The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-24


man whose remains Were found Sunday
in a hydrant box at the stockyards, de-
veloped the following facts: The day
before his disappearance Gray had
drawn $3.50 from the bank and the next
day had probably been paid $50 by Dan
Rose of Absorakee. He carried the
money in a purse in an inside pocket.
He was last seen alive about Q CLOCK
- m. on Feb /, when he left Long
Frazier's saloon with a pint flask, going
out alone. Since coming TO town on
the Esd of December he had been room
ing with the Scott Brothers and board
tng at the Park restaurant. He generally
went home between 10 and IL O'Clock at
night The remains were discovered by
Andrew Campbell. Miss Bonneil and
Miss Bartlett He had been killed with
IA blunt Instrument OF some SORT MS
skull being fractured at the base of the
brain and at the forehead the nose and
upper part of the face had also been
crushed in. The entire head and face
of the victim We're painted with his dried
blood His boots were siaShed in sew
eral places and his clothing partially re-
moved. The empty pint flask, an old
watch and a pair of spectacles were
found in his pockets, but all his private
papers, purse and money were gone.
few feet away set of false teeth and
an old pocket knife We're picked up, but
there were no evidences of struggle IN
the vicinity. The knife did not belong
no the murdered man. The verdict
brought in by the jury was to the effect
shat deceased came to his death at the
hands OF parties unknown. his life haN-
ang been taken with felonious intent.
No important clews have yet been OBJ
sained in regard to where and by whom
Fhe foul murder was committed. How
ever il is pretty well settled that the
body of the murdered man was not con-
cealed in the hydrant box until several
DAYS after the victims disappearance.
Several boys by name Connell. Woods,
Oakley Patrick and Muncaster, state
positively that they were down at the
etockyards on Sunday, Feb. 9. five days
after Gray disappeared; that they un-
covered the hydrant box and that there
WAS no human body in there at that
time: they are certain that 1t was the
hydrant box, because they talked about
going down to turn the water on. The
date that they Were there is also TXed
by older members of the families. This
being true, it follows that Gray was
made away with and his body concealed
near the place where the murder was
committed and afterwards temoved to
"a more remote spot to cast oif suspicion
of where the crime was actually COM
mitted when the body should be fodna.
Either that or Gray was held a pi isoner
several days in an effort to eXtor. from
him information concerning the hiding
place of money which he was popularity
supposed to have cached somewhere.
There was deliberation in the search for
money upon the victim. Ills boots were
removed from his feet before teins cui,
for ii would have been Impossible To
have cut the boots as was done without
also cutting the feet. After they had
been slashed open to zee If they con-
aainey money they were pulled on the
victims feet again. One ooot appears to
IL -. L. h.a
pther viii dull one, indicating tIat
there We're at least two pa"suns impli-
Gated in the murder
AS for the murl AZ hcing committed in
the vicinity of the stcckvar'is, that is
hardly probable unless Gray was
gagged or doped and taken there by
force, for he was of such an exceedingly
suspicious nature that his most int.-
mate friend even could not nave e.iticed
him 10 such lonely spot in the night
time. The crime may have peen COM
mitted as he was on his way home or To
some of the resorts which lie used -
frequent more or less. 1t Is known tina:
there was one place of which lie was
suspicious. for he had confided 10 moIe
than one person that there existed q iiol
TO murder him there for his money. and
over year ago he declared he N0n'd
never go there again.
The deceased was an old-tinIe.' On he
upper Yellowstone. having resided
around Emigrant some % years. His
occupation was mining, and some tiNe Cf
six years back he had acquired oonsiu-
cradle money and property. Since thea
he had lost heavily in different Ways.
He had S7S7 on deposit in the caley
bank when il failed. and also held two
certificates of deposit twhat amount Is
unknown) in the Helena First Natinnal.
He had loaned out l500 in half dc zen
places. only about $3.50 of which is col
leetable. He probably had money o"h-
cealed somewhere: he used to carry
money sewed up in his clothing, one in
stance being related by d. p. TanH 0rne
where Gray ripped open his coat lining
and extracted a $50 bill.
1t Is said Gray came from Susque-
hanna. Pa. and that he has two sisters
still residing there. He used to be a
brakeman in his early days on the Erie
road. He was close to GO years old. The
funeral occurred to-day, Rev. l.. IL.
Nickel officiating.
Two stores Burglarized.
The harness department of the Miles
store was burglarized Monday night.
Manager W. II. Duke states that the
thief appropriated about s.. so in change
which was in the cash drawer. Moth
ing else is noticed TO be missed. En-
trance was effected by prying up the
window on Calendar street, and the
thief got into the money drawer by
working the combination. The only
clue is the imprint of a boot heel upon
a piece of leather which laid on the
bench in front of the window. The dis
tinctness of the imprint of every nail is
evidence that the shoe was almost new.
On the same night the meat market of
dennis Hamilton. just across the alley
from the harness shop, was also broken
into, entrance here being obtained
through a sliding window in the shed
and then unbolting the door to the main
part by passing the hand through a
broken window pane in the door. The
thief, however. made no haul here, for
there was nothing in the drawer but a
few pennies. which the burglar consid-