The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-23
TWO VERY TOUGH JAPS
Arrested for Attempted Assault
at Duncan.
THEY ARE SECTION HANDS
Mrs. Laporte Bea Them on With a
Hammer and Escaped and Then
Gave the Alarm-They
Resisted Arrest.

Missoula. May 22.-Deputy Sheriff
Corbett returned to-night on No. ? with
two Japs in his charge. whom he placed
In the county Jail to answer to a charge
OF attempted riminal assault. Last
night the sheriff's Office received a tele-
gram from Section Foreman Laporte at
Duncan. asking that an officer be sent
up at once. Corbett left on a night
freight and returned tonight with
these two men in charge.
As near as can be learned these Japs.
who give their names as Kmatsuda
and Muracom, are a bad pair. They
are section hands at Duncan and left
the section house yesterday morning
when the rest OF the gang went to
work At noon they gave illness as an
excuse for returning from work, and
mo- attention was paid tn the fact.
They came back To their camp, which
is near the section house. and went
into the tent where they live. About
2 o'clock Mrs. Laporte went out to the
poultry house. which Is 100 yards from
the house. and is "a dugout with the
doc below the level of the ground.
While she was I'm there one of the Japs
entered quietly and attempted "A crimi-
nal assault. Mrs. Laporte seized a
hammer hat lay I'm the shed and beat
the Henu OH. ne app WIFI HtI,
but she succeeded in forcing him out
of the shed. Then she closed the door
aud fastened II. The two Japs then
tried to break in. The door resisted
their efforts and then they tried to get
In through the window. Mrs. Laporte
kept the hammer busy again and they
were compelled to retreat once more.
Then they found a lot of boxes, which
they piled against the door. They
started away to a pile of old ties and
picked up one. The woman thought
that they were preparing to set fire to
the pile OF light wood. and pushing open
the door, she ran toward the track.
The men ollowed her for more than "A
mile. but she ran like the wind and
they gave up the pursuit. Mrs. La
porte continued her flight down the
track to where her husband and his
men were at work and told him OF her
terrible experience. He at once took
her to Jocko and wired for an officer.
When the officer arrived the two Of
tenders had been cached by their fell
ows and the officer kept out Of sight
till daylight in order that Mr.. Laporte
might locate the fellows.
At I o'clock this morning their hid
ing places was located and MIR. Corbett
went out to get his men. The principal
offender was an ugly little fellow and
refused to come. II was sunday n
all of the gang about 10 I'm all, were
around and threatened To prevent the
officer from taking the men. Things
began to look critical and Corbett
backed up against "A tent and drew his
gun. Covering the group of Japs. he
told the man he was after that he
wanted him, and wanted him quick.
Stepping quietly toward him, he
snapped the handouts over his wrists.
and grabbing him by the neck. he
showed him out OF the crowd and start
ed him toward the section house. where
Mo Locked him nm and held him I'LL z
O'Clock this afternoon. when the east
bound train reached there. Once dur-
ing the day the gang tried to release
the prisoner. but the officer stood pat
with his gun and held them on. The
second man gave himself up without a
sIruPple-