The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-15
HE'S BEHIND STEEL BARS
Lucy, Alias Dan Sullivan, Cap
tured at Victor, Col.
REGAN'S REAL MISSION
Butte Man in Victor Has Positively
Identified the Suspect Extradi-
ton Papers Will Be Taken
Out Immediately.


reached Under Sheriff Jerry D. Muir
ply yesterday in the form of tele-
gram announcing that Dan Lucy, alias
Dan Sullivan, the murderer Of Patrick
l.. Regain, was safely behind steel bars
at Victor, Colo, awaiting the Silver
Bow county authorities to come on and
extradte him.
It will be remembered that Sheriff
Patrick Fl. Regain left Butte during the
tendency of the Boston & Montana re-
ceivership litigation. Being called
away at such time afforded certain
cavilers an opportunity to impugn his
motive in going by charging he alb
sented himself to avoid the performance
of the duty of installing Judge Clancy's
receiver which they chose to regard
as an unpleasant one to him. It is
possible these cavilers. including the
judge, who slurred the sheriff from the
bench may experience some conpunc-
lions of conscience on learning of the
successful termination of Sheriff Re
gan's real mission.
Sheriff Regain received word about
the time it was expected he would be
called upon to install Receiver Kinds in
81 the boston prop
critics almost any day that man
supposed to be Lucy was at Republic
camp, on the ColVille reservation,
Washington. Because of this expecta-
ton Sheriff Regain delayed his depart
ure for five days and, being afraid to
| delay longer, took his departure, only
to find upon reaching Republic that if
the suspect had been Lucy the bird had
flown. Sheriff Regain retraced his steps
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graphic communication with every part
of the country and it was not long be-
fore another clue was received. 1t came
| from Sheriff James r, Stewart of Teller
| county Colorado, and stated that he
| believed Lucy was at Victor. Colo. Sher-
| if Stewart was at once wired to arrest
| the suspect and hold him at all haz-
| ards. Sheriff Regan's home Office was
| notified and placed in Communication
and the sheriff took the first train out
| of Spokane.
| An exchange of kilograms between
| Under Sheriff Murphy and Sheriff Stew
art then followed. Sheriff Stewards re-
| plies to Under Sheriff Murphys in
| quiries were so satisfactory that there
| seems not the remotest possibility of
| a doubt that the man in custody is the
| man wanted for the murder of Regain.
The most assuring piece of Informal
| ton from the Colorado official came
| late last evening. 1t was to the effect
| that there was man from Butte in
| Victor who knew Lucy intimately, who
had positively identified the prisoner.
This was highly satisfactory. Wishing
| to be absolutely positive. Under Sheriff
| Murphy wired back asking the name Of
| the man from Butte. He was over
| joyed with the reply he received. The
name of this man cannot be given, for
| the reason that he enioined secrecy
| with regard to his identity before he
| would consent to be of service to the
authorities. 1t may be stated, however,
| that he formerly ran saloon in Main
| street, where Lucy made his headquar-
| tiers and he knew Lucy so well it seems
| impossible he could be mistaken in the
mans identity. Under Sheriff Muir
| ply knows the eX-sa1oon keeper we'll
| and has the greatest confidence that
| he is not mistaken in the identity of
| the suspect.
So certain was Under Sheriff Muir
| ply after the receipt of the last tele-
| gram that the long sought murderer
| is at last in custody that he notified
| his superior of his intentions, and i'm
| mediately made the necessary prepare
| tions and left for Helena on the last
train last night to secure requisl-
| ton papers from Governor Smith. He
| will then start Immediately and meet
| Sheriff Regain en- route to Victor IN
| order that no time may be lost which
| might leave a loop hole for the MUIR
| derer's escape.
The murderer of Patrick L. Regain,
/ which is charged to Lucy, was discov-
cred on the morning of Sept. 8 last. A
| section gang of the B., A. & P. railway
| while going over the section saw Re
gan lying in the middle of Silver Bow
| creek about two miles and half east
| of Gregson Springs, in Silver Bow can
| yon. The hand car was stopped and
| the body dragged out on the bank. 1t
| did not take long to see that muir
| der had been committed. County AS
SCISSOR f. j. Laurandeau, then JUS
| tice of the peace and for the time be-
| ing acting coroner, CHANGED to be stay
| ing at Gregson Springs for few days.
| Hearing the news when a portion OF
| the section crew arrived at Gregson to
report the find, Judge Laurandeau went
| at once to the scene. In his investiga-
ton he found unmistakahle evidences
of a murder about a quarter of mile
up stream from where the body was
found. A great pool of blood on the
| rip-rap ballasting of the B., A. & P.
roadbed, with two Jagged rocks COW
cred with blood and hair, told the tale
of how the murder had been commit
ted. Footprints leading to the edge OF
| the river bank, about SO feet from the
track. indicated how the murdered man
had been dragged or carried to the
| creek and thrown in. The current car
red it down stream till it lodged on
a rifle. where it was found.
Regain had been a miner employed in
various mines. He was of a peculiar
disposition. He would work industri-
ously till he had a neat sum laid by
and then start drinking. This trait
proved his downfall. He had saved
money till he had quite lump of ready
cash. when he fell to drinking and kept
it up till he lost his job. Fer about two
| weeks prior to the murder he spent his
time drinking, During his spree he fell
in with Lucy, who was then known as
| Dan Sullivan. The two We're together
| constantly for a week or 10 days and
| Regain spent considerable money on his
| new chun. BY this means Lucy learned
he had money and one day he proposed
| that they go to the Occur dAlenes tt
find work. Subsequent events seem tc
| have proved the proposal was merely
a scheme to lure Regain to lonely spoil
| and murder him for his money. Regar