The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-26
MOORE IS RESOLUTE
A Tacoma Man Who Is on the Trail
Of Highwaymen.
HE HAD BEFRIENDED THEM
Then They Held Him Up. and II Is
His Intention to Capture the
Ingrates " IL Takes All
Summer.
HE HAD BEFRIENDED THEM

William Moore, a well-to-do citizen of
Tacoma, arrived in Butte yesterday in
search of three fellows who held him
up in Tacoma five weeks ago and with
whom he has sworn to get even II II
takes him all the rest of his natural
life to do ii. For the purpose of run
ming them down he has transformed
himself, so far as outward appear
ances go into tourist" and the story
of his experiences is an entirely new
and interesting one. Ordinarily accus-
toned to travel in first class coaches
and Pullman sleepers and living on as
good as the country affords. he has
been riding on brake beams and sleep
Ing in empty freight cars ever since he
started in pursuit of the highwaymen.
In order to keep up appearances and
square" himself with the people he has
been thrown in contact with, he has
also patroniZed free lunch counters
freely.
He learned of the arrest by the Butte
police of the three fellows who held up
Mike Leary In East Broadway a week
ago and he came here at once in the
hope that they might be the men he
was after. He was disappointed in this
hope, but his visit to Butte has not
been fruitless, as he caught sight Of one
of the trio against whom he has vowed
vengeance, and he will be hot on his
trail to-day.
Mr. Moore went direct to police head
quarters on his arrival in the city and
told his story to Chief Tebo, Captain
Waters and Standard reporter.
About five weeks ago." he said,
three fellows came to my house in Ia
coma and asked assistance. They told
plausible story of hard luck, and as
they were bright and respectable look
ing fellows, 1 gave them the use of
vacant house which belongs to me and
adjoins the one in which l live. 1 fixed
them up comfortably and loaned them
provisions, and my wife baked bread
for them whenever they needed 1t. They
occupied that house, rent free, for a
month, and were supported by me dur
ing all that time Just a month and
eight days ago to-day 1 came home
from my ranch one evening about dusk
and the three ingrates held me up in
the stable as / was putting out my
horses and took my gun and watch and
$45 in money away from me.
II started out after them the next
day, and i intend to stay with them
until i die, unless l catch them before
that time. 1 have followed them for
five weeks and have worn out three
pairs of shoes and have only so cents
left. / am going to send home for more
money and keep hard after them. AS
l was passing Silver Bow junction this
afternoon l saw one of the fellows
want He is an expert safe cracker,
and the principal one of the gang, and
would rather get him than either of the
others. Just as saw him at the juno
ton he saw me and jumped a passing
freight train before 1 could get to him.
1 have about all of my work so far for
nothing, but I'll get 'em yet"
Mr.. Moore is a big, raw-boned Yankee
and 1t will go hard with the footpads
when he lays his hands on them. He
owns two large ranches near Tacoma
as we'll as considerable real estate in
the city, and II would seem that he
could better afford to hire a detective
to run down his highwaymen than to
be chasing them around the country
himself He has made up his mind to
capture them himself and he is appar-
emily just the right kind of a man to
carry out anything he undertakes to
accomplish.