The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-19
AN OLD MANS CRIME
Phil Allen, the Most COwardly MUIR
derer of a DlfsnseleSs Woman.
SEARCHING FOR THE FlEND
He Assassinated His Former Wife.
Who. Years Ago. Aided Him in
His efforts to Escape the
Law The Inquest.

special DlSpdtcn 10 the standard.
Deer Lodge. May 1S.-There Is the
most intense excitement in this section
and in all the northern part of Deer
Lodge county over the brutal deed of
old Phil Allen in shooting his former
wife, Mrs. William Emery, in the little
town of Pioneer 1t was perhaps the
most cowardly and dastardly crime
ever committed in all these regions.
That the Infamous old villain who had
been once helped out of the country by
his wife to enable him to escape the
gallows that awaited him for a cruel
and cowardly crime, should return in
the night, after years of hiding, and
deliberately butcher the poor. defense
less old woman without a word of
warning or explanation, stamps him as
one of the most brutal scoundrels that
ever infested Montana.
When Allen shot McGuerin down in
cold blood in 1888, while 1t was univer-
sally acknowledged to have been a bru-
tai crime. there were people in the vi
cinity of the crime who professed to
find some shadow of an excuse for the
deed. There had been a quarrel be-
tween the men and Allen settled 1t with
his rifle. But the assassination of the
woman who had shielded him from the
law and aided his escape. was the deed
of a fiend incarnate, and the indigna-
tion of the public over the awful crime
Is IN no degree leSSeneu Dy tne very
general belief that Allen is now being
assisted in his efforts to elude the off,
GERS, who are hot upon his trail.
1t Is no secret that Allen was helped
out of the country by residents of Deer
Lodge county after the shooting of
McGuerin. 1t is asserted with great
positiveness by men familiar with the
facts connected with that tragedy that
Allen was secreted for some weeks af-
ter killing McGuerin in cabins in and
around Pioneer. Old Billy Martin, who
was drowned last fall in a ditch at
Pioneer, was a great friend of Phil AL
| len, and the desperate remained for
many days and nights under Martins
protection, while Lew Coleman, who
| was then sheriff of this county. and
his officers were searching for him.
There are many men in Deer Lodge
| city tonight who openly avow their
| belief that the murderer is, right now,
being cared for by people not far from
| Pioneer.
Allen is a regular mountain rat; he
| knows every nook and Granny in these
mountains; he Is a famous shot with a
| rifle and his guns were at one time as
| we'll known as himself. 1t is almost a
| certain thing that he will never be TAX
| en- alive If his hiding place is discovered
by the officers. He is old in crime as
well as in years, and thoroughly des-
/
means death at the end of a rope and
the man who undertakes to arrest him
| must be prepared to meet one of the
| cruelest, craftiest and most dangerous
| desperadoes that ever ranged the
Rocky mountains. There are men upon
his track who are as brave as he, but
they are not as familiar with the
have known Allen for years to the off,
GERS who are in pursuit of him is to
| shoot him on sight and make a good
job of it with the first shot If possible.
County Attorney Trippet to-day
| wrote a letter to Governor Richards
strongly urging him to offer reward
| on behalf of the state of at least $1,000
for Aliens apprehension. This county
will also probably offer a liberal re-
| ward for his arrest. Ii is known that
Allen has determined to take the lives
of several other persons in Deer Lodge
| county, and as long as he is at liberty
there is imminent danger of another
| awful tragedy.
Mrs. Emery, the unfortunate victim
of Aliens bloodthirstiness, died at 2
o'clock this morning after suffering
| five hours of intense agony. She was
| conscious all of the time and she told
in confidence how her former husband
had returned just as she was going to
bed, opened the rear door of her house
| anu WllnOul u NOTu Ol WARNING S0Ol
her down In cold blood. Allen was pos
itively identified by Mrs. Emery and
also by one of the witnesses who testi-
fed at the coroner's inquest.
Acting Coroner ]. NJ. Kennedy of
Anaconda, was summoned by wire, but
before he reached Pioneer Judge Hart
well of Deer Lodge. was also notified
and he went there and conducted the
inquest DR.. ]. II. Owings and Deputy
Sheriffs Daily and Brennan, left here
last evening over the mountain road
for the scene of the tragedy. They
had a terribly rough trip having en-
countered a binding snow storm after
leaving Deer Lodge. They did not
reach Pioneer before O'clock this
morning and the woman was already
beyond human aid at that time.
The testimony of the different wit
nesses at the coroner's inquest held be-
fore Justice of the Peace j. NJ. Hart
well, is as follows:
william Brent, being sworn. said that
he lives in Pioneer, Deer Lodge coun-
ty. "The first report ! heard of the
shooting, Emerson Clark said: Mrs
Emery was shot / ran TO the Emery
house and was the first one in the door
She was on fire about the waist.
took pan of water and poured IL ovei
her and beat the fire out with my hand
She said. 'Oh my God: don't touch mel
/ said the fire must be put out or you
will burn / stepped to the lounge and
got pillow to put, under her head
She said, Cover me up. i am cold
She was in her night gown. Frank
Mullen was at the door. / said. Frank
for Gods sake. light the lamp. He III
the lamp, and ] took the bedclothes
from the bed and put them alongside
of her. Mr.. Mullen, Mr.. HartZ and
Mr.. Graves and lifted her on the bed
ding. and lifted her carefully into hei
room. The door was open when / wen
in, and Mrs. Ming was standing at hei
feet I asked Mrs. Emery, What die
| YOU shoot yourself with?' She said
MY God. did not shoot myself. 4
man shot me- She did not say VIII,
the man was. This occurred in th'
town OF Pioneer. Deer Lodge county