The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-15
MOODY IS BOUND OVER
Will Again Face Judge Clancy
on Serious Charge.
ROBBING A BOARDING CAR
State Secret Divulged in the Prelimi-
nary Hearing Mccullough Gave the
Information Which Led to the
Clancy Gang Capture

w QlCn Lea TO the
Clancy Gang Capture
The preliminary hearing of Frank
Moody for participation in the robbery
of the Great Northern boarding-car
| near Meaderyille on the evening of
Feb. -. 1897. which was held yester-
day afternoon in Justice Burns court
at South Butte, developed into an in
teresting case, first, because of the re-
suit young Moody, who was recently
acquitted on a charge of murder I'M
der very peculiar circumstances. will
be required to face Judge Clancy again,
charged with grave offense, and, Sec
ond. because state secret was di-
vulged which had not before been re-
Nealed. Ihen too counsel in the case
INDUCED in numerous tits in which
the prosecuting officer was provoked
into forgetting the dignity of the oc-
casion and inquired of opposing coun-
sci why he did not write a book on
| rules of evidence If he knew so
id" much about law
1t has always been the occasion for
much wonder why the man McCul-
| Tough, who was arrested with the
Clancy gang, was allowed to go scot
free without any effort being made to
| prosecute him. and many people have
| likewise wondered how the authorities
| got the information which enabled
them TO bag the whole gang at one
swoop.
Deputy County Attorney Connolly
/ furnished the key to both puzzles yes
terday. While making his argument in
favor of binding Moody over to the dis
/ trict court, he said Mccullough was the
/ man who furnished the authorities
| with the information, and for so doing
was allowed to go without punish
ment.
The case came UP before Judge Burns
at O'Clock and occupied nearly The
/ whole afternoon, resulting in Moody
| being bound over in 1880 bonds. The
attorneys in the case were Chief Dep
| uty County Attorney Connolly for the
| state and Attorney w. J. Naughton for
the defendant.
| Charles Dohmeyer, an employe of the
| Great Northern railway, living at
clancy, testified that at the time cited
| IN the complaint he was at the june
| ton of the Great Northern and the
t., A. K p, back of Meadervile. He
was employed as bridge carpenter.
and was boarding with the work train
Early in the evening men came TO the
ear and commanded all present to hold
up their hands under threat of being
shot. The men wore black masks
They then tied the hands and feet of
all in the car and proceeded to appro-
pirate their belongings. The witness
lost S44 cash, a great Northern check
and some trinkets. While the robbery
was in progress only two men remained
IN the car. one covering the bound oc-
cupants with gun, and the other GO
ing through their clothes 1t was about
an hour before they completed their
work
David Micklejohn. deputy United
States marshal testified that on the
18th day of February. 1896. he arrested
the defendant Moody in a cabin in the
eastern part of the city Moody looked
out the window and gave the alarm.
As soon as the officers got inside the
witness looked in a stove, where he
had heard rafting. and found two
masks. Moody was standing close to
the stove. In searching the room a
gold-filled watch and some other arti-
cies, including some masks exhibited in
the Clancy trial, we're found; also a
quantity of clothing. As the officers
went into the cabin four guns were
leveled at them, and when taken away
from the men holding them they We're
found to be cooked ready for use.
Moody, Clancy and several others were
in the cabin. Witness further stated
that quantity of property, the be-
longings of the Great Northern bridge
crew. We're found upon subsequent
search of the cabin. A number of
watches, coins and rings, also the
found in an clubhouse in two socks, the
mates of which We're found in the cab
IN. On cross examination the wit
ness stated that Moody had no gun
when arrested.
William B. Lamphier of 900 East Sill
Yer street was present during the ar
rest of Moody and the Clancy gang in
the cabin. He corroborated the testi-
mony of the previous witness and
added that Moody told him the next
day in jail that he had seen the officers
coming and given the alarm. and Clan
cy said:
Throw your guns down, boys. and
give II to EN- as they come in
Moody also stated to the witness that
at the time Clancy was reading an ac-
count of the holdups in the Standard,
and they were ali commenting on it.
+. 6. Dean. former police officer
participated in the arrest of the
Clancy gang Feb 25. 1897. He related
the story of the arrest in very much
the same language as the two previous
witnesses.
Policeman Peter league met the Of
ficers when they We're taking the gang
to the city jail and Joined them lie
searched Moody and found a mask in
his pocket. Moody had a mark or scar
on the side of the face and witness
said: We've got you. We were told
by the occupants of the car that one /
Aii1 ii'H ioh a ~ di i'm tIldt oI MS /
face" Moody replied: is that so? |
Who told youo" Witness described the |
mask taken from Moody and said it I
was a long piece of black crepe with a
hole for the eyes and nose.
Henry Ney testified that he had ques- /
toned Moody under direction of ex- I
Chief of Police Teha. Moody denied +
that he participated in the hald-up but /
finally told where a watch could be i
found in the cabin. At the time the |
witness was clerk Of the police court /
He stated on cross-examination that no |
was filed against Moody. but /
he was kept in Jail about three months /
OF until the beginning of the Clancy I
trial. Moodys attorney corrected tine /
time 10 40 days. Moody was kept IN |