The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

cessfully eluded the Officers and avoid
ed detection. has suggested the idea
tha a long. IL not an interesting ac-
count could be written Of the murders
that have been committed in Silver
Bow county and gone UNPUBLISHED. A
little research. aided by court records
and the memories of old-timers. has
brought together a list OF such crimes
that is appalling and yet necessarily
Incomplete. II is especially appalling
when 1t Is remembered that OF all the
murders done but two murderers have
been sent to the gallows. The first of
these was Harry Roberts for the killing
Of one TEX" Crawford. Roberts was
execute in 1889. The other was a
shot and killed Chauncey West, a pas
senger conductor. in 1894, because he
was put of the train. Pugh took n
change OF venue to jefferson county CT
he would probably not have been con-
victed. There have. however. been two
other convictions for murder in the
first degreeoJoe Shafer for the muir
der Of John Hawkins. and Bob Shad-
well for the murder of Martin j. O'Con-
nor. both OF which cases are still in the
courts.
OF the more recent murders in which
the perpetrator of the crime escaped.
one was the horrible AFFAIR of the little
girl. Ethel Gill. She disappeared from
her home one day last June and after
q weeks search for her. her violated
n murdered body was found in the
vault Of an clubhouse in South Butte.
Although the crime was committed IN a
thickly populated part OF town the
murderer escaped. and so far as the
public knows no clue to the murderer
has ever been found
The next noted case was the murder
OF Patrick II. Reagan by Dan Lucey.
alias Dan Sullivan. on the third Of last
September. The body was found In
Silver Bow canyon and for a day or
two after the murder Lucey was seen at
Gregson Springs. but he got away.
Then there was the assassination a.
John j. DAILY. one Of the judges Of cleo
ton of Precinct 3. by men who at
tempted 10 steal the ballot box. AL
though there is a reward of sli. 900 the
officers have not yet been able to get a
clu to the perpetrators of the foul muir
der.
Next came the Great Northern box
car mystery. An unknown man with
a bullet hole through his head. and un-
doubtedly murdered. was found on the
ninth OF last mont in n sealed boXcar.
The Identity Of the murdered nan has
not been established.
This Was Eight Years Ago.
on the 1lth Of December. In 1894. VIII
liam Barnes. a switchman on the Great
Northern. shot and killed VI. &. Young.
a brakeman. in a South Butte saloon.
The murder was most cold-blooded and
~unprovoked. was committed In the
-. " -...
derer made good his escape with as
tonishing ease. The men had been
drinking In the saloon and some an
cry words grew out Of a josh. Barnes
who thought his feelings had been IN
jured by some remark Young had
made. left the saloon and went home.
procured a gun. returned to the ss-
loon and shot Young dead. and then
escaped. What efforts were made 90
capture him were never quite clear.
but his friends among the railroad
men got him out Of the ountry with
out much trouble. Facts I'm Connec-
tion with IL. which ave never been
published. are that Barnes was taken
on a tran on the night OF the murder
30 a cabin just this sid Of Bernica,
nea Lake Wilder. where he was cach-
ed by his friends. For four months
he remained in that cabin and was
provided with provisions by his friends
among the railroad men. One day a
prospector from Butte got of a train
near Barnes cabin TO go out over the
ridge TO do some representation work
on several mining claims. The Id
cabin looked as II IL wes inhabited
and the prospector walked in n was
surprised to find Barnes. HON he knew
quite well. Barnes drew a gun on him
n made HIM tak an oath that pc
would not divulge his hiding place.
The ~prospector told him that he was
not hunting him. but was on his way
60 work some claims. and Barnes I'm
ally allowed him TO depart, but every
day after that he took a walk over
the ridge 10 watch the prospector at
work. After Barnes had lived at the
cabin about -four months. and when
all danger seemed to he over. his
friends sent him down into Utah and
all trace OF him was then lost.
A crime that shocked not only the
whole city of Butte but the entire state
and gave the city a discreditable name
abroad. was what Is known as tho
Fourth OF July riot of 1894. the result
OF the shameful religious war ~inaugur-
ated by the American Protective as
sociat,on. The national colors had
been used TO form an offensive sym
Dol over a West Broadway saloon. and
some drunken and irresponsible person
accepting the Challenge. placed a stick
Of dynamite in the door way Of the
saloon and wrecked the front win
dows. Hot headed men in both fac
tions soon congregated in the streets
and Broadway between Main and
Academy streets vas crowded. A roll
lision could not be averted. and a muir
derous riot was precipltated. A hum
dred or more shots were fired before
the police. deputy sheriffs and fire de-
partment could disperse the rioters. A
number Of persons were injured AMI
Policeman u. II. DAILY and an innocent
b~ystander. San Dunn. were killed.
Several arrests were made and a,
least one Of the men who fired one Of
the shots hat killed was in custody.
but the prosecuting and peace officers
OF the city concluded that the quick
est way 10 settle the matter and avoid
adding fuel 10 the fire of bigotry and
hatred was TO discharge the persons