Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
Under Sheriff Murphy Lands
Him Behind Bars.
TOUGH TIME in LORADO
HOboes Threatened to Rescue the
Prisoner, But Failed to
Make it Good.

Jerry ID. Murphy, undo sheriff OF Sill
yer Bow county, returned from Colorado
this morning with Dan Lucey, alias Dan
Sullivan, who is charged with the brutal
murder of Patrick l.. Reagan in Silver
Bow canyon last September. Mr.. Murphy
and his prisoner We're met at the depot
by Deputy Sheriffs Shay and O'Neill.
Lueey was wearing what is known in
official circles as an Oregon boot a
circular piece of iron weighing about Is
pounds, which encircles the ankle and
prevents the wearer from making any
Roadway in case he attempts to escape.
At , o'clock his afternoon Lucey was
taken before Justice Harrington for plea
purposes, but he waived all preliminary
proceedings and was walked back to the
county Jail. According to those who
knew him prior to the murder he is not
so high in flesh as he was then, but he is
still a husky man. He is rather stoutly
built, is of medium height and carries a
pair of bad grey eyes. He wears his hat
on the left side of his lead. In general
appearance he is a tough appearing man
and as cool as the proverbial cucumber.
On his return to the Jail from the justice
office he was met at the door of the court
house by Mrs. Reagan, wife Of the muir
dered mans brother. who desired to get
a look at him. Lucey avoided her as
much as possible, but after entering the
Jail she was ushered close TO the bars on
the outside. Lucey turned around on the
inside and looked back and as soon as
he did SO Mrs. Reagan exclaimed: "Oh,
I know you boy! 1t is you all right and
walked away.
Reagan's brother was also there, but
did nothing save size the prisoner up.
Mr.. Murphy had rather a rough expert
ence in Colorado and is lucky to get back
with his man. On arriving at Victor he
hunted up the man that made the arrest
and had a talk with him in regard to
Lucey. He said his name was Jack Meany
and his occupation was that of police
man. Then he began to make inquiry
about a reward of $3.50 offered for the ar
rest and conviction of Lucey. Mr.. Muir
ply explained the situation to him, say
ing that the none could not be paid un-
til a conviction was secured and that was
the condition on which it had been offer
ed. The officer did not want to let Lucey
go unless he received the money on the
spot, but other officers interfered and the
Butte man went to the Jail after his nan
Lucey failed to recognize Murphy at
first. but after being told it was all off
with him he weakened. He acted like a
frightened man and for one of his tenn
permanent showed signs of nervousness.
He, agreed to come back to Butte without
ceremony in the way of executive aid.
Murphy had to pay out all the money he
could spare, which was $40, before the
officers there would let him go. They
claimed that the expenses incidental to
his arrest had cost something. When the
Butte officer arrived at Florence, the
junction of the road leading up to Cripple
Creek, he was met by a band of desper-
ate hoboes, one Of whom told him they
intended to rescue Lucey and If they did
not do it there they would accomplish the
job before he arrived in Butte. They
gathered around the officer and his pris-
oner, and all indications pointed to APP
preaching trouble, but officers and citi-
zens of Florence, surmising that some
thing was liable to happen if they did
not prepare to act, lowered about the
scene. This had a deleterious effect upon
the gang, but had it not been for the peo-
pie of Florence it is doubtful if Lucey
would be here today.
Mr.. Murphy says he saw many Butte
men in that section and they loaned him
valuable assistance in getting away with
Lucey. About a hundred people, good
citizens of the camps, asked him if he
thought a conviction would be obtained
in the courts here. At first he told them
he did not know; hat it all depended
upon circumstances, but when one man
advised him to tell them a conviction was
sure he did so, as the man had added that
if they thought Lucey would escape here
the people there would mete out a pun
ishment to fit the crime with which he is
charged before he got away.
'Talk about mining camps said Mr..
Murphy this afternoon, Cripple Creek
is the greatest one on the face of the
earth. We have mines and people, but
Cripple Creek beats u.s.
DR.. Rinehart, dentist, Hennessy block.