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

Some years ago a hack driver remem-
bered by the sobriquet of Pretty Ed"
got into "a IN a dive kept 10y
Noble Dimusska and was put out of
the house by a gambler whose name
cannot be recalled. AS Pretty Ed"
reached the sidewalk he turned about
and shot the gambler dead and cs-
capped. Officers chased the murderer as
far as Mexico. but he finally success
fully got away.
A few years ago a bunch of human
bones were found among the rocks
near Timbered Butte. By the side of
the skeleton was found an old rifle by
which the remains were Identified IS
those of a French-Canadian. an old
timer who disappeared about 30 years
ago. About h same time one Of his
~neighbors disappeared. and IL is yus-
pected that a murder was committed,
as the two men had been out together
and one OF them meyer returned.
A Chinaman was murdered at Silver
Bow about 10 years ago, and "A mt
named Hopkins was arrested for IL, but
acquitted upon a trial for murder. .
On the 9Th OF last September Rosario
Levitre shot and killed Dell Jordan in
a road house south of the city. He was
acquitted at his preliminary trial on
the ground OF self-defense.
In October. 1896. Tim Leary, a young
miner. left Butte with Dan Lucey to
go TO Rossland. The next day Lucey
returned. but nothing was evermore
heard of Leary. A few days later a
dead body was found in Silver Bow
anyon and was never identified. Since
the murder of Patrick Reagan by Lucey
IL is suspected he also made away with
Leary and that the body found in the
canyon was that of the young miner.
AL Ford, a negro, was arrested for
completely, with Joe Shafer. in the muir
der of John Hawkins. but was never
tried, the county attorney dismissing
the charge against him.
In 1891 the Long and Rule families,
living north of the Gagnon mine. be-
came involved in a neighbors' quarrel
and Joe Rule. the head of one family.
shot Long. the head of the other. He
was convicted of manslaughter. but got
a new trial and was acquitted.
William Wirtz, a s~aloonkeeper on the
Anaconda road, shot one of his custo-
mers. a man named Edgehill, and was
acquitted on the ground of self-de-
Tense. though the self-defense was
barely made apparent at the trial.
An man, with a bullet hole
I'm his head. and his pockets turned in
side out, was found dead under some
bushes or trees in Spier's park or
Browns gulch. The particulars of the
discovery a been about forgotten.
In 1856 a man named, Anton Ludwig
came up from Anaconda and went into
a saloon which stood on the site of the
old Hennessy building. and shot the
proprietor dead. He was acquitted at
the trial on a defense that the muir
dered man had been Intimate with Mrs.
Ludwig.
A man known as "Bodie joe was
shot and killed some years ago by a
man named Campbell, who is now a
deputy United States marshal in the
Occur d'Alene country. The killing
was lone in a house of ill-fame con-
Quoted by a oma known as "Sorrel
Mike" The killing was done. IL was
claimed. in self-defense, n there was
no prosecution.
In Fublin Guicb.
on the night of Dec. %. 1896, a IN
OF jovial spirits were celebrating Christ
mas in Ferguson's saloon in Dublin
gulch when some Firms assaulted the
place with a shower of rocks. The
crowd in the saloon came out and Ar
thur Slack was shot by some unknown
assassin from behind a corner of the
building. The assassin escaped, of
course.
About n year ago George Baum, an
employe at the Heinze smelter, struck
a fellow workman over the head with a
shovel and killed him. Baum was sent
to the insane asylum, as it was shown
the fellow had but recently left one in
missouri ana mao Deen sent 10 MOnld'ld
by his people, who wanted to get rid or
him.
George Nicholson shot and killed
James Wilson on the 10th of last Octo-
Der while protecting a woman. Nichol-
son is awaiting trial for murder.
Richard Baker killed Thomas Cava-
naugh on the 18th of September by
striking him over the head with an
X Cavanaugh got into Bakers
cabin by mistake n when ordered
out showed fight and got killed. Baker
is also awaiting trial.
In November, 1898, Martin Stephens
at Meaderville made an unprovoked as
sault on w. J.. Beager, a street car con-
ductor and shot him. Beager fingered
for a year or more and finally recov-
cred, and Stephens was tried for at
| tempted murder and was acquitted.
though he should have received a life
term in the ~penitentiary.
June 10. 1892, some unknown men
drove up to the residence of Henry
Williams at the Colorado smelter n
| called him to the door. When he APP
peared a shot was fired at him, but did
| not hit him. The would-be assassins
escaped.
Numerous efforts during the past
few years have been made to murder
whole families by blowing them up
with dynamite. Such an attempt was
| made on the lives of The family OF
Paddy Kane about :our years ago.
Daniel Il. Sullivan was twice selected
as a victim and each time escaped mi
raculously. Fred Anderson's house.
about a year ago. and John Keekan,
ro.i1;nr NTH his family west Of Cen