The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-27
TOWNS In THE NORTH
Some of the Most Important Happen
ingS of Recent Date.
COMMENT AND PURE FACTS
There is Some Item of Interest
From Nearly Every Settle
ment, City. Ranch or Cou-
lee in I hat Section.

Great Falls, May 26.-Sheriff Sid Will
lis has returned to Glasgow from North
Dakota without having apprehended
Sippech and Nelson. the outlaws from
valley county. The fugatives are be-
lieved to have reached the Turtle
mountains, which are located on the
boundary line between North Dakota
ana Canada, about $50 miles northwest
or Devils lake. The foothills and
mountains are surrounded by a chain
OF small lakes and are covered with
heavy timbers of a small and brush
IKE nature. There are ravines and
canyons and caves galore all through
the mountains, and If the outlaws have
succeeded in reaching that country
they are thought to be safe from cap
ture. There is game enough there for
them to subsist on and there are MANY
Canadian half-breeds who would as
slst them in eluding the officers. The
turtle mountain region Is where Tas-
colt, the Chicago murderer, is believed
TO nave been concealed for long time
ana where one or two of Pinkerton's
men disappeared rather mysteriously
while in search of that notorious crimi-
nal 1t is a rough country almost in
accessible, and those who linger there
usually have good reasons for doing so.
Referring to the further prosecution of
the search for Sippech and Nelson and
the difficulties surrounding their can
ture the Glasgow Gazette saws: Den
uty Sheriff Allison and posse of three
others are still on the trail and will
leave no stone unturned to land the
criminals behind the bars. While many
people will wonder why it is that these
men altogether apparently seen and
conversed with daily, cannot be inyieg-
led into the clutches of the law, those
VINO are conversant with the doings
and movements of the James and
Younger boys back in Missouri, will
readily understand how they have
evaded the officers of the law to this
day. Their success lies in the fact
that they have friends all through the
country who seem content to live
among as hard a gang of cut threats
and robbers as ever graced the uni
verse. These men who purport to be
respectable and law-abiding citizens |
travel long distances to keep criminals |
posted as to the Whereabouts and |
movements of the officials, clothe and |
feed them, and give the officer a false
scent when opportunity presents itself.
Under these circumstances IL is not |
likely that these men will be caught |
unless betrayed by one of their own ilk |
The harboring of criminals is a serious |
oHense and one of the most detrimen- |
tai obstacles to the righteous enforce |
ment of law and order in the land and |
guilty ones are worthy the sentence of /
the principals in crime.
1t is not known at this time whether
County Attorney Freeman will be a
candidate for reelection this fall or not
He is busy attending to the duties of
his office and is not skipping around |
the country pulling strings for his re-
nomination. Mr.. Freeman is a lawyer
OF ability and Ii is generally conceded I
he has made the best prosecuting at
torney Cascade county has ever had
He is honest, straightforward and man.
g hor |
has no assistance to speak of and is an
Industrious, energetic and successful
public officer
"A new wool warehouse of large d.
mansions is being erected at Chinook
Tor uhe accommodation of sheepmen in |
that section.
The Gazette says that the friends of
Judge Tattan in Valley county will
urge the claims of that gentleman for
the nomination on the democratic tick
ct of attorney general. The Judge is
clever. genial and makes personal
friends right and left wherever he
goes and has a good clean record as
an attorney. The party could go a
long way before 1t would fare bet
ter.
District court convened at Glasgow
this morning, Judge Du Bose presiding.
The most important criminal case to
be tried during the term is that of the |
state against Arthur Broome who is
charged with being implicated in an |
attempt to rob a Glasgow bank last
fall. County Attorney Evans will be
assisted in the prosecution by Judge |
Tattan and the defense will be ably
represented by competent counsel. The |
evidence is said to be pretty strong if
Jones and Lewis and one or two Others | :
stand xxno lra. |
there is rough element said to exist ,
down there-the defendant will walk ,
out of the court room a free man. Not ,
the fact that Superin- ,
tendent Weber of Pinkerton's force is ,
on the ground with valise full of evil !
dence in the way of affidavits and the
like, it is a two to one betting PROPOSE
ton that Broome is acquitted.
Choteau county is entitled to three
delegates in the populist state conven- j
ton and the River Press sarcastically
Intimates that there are not enough \
populists in the county to fill out the
delegation. G
The Lewistown Argus says, as a re-
suit of a conference between the prin-
cipals and attorneys in the divorce suit ,
Of Mrs. Nan Little against her hus- !,
band. c. +. Little. an agreement has
been reached by which the property
will be equally divided without pro- !
,eedings in court. Ii is quite probable | .
hat Mr.. Little will make no appear /,
lnce in court and will allow his wife
20 obtain the decree of divorce for | a
which she has brought action at Ben {
on. /,
The marias roundup. which is just
starting out for the season. is said to =
,e the largest ever employed on that :
ange, comprising six mess outfits and :
,etween 80 and 90 riders. \
Ii has been suggested that while the | {
Members Of the city council of Great I
Falls are putting themselves fairly and
uuarely on record as faVOring econ / \