The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-11
Thought to Be the Men Who
Made the Holdups.
NEW AT THE BUSINESS
The Of1cers Were on the Wrong Trail.
Their Work at the Reception Road
House and The Fountain
Saloon.

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The police rode out to the Nine Mile
house. but found no trace of the highway
men after leaving the Fountain. There is
every reason to believe, however, that the
Claude Duvals started from the race track
and returned to that point by a circuitous
route.
1t was a few minutes past IL o'clock
when the highwaymen appeared at the
Reception, a road house located Just two
miles south of the city hall. out on the
fiat. Ii is probably the NOSE frequented of
all the road houses. but at that time there
was no one In the barroom except Charley
Warren, the bartender. George Croning-
burgh, the proprietor, had gone up town,
Adjoining the barroom on the south is
the parlor, in which a man and woman
from the city were sitting-a man who
does not care to have his name appear
for business reasons, and a woman who
does not care to have her name appear
for social reasons. Out in the kitchen
was the Chinaman.
Mr.. Warren was carrying chairs from
the porch into the barroom, preparatory
to closing up for the night. He had just
come In from the porch with a chair in
his hands, and was about two feet from
the door, when some one behind him said
quietly:
Throw 'em up!'
WI "diith I'LL saw luItc Untn
in the doorway just outside of it.
All the three men had black cloths tied
around the lower parts of their faces
from the nose down. Their eyes could be
seen and that was about all. They had
on overalls and jumpers and SLOUGH
hats.
Mr.. Warren saw he was in for IL, SO
he threw up his hands and said:
Help yourselves and get out quick!'
They were green hands at the BUSH
ness" said Mr.. Warren: Eat least they
were very nervous and shaky. The man
who kept guard over me jabbed me in
the eye with the barrel of his gun, his
hand shook so. / was tempted to make a
fight for 1t, but being alone in the room
with no revolver within reach, i con-
cluded it would be foolhardy to do so.
There is one thing certain-the men, who-
ever they are, were familiar with the
house. They knew right where the cash
drawer was and the bag, and lost no time
I'm searching around"
The masked men held up the couple in
the parlor. From the man they took
about IS in money and a gold watch,
which,, when new, was worth $3.50, and
at present is worth about $50. The wo-
man refused to give up anything and re-
fused to permit herself TO be searched"
you dare'nt shoot" she cried. 'You
are too cowardiy to shoot! 1 will give you
nothing!''
The masked men didn't try to search her
and as a matter of fact she had little
about her except some jewelry.
One of the highwaymen visited the
kitchen and held up the Chinaman. All
they got from him was an old watch.
From Warren, the bartender, they got a
watch and a revolver. They took about
SIS in money from behind the bar. So the
net proceeds of the raid on the Reception
were as follows:
Cash '..'.'.. 1900.
watches ........ ......- .....-........Three
reviewers .....'.... .......'.. .........-One
The raid on the Fountain was even more
sensational. The Fountain is situated
close to the Reception, about 200 yards
further out on the fiat. and on the oppo-
side of the road. In the barroom of the
Fountain at the time of the holdup were
four men and one woman. The men were
Billy Bell and Rosey lie Wire, the pro-
prietors: Billy Smith, a big miner. and
Jack Glass, better known as Jack the
Ripper" The woman gave her name as
Belle Smith. She arrived in Butte from
the East just four weeks ago yesterday.
and she was much pleased apparently at
this touch of true Western life.
At the time of the holdup Bell was be-
hind the bar shutting the cards for a
game of seventh with Billy Smith for
the drinks for the house. Jack was seated
in a chair at the opposite side of the room
with Belle on the arm of the chair and
Rosey was talking to them.
up with your hands,! came the cry
indistinctly from the door. The man who
gave the command apparently had a stone
in his mouth to disguise his voice. His
words could scarcely be distinguished,
but his meaning was unmistakable.
Bell glanced around, saw three men
with guns in their hands and masks on
their faces. and up went his hands.
Higher came the m and Bell
stretched them up as far as possible, the
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gers down to the floor.
81 kept my hands up during the whole
proceeding" said Bell. 81 never knew
what tiresome work it was to keep your
hands up in the air. 1 suppose 1t was
only about five minutes altogether, but
it seemed an age, and i kept telling them
TO hurry up and finish their work. I don't
know how many there were altogether,
but I saw three. / couldn't have kept my
hands up 10 seconds longer II l knew 1
would die If I didn't. They made us face
the mirror as they went out and / could
see the clock from the mirror. I noticed
that it was just &c minutes of / when
they left"
Billy Smith, who was standing in front
of the bar. opposite Bell. threw his hands
up at the same time, and he kept them
there through the whole proceedings.
Jack the Ripper" also kept his hands in
the air. The only one to offer resistance
was Rosey lie Wire. When the command
came Rosey made a rush to the parlor
and from there to a door out on the porch.
At the porch he met a gun. Nevertheless
he hit the h~ighwayman in the eye. and
he is confident, from a knowledge of his
hitting powers that this particular high
wayman will show up with a black eye.
The highwayman struck him over the
head with the u barrel. They grappled
and fought their way into the barroom.
where one of the other h~ighwaymen help
ed his partner. Rosey was f1oored, bleed
ing from several hard knocks on the head.
He jumped to his feet and rushed to the
rear door. but found IL locked. Two men
grabbed him. brought him back and
placed him behind the bar alongside Bell.
with his hands in the air. Rosey's shirt
was torn completely of of him.
IT think there were FIVE OF the high
waymen." said Rosey. There were three
IN the barroom at first and I met one
more at the outside door to the parlor
when I tried IN GET Our I think there was