The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-09
KEOUGH RELEASED.
Jury Acquits Him of the Charge of
Steaiing-Eider Has u Warm Time in
Cub Murder.
Special Dispatch TO the Standard.

Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Great Falls, Dec. S.-Some days ago
the Standard published a story regard
ing Martin Keough, who was arrested
in this city about two weeks ago.
charged with being implicated with the
Culberston gang. He was taken to
Glasgow by Deputy Sheriff John 2.
Elder At his trial a few days since
he was acquitted and returned here
this morning. He stated that he is 60
ing to work for the Great Northern.
Referring to the story of his arrest he
says that it had caused quite a sensa-
tion in the town of Culbertson and
there was a movement on foot there to
get rid of Elder. He said that two of
the gang of railway thieves had been
convicted of larceny and fined, che 500
and the other nearly $3.50, while the
Naseys and two Thompsons and Joe
Hackney were bound over for trial in
the district court with every chance for
conviction and a term in the peniten-
tiary. 1t is very easy to understand
that there might be members of Gull
bertson's social circles who would like
to see Elder run out of town Such
man as that has given them much
trouble already and is likely to give
them more.
Keough must have said something on
the witness stand which was not well
taken by the ether men tried, for the
OInef evening" Atlllt SllllUB Ill lllt Ipltl
in Glasgow, one Of them took run al
him and butted him in the face with
his head and was thrown into jail for
il. The men who paid the fines were
convicted of stealing snow fencing from
the Great Northern and the men held
for trial are charged with appropriating
fence wire. Another man, whom
Keough called Doc" Smith. he said
would be sued in a civil action for the
wire which now surrounded his ranch.
Keough also says that Elder did not kill
Red Eagle. but that the white man with
him, Frank Custer, did the job. While
here Elder said that Custer did fire. but
his bullet glanced OFF, 1t is evident that
Elder is persona non grata at Culberf-
son and there are some who would say
that that fact is not wholly to his dis
credit.
story Of a murder just across the
line in Dakota was also told by Keough
and SO far as known has not been pub
lshed in the state One Guy Martin.
who at one time was a range rider in
Montana with keough, committed the
act, within the past week. There are
two brothers in the Burord country by
the name of Steele, Dan and Frank.
They We're in the lumber business, but
could not get along well together very
well and parted. Then Frank Joined in
terests with Martin. At the same time
Martin was a sutton for the hand OF
Dams olde-t daughter and they were
to have been married in snort time.
But the feeling between the Steele broth
ers was so bitter that Dan thought that
any man who could have anything TO
do with his brother could not be III
man to marry his daughter, so he for
bid the banns and would not allow Mar
tin to see the girl.
Possibly this preyed on Martin $
mind for he went down to Buford
nd 81 cd
tear. During the time when Martin
was engaged in the interesting pastime
of shooting up the town he met with
the man whom he would have made his
father-in-law and the two INDUCED III
some useless discussion of the matter
They parted. but later in the day Mar
tin came up behind Steele and struck
him on the head from behind, caVing
in his skull. At last accounts the latter
was not expected to live. Martin mas
been arrested and turned over 70 the
Dakota authorities and will probably
be tried for murder i'm a short time.