Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-16
Of Cullinam Caught by the
Officers.
STOLEN WATCH WAS FOUND
In Their P0ssesSi0n--Deputy Sheriff
Robinson Made the Capture
in Gallatin County.

The sheriff's force has just cause for re-
toic:ng over the capture of the murdersrs
of Eugene Cullinam. which was effected
yesterday afternoon at q point at or near
Belgrade. this side of Bozeman.
1t was a clever piece of work or the part
of Sheriff Conley and his deputies. and the
people of Deer Lodge county We're rot
slow in showing their appreciation from
the number Of congratulations "hlch
poured in from all over the county. All
day yesterday there was an air OF anN-
iousness at the sheriff's office, which be-
spoke something Of unusual interes, to
the officers present. Telegram after tele-
gram came n was answered by ohoer
Sheriff Morgan. who was IN charge. 10
the reporters he confided that Sheriff Con-
ley was at Cooke City, Deputy Daily
somewhere near Bozeman, and Deputy
Robinson at Logan. He said they were on.
the track Of the %murderers, and requested
the strictest secrecy, which was kept.
The wait during the day was a long one.
At BIAS o. M. a telephone message came
from BELGRADE announcing the aptu1e CT
clinton Dotson and Oliver Benson, the
two men most wanted. They had been
caught and made no resistance.
The murdered mans watch was 1ouno IN
their possession. This was in brief the
n1rnoIt Of the first news of the capture.
It appears that the men captured came TO
Montana a short time ago via Cooke City
with a team. They settled in American
gulch. About 10 days before the murder
they left for the east and wrote postal
cards to parties at Washington gulch. IL
is now claimed that after writing the pos
tai cards they retraced their steps. muf-
dered their victim and left for the east
again. The murdered mans watch was
taken, 1t was purchased in Helena and
bore the number ,125. With this clue ana
the suspicion resting on Dotson and Ben
son the sheriff's officers struck the trail.
Deputy Robinson was the first to get
rack Of them at Logan yesterday morn
ing, He wired Anaconda saying they
passed through there the night before,
and HI was on their trail alone. Under
Sheriff Morgan at once telephoned SEar-
if Fransham of Bozeman asking nm 10
send a posse to meet Robinson. Inside OF
80 minutes a telegram came announcing
that he and a deputy were then leav
for Logan. The next news was the c2p-.
ture. About 10 minute after the arrest
Deputy Daily alighted from a freight
train, proving that he, too. was in close
pursuit, and would have caught them mad
not the other officer been there a little be-
fore him. Benson is about q years of age
all d lcpuCW " ColSOA. ~ AG W. ~
years old The Dotson arrested at Bel
grade is a son of Oliver Dotson, who was
arrested at Washington gulch August II.
with William Cachelain, William Glover
and Gabriel Hildebrand. Oliver Dotson,
Clinton Dotson, William Cachelian and
Oliver Benson are father, son, son-in-!aw
and nephew respectively. Another ~
was arrested with Dotson and Benson
near Belgrade, whose name is not known,
but it is the opinion Of the officers that he
was picked up along the road, not know
ing his company.
John Chadwick, who owns an adjoining
farm to hat Of the murdered man. is in
Jail, being held as a witness. He claims
that Oliver Benson and Clinton Dotson
had approached him with a plan to mur-
Ger Cullinam. They had told him. he said,
that they would go away, establish an
alibi, return secretly and kill the old man.
Chadwick professed to agree to the plan,
but sent word to Cullinam to warn him
of the danger. The messengers believed
Chadwick was dreaming and never de-
the MESSAGES.