The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-03
ARRESTED FOR A MURDER
Sam Phillips Charged With the
Killing of Adolph Schwade.
RECOGNIZED BY SCARS
Miles Fuller Cori1ent That the Prisoner
Is the Man who Did the Brutal
Deed-The Murder Com
mitted IN May. 1897.

Adolph was brutality muir
dered. in his tunnel in whiskey gulch,
near Butte, about the 18th OF May. 1897.
and after a thorough investigation n
~coroner's jury rendered a verdict which
placed the case among the many other
crimes which made up the list OF un-
avenged murders in Silver Bow couE-
ty. There was little for the police to
work on, and after a week or two of
speculation the people gave up all hope
of ever hearing of the arrest of the
murderer.
Yesterday Miles Fuller. who lies near
Schwade's old cabin. espied a nan
whom he had since the murder believed
to be the assassin. n forthwith caused
his arrest. Mr.. Fuller had seen him on
a couple OF previous visits to Butte. but
before he could enlist the services of
the police the man a disappeared. AT
I o'clock yesterday afternoon Fuller
saw his man in the Combination, and
Officer Schmidt nabbed him. Al the city
Jail the prisoner gave his name as Sam
Phillips.
Mr.. Fuller's conviction Is based On
the following facts which he gave oct
in a conversation yesterday with a re-
porter for the Standard:
Along about the 10th of May, / won't
be positive as to dates. this fellow Phil
lips came to my house and wanted 10
spend the night under my roof. His
general appearance and demeanor were
against him; / mistrusted that he was
not all right and j ordered him to move
on. Now, right there and then l made
a critical survey of the mar / noted
his dress and a scar over his eye ana
one on his neck. 1 particularly noted
a rend in his pants and the kind of
cloth his suit was made of. The pants
we're of dark doeskin material.
"A few DAYS later the came man
came again to my house and said tina
he was lousy and asked me for some
clothes. I wouldn't allow him near the
place and warned him to keep away.
Later In the day / thought l heard
some one screaming and soon after
heard a pistol shot. which sounds carne
from the direction of Fritz's place.
(Schwade was known by the sobriquet
of Fritz.) / didn't pay particular atten-
ton to the sounds and forgot about
them in a few hours. 1t all came back
to me. though, when i heard OF the
murder.
The day following the finding of the
body Detective Murphy discovered
some old clothing near Fritz's place.
When / saw this clothing. especially the
pants with the hole in them, i recoG-
nized them as the ones worn by the
Hdn VINO sdlu ~ was iouSy IA ~
me to give him some clothes.
Those pants were the ones worn by
this same Sam Phillips who is now in
the city jail 4 could. recognize that
face among a crowd and will never
forget IL. 1t is strikingly repulsive AMI
hard. The scars are there. Yes. sir,
Phillips Is the man who left my house
on the day of the murder. going in the
direction of Fritz's cabin"
As soon as Mr.. Fuller saw Phillips he
went to the city Jail, where he was told
by Day Jailer Boyle to tell the first po-
lfceman he saw to arrest Phillips. OFF,
Ger Schmidt was the first to come under
Mr.. Fuller's eye and that policeman ar
rested Phillips. When the officer put
his hand on Phillips shoulder the fell
low shrank back as IL attacked by a
panther. His coat collar was turned
up. c~oncealing the scar in his neck. He
shrank again when the officer turned
down the collar and exposed to view
the scar which Mr.. Fuller declares is
the one carried by the man who called
at his place nearly two years ago.
At the Jail the prisoner displayed
much emotion and was very nervous.
He was not told Of the charge under
which he was arrested, and he APP
peared to be very anxious to learn the
cause of his arrest. He was asked II
he ever wandered over Whiskey gulch
way, and he answered. swapping his
words off with a ring: mo; never saw
it," He was very noticeably eager to
catch every word said by the men In
the jailer's office, holding his ear up TO
the grating which separated him from
the corridor. His eyes, remarkable for
their popularity. flashed wildly all the
while.
story of the Crime.
The body of Adolph Schwade was dis
covered in a tunnel opposite his cabin
in Whiskey gulch on Sunday. May 16.
1897. His cabin was about 200 yards
: south of the point where the B., A. a. T.
crosses the Burlington wagon road. he
had been dead. evidently. for two or
three DAYS and il is supposed that he
was murdered for the money which the
assassin evidently believed that he pos
> sessed. Charles Hicks. who was work.
ing a stone quarry three-quarters OF a
mile from the place. discovered the
body. He had been in the habit of hav-
ing his blacksmithing done by Fritz.
About Q O'Clock Saturday morning he
took down some picks to be sharpened
and found the door OF the cabin open.
but the old man was nowhere in sight.
Hicks supposed that he vas at work
, In the tunnel. and piled the picks up
against the door. as he had frequently
: done before. He returned for them In
: the afternoon and found things just IS
he had seen them In the morning. He
called down the tunnel for the old man,
Z but got no answer, and ~supposing that
. he was visiting one of the neighbors,
he went away again. He returned again
on Sunday. the day following, and was
surprised to FIND the cabin door still
standing open and the picks untouched
a Fearing that Schwade had been injured
: or killed while at work In the tunnel
Hicks made ar Investigation and found
the dead body about Is feet from the
. entrance. He ran TO the quarry and Sc
a cured his brother nj John Best anj
together they examined the body. after
!. which he drove to the city n notified
the coroner.