The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-13
ANACONDA NEWS.
FOUR SUSPECTS IN JAIL
Sheriff Conley and Deputy Rob.
inson Made Arrests.
PRISONERS ARE SILENT
Ono OF Them Expected to Turn States
Evidence and Tell How Eugene
Cullinam Was Murdered.
The Coroner's Inquest.

On the delayed Northern Pacific train
which arrived in the city at 1880 O'Clock
last night came Sheriff Conley and
Deputy Sheriff Robinson. returning
from the scene of the murder of Eugene
Cullinam in American gulch.
With them came four men, suspected
of guilty knowledge of the affair. They
were all silent and close mouthed and
Immediately on the arrival at the Jail
the four suspects were searched and
locked up. They are John Oleson, John
O'Brien, Dan Dee and William Jones.
Sheriff Conley, on arriving, went
home at once, tired from his exertions
in the case. Three of the arrests were
made by him personally and one by
Deputy Sheriff Robinson. The four
men arrested will be given a hearing
probably Monday before Justice De-
Vine. .~..
The: inquest over the remains of the
murdered man, which was conducted
by Justice of the Peace Glover at the
scene of the murder, was concluded
yesterday. 1t resulted in a verdict of
gunshot wounds at the hands of parties
unknown.
A gaping wound from a bullet en-
tering the back, and another from a
bullet entering the forehead and pass
ing out at the base of the skull were
found. The bullet in the head had torn
away much of the skull and this wound
was what gave the impression at first
that the mans head had been beaten in
by club.
The body will be taken to Deer Lodge
to-day by team, arriving there prob
ably about l p. m. At p. m. the
funeral will occur. the interment being
in the cemetery beside the grave of
Con DAILY, the old partner of Eugene
Cullinam. When DAILY died Cullinam
asked that on his death he be laid be-
side his old friend.
Michael Kelly went to Helena yes
terday and procured a handsome cas-
ket, which he took to Washington
gulch, where the remains now lie
The following special dispa tches were
received last night
As Told From Avon,
Avon, Aug. 12.-Sheriff Conley left for
Anaconda to-day with John Oleson,
John O'Brien, Dan Dee and William
Jones, four men suspected of the muir
der of Eugene Cullnam in American
Gulch, near here. These men are said
to have been prospecting in the neigh
borhood of American gulch, and it is
supposed they had heard of Cullnam's
having money and valuables, and MUIR
dered him for his money. 1t is not
ers got, but. the sum is supposed to be
not more than SO or $40 beside his gold
watch, which was valued at $3.50, al
though he may have had some gold
dust in a belt which he usually had
strapped on his body, and which is
missing. Cullinam's money all was
banked. He had willed all his money
and property to Miss Dora Kiely,
daughter of Michael Kielya well-known
and respected resident of Washington
gulch, Cullinam and Kelly being friends
of long standing, their friendship dat
ing from their arrival in this county,
"a years ago.
1t is evident Cullinam was murdered
Monday evening on his way from work,
as he was last seen alive Saturday
evening, and was not man who work.
ed on Sunday, always spending that
day in. his cabin or at the home of
friends. The murderers evidently lay
in wait for Culinam, knowing he would
pass that way on his way to his cabin.
He was shot in the back, the ball lodg-
ing just under the skin of the stomach.
He evidently rolled some after falling,
as the grass and weeds are rolled down,
but he got up and walked a little fur
Their when he was shot the second time,
the ball passing through and tearing
the flesh of the forearm and wrist and
entering the face under the left cheek
bone.
saiants covering him with a gun and
threw his right arm to shield his face.
The second shot shattered the bones of
the face and came out at the base of
the skull, this causing the face and
head to look as though crushed. He was
then carried to a point about 60 feet
from the road and thrown into a ditch
The body had been laid on the ground
twice in the journey to the grave, and
at each place the murderers had taken
dirt and covered the blood spots over
for when this dirt, which was different
from the surrounding soil, was re-
moved quite a pool of blood was found.
Evidently he was carried by two men,
one holding his feet and another hold
ing his hands, and had been dropped
into the ditch in that position, the
hands falling naturally over the head.
His blouse was pulled up holding them
there. His working gloves were thrown
on this blouse over the face and then
dirt, taken from the bank at hand was
thrown on the body, then brush and
rocks piled on top. The brush was
brought from distance and mad been
cut some time.
The searching party of Thursday af-
ternon had a dog with them which
acted queerly at the point where the
body was found Friday, but they paid
no attention to it until Friday morning
when Deputy Sheriff Robinson asked
to be taken to that point, thinking the
dog had scented the body and found the
body in the position described. He then
placed a watch over the body and came
to Avon and took Justice of Peace A.
c. Glover, who impaneled a jury, to
the spot After viewing the body and
grounds they took the body to Washing
ton gulch, where an inquest was held,
the jury sitting until o'clock this
morning, when they brought in seal
ed verdict
Cullinam was Go years of age and of
very slight build. He had accumulated
enough to live on without working, but
being of very industrious nature could
not be idle and did little placer min
ing in the spring and summer, usually
spending a couple of weeks each fall
visiting in Helena and Butte. He will
be buried at Deer Lodge tomorrow,
Sunday. ...
1t is expected that one of the suspects
under arrest will turn states evidence.