The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-06
The Murder of Regain Is Still a
Mystery.
NO TRACE OF SULLIVAN
Officers Cannot Get on His Trail After
He Left Anaconda-wel Out OF
the Country by This
Time.

whatever of Sullivan, the suspected
murderer, has been found since the
time he left Anaconda Sunday night.
His movements have been traced that
far. but from the time he left the
Leadville house in that city, the trace
ends and all efforts of the officers
working on the case to again get at
his trail have failed, and in all prob
ability he is well out OF the country
by this time.
Sullivan's movements from the time
he left Gregson till he reached Ana
conda have been definitely traced. on
Saturday night after the inquest was
held at Gregson, Sheriff Regan went
TO Stuart and there learned that a man
answering S~ullivan's description had
arrived there about 6 o'clock from the
country. Sheriff Regain learned that
sullivan had taken up with a colored
man with whom he had supper and
that they then left for Anaconda. The
Anaconda authorities were notified and
a search for Sullivan was begun. The
Anaconda authorities learned that
about 9 o'clock Saturday evening two
white men and a colored man entered
Harrington & Larkin's saloon in that
city. They had a drink and one of
the men asked the bartender who ran
the place. The man who did the talk
ing answered Sullivan's' description.
He said he was acquainted with one
of h proprietors. After staying
around the place a while, they went
away. Shortly after this time II was
learned that a colored man and a
white man entered Phillips & Shea's
saloon. Shea, one of the proprietors,
was on duty at the time. He knew
the white man and said his name was
Sullivan. Sullivan told Shea he had
just returned from British Columbia
and was looking for work. After a
time, Sullivan whispered to Shea that
he wanted to get rid OF the coon" and
asked Shea to call him CSullivanl to
the back doo under some pretext so
he could leave. Shea accommodated
him. When the colored man noticed
Sullivan was gone he went out by the
back door.
Shortly after this Chief of Police
White Of Anaconda entered the saloon
and took a look at the men gathered
there. He went out without saying
anything. Shea thought there was
something peculiar in the circum-
stances and concluded Sullivan had
been up 10 some cTookedness and was
being looked for. lie Immediately
started in search Of the officers and
met officer O'Brien in the street. In
curing Of O'Brien II he was looking
for Sullivan and receiving an afiirma-
tive reply. shea told the officer what
he knew and the latter at once located
the colored man. He gave his name
as Lawrence and said he met Sulli-
van at Stuart that evening. He said
Sullivan came in from the country and
they sCTaped acquaintance in the sa-
loon. Sullivan had plenty Of money
and invited Lawrence to eat supper
with him. Lawrence said ~Sullivan's
breeChes were wet about the bottom
and that he had scratches on his face,
MOVING the man must have hppn n TlN-
gitive.
At an early hour Sunday morning
the Anaconda officers visited the Lead
willie house and learned from the pro-
prietor that a stranger whose appear
ance answered the description of Sui
livan came in early in the evening and
paid for a bed. He asked to see an
evening paper, published in Butte. He
looked the paper over about 10 min
utes and laying il down said he would
go for a walk, as he was not sleepy.
He never came back. There is little
doubt the man was Sullivan, and that
seeing by the paper that he was sus-
pected of the murder of Regain, at once
took steps TO put himself out of the
way of the authorities. Anaconda au-
thorities put in the entire night search
ing for Sullivan, but were unable 10
establish whether he left the city or
not. 1t was taken for granted he did.
Aside from this trace as stated, the
Butte authorities have learned nothing
whatever concerning the very much
wanted man. but are working on sever
al theories. and IL was minated last
that they had reason TO h lie
for important developments.
As in the case of Sullivan, there were
developments yesterday with refer
ence to Sullivan's partner in the crime;
he could have been Is as deep a
as ever. The officers OF the
department and OF the sheriffs
office stated last evening that nothing
come TO hand which offered any
thing like a suggestion as to who he
have been. Suspicion no longer
attaches 10 Dan Mcdonnell. as the po-
lice have found he is in the city.
Word came from stuart yesterday aft
ernoon that a man had passed there
who answered the description OF Sulli-
van, and Under Sheriff Murphy went
the territory between Stuart and Sill
yer Bow and finally learned to his sat
that the man was not Sulli-
van, but an ordinary tramp.
There is a growing belief among
many OF the officers that the descrip-
ton that has been furnished Of Sulli-
van all along is wrong. and that the
who answers the description
IS not the man who is wanted, but that
he real Sullivan is a man Of very
different appearance. These off,
,ers are firmly convinced that the
man they are after is John Sullivan,
who swindled the Hennessy Mercantile
company last winter. This Sullivan il
IN all-around hard character and can
not be located in the city. Many Of the
officers are satisfied he is the man who
eft Butte with Regain Friday evening.
a man named MoTty Sullivan is now
n the county jail on the charge of
From the fact that several
who claimed to know the man
who left Butte with Regain give his
as Morty. or Murty. Mrs. Michael.
ister-in-law OF the deceased. conceived
he idea that he might possibly have
,een the man, and visited the county
all yesterday to see him. She said he
vas not the Sullivan who called at her
house TO 60 away with her brother-in-
This fact, however, was well