the men.
The tall man IL about feet 1 or 2
inches In height with a smooth face
and about 2s years old. He has been
seen playing stud poker In some OF the
gambling houses lately. The other
man is about 20 years old. has brown
hair brown mustache. feet inches
in height and weighs about 100 pounds.
Papers In his pockets showed his name
% be John White. He had a letter of
recommendation In his pocket as a
molder. He has been singing lately In
the Clipper shades saloon. Both men
have been seen in Butte for several
months. Many think they are the long
and short" man who terrorized Butte
for two winters about six years ago.
Whether or not they are the veritable
long and short men the case against
them is conclusive. and they are booked
for a long term In Deer Lodge. The
tall fellow refused 20 give any name.