The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-14
HAD A LONG, HOT CHASE
Detective Jerry Murphy Did Some
Tall Sprinting.
A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
A Purse Snatcher Got Away From the
Oncer and Bullets Made Him Run
the Faster-Recaptured in
an Clubhouse.

Several thousand people who evil
IDENTIFY thought a murder or some other
heinou crime had been committed
worked up a big excitement yesterday
afternoon over a chase Detective Jerry
Murphy had after n prisoner. Police
headquarters had been notified to look
for a young man who had snatched a
purse from the hand of a Mrs. Collins
at Anaconda on the streets a few days
ago. Detective Murphy had been fur
nished with a description OF the man
and yesterday afternoon he ran across
him on Park street and arrested him.
As the two walked up the Jail alley to
h city Jail the prisoner watched his
chance and made a break for liberty.
He dashed up h alley and across
Broadway almost before the officer
know what was up. Detective Murphy
took after his man. who ran like a deer
east on Broadway and up Arizona street
to Granite. Going up the hill he gained
rapidly on the officer, who, to attract
another officer, drew his gun and fired
a shot In the air. The fugitive. as he
turned into Granite, observed he had a
high ~embankment between him and his
pursuer and took advantage of il to
turn down through The Washington
hoo yard. Mayor Harrington hap
pened to be at the corner and directed
Detective Murphy To the curse the fell
low had taken, and the officer cut across
TO head him off, but the man was too
fleet and was getting away again when
Officer Murphy fired again. this time a
couple of shots, hoping to make the fell
low stop. but it only served to make
him run the faster, and he went down
an alley by the Hale house to Park,
across Park and through a
where the officer lost sight OF him and
he headed for South Butte.
In the meantime, the people on the
streets, hearing the shots and seeing the
officer in hot pursuit of another man.
took up the chase and followed, evident
ly expecting to see some hot work. and
I'm a few minutes several hundred people
We're I'm the wake of he fleeing pair.
Chief Mulholland happened 10 be COM
ing out OF the court house when Detec-
tive Murphy fired his first shot. The
report attracted his attention and from
his position he could see the man rum
ming and the officer after him. Seeing
the fellow was heading for the south
and would likely get away from Detec-
tive Murphy. Chief Mulholland started
on n run for South Butte, calling to Of
fcer Mathews, as he passed him on his
beat, to follow. THE two headed for the
direction they thought the man would
take and arrived at a point just west
OF the st. James hotel just as the fugi-
tive was lost sight OF by the crowd that
was following.
In less time than - takes to tell IL a
crowd that would ave filled a bigger
building than there is in Butte had con-
gregated and everybody wanted TO help
in the search. and had the man gone
boldly out and Joined the crowd. il was
so great. he would never have been cap
tured. As IL was. however. he hid i'm
clubhouse in the alley and was dis
covered by a woman. who gave the
alarm. and Chief Mulholland. who was
near by, effected the arrest. As the
was brought back up town a crowd
filled the whole street followed.
and II would not have taken much 10
worked up a lynching bee. as the
shots Of Detective Murphy. which were
heard In that part Of town. caused the
TO be circulated that the prisoner
had murdered a man. and the crowd be-
so excited that they were little
short OF Infatuated. For so small an
IL mas the most exciting time
Tor a Few minutes than has transpired
In a long time. At the police station
the prisoner gave the name Of John
and was said to be one of the
gang OF tOuts that have come to Mon
tana for the races. He IL being held for
the Anaconda authorities.