Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-02
MURDER WILL OUT
Death of Ad0lph SWade May
Be Avenged.
SUSPECTED MAN ARRESTED
A Chain of Circumstartial Evidence
Seems to Enclose Sam Phillips
Identification Positive.
SUSPECTED MAN ARRESTED

Hoh oio saying III tSI VIII Jul,
seems to be in a fair way of being proven
in the case of Adolph Swade, who was
well known in Butte as Fritz and who
was brutally murdered in May, 1897, in
Whisky gulch west of Butte.
This afternoon a man giving the name
of Sam Phillips was arrested by Officer
Smith and lodged behind the bars on
suspicion of being the man who murder
ed Fritz, and already there is a chain of
circumstantial evidence against him that
brings into view the grim shadows Of
the gallows.
Several lays ago Miles Fuller informed
Detective Murphy that he had seen on
the streets of Butte, the mar whom cir
cumstantial evidences pointed to as the
murderer of Fritz. Accordingly a watch
was kept for him, but he succeeded in
GLIDING the officers until this afternoon.
Mr.. Fuller came over from Whisky
gulcl today and had the good fortune to
SPOT the man in the Combination on
Main street. He at once repaired to
headquarters and getting the assistance
of Officer Smith went back to the room
and pointed out the man. identification
was SooS lhS ~ hS pNSo'ipi
of the man and to two large scars, one on
the left cheek and the other on his neck.
officer Smith went up to him and turn
ing down the coat collar, saw the tell tale
scar. The man seemed to know what
was up n for a M was so fright
ened that he almost collapsed on the
spot. Ee was taken to the city jail and
when Officer Smith tried to make him an
swer some questions the man said:
81 am so frightened 1 can't ak
He gave his name as Sam Phillips but
Mr.. Fuller says that is not the name he
went by two years ago. To an Inter
Mountain reporter Phillips said that he
came to Butte a couple of months ago
and hat he was at present engaged in
peddling groceries for Max Neer at Al
South Montana street. He admitted that
he had been in Butte before and said at
that time he was "rustling" for Bell, the
tailor. The prisoner is not prepossessing
in appearance. He protests that he has
been guilty of no wrong doing.
Miles Fuller in telling his tory to an
Inter Mountain reporter said that he
was absolutely sure of his That
the murder of Fritz occurred on a
Saturday in May, 1897 and on the Mon
day previous, the prisoner arrested to-
day was hanging around his and Fritz's
claims in Whisky gulch. The man
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but as he vas unclean Fuller drove him
way. On the Saturday of the murder
when Fuller was going to work he saw
this man again. He saw him go up to-
wards Fritz's workings and a little
while afterwards, heard some one cry
out and it was Immediately followed by
a shot. He could not tell the direction of
the sounds and did not suspect hi any
evil had befallen Fritz. Afterwards he
saw this same man go into Fritz's cabin.
The body of Fritz was not discovered
until next day and the man who gives
the name of Phillips disappeared and
was not seen by Fuller until this week.
1t appears that after the murder, the
went into Fritz's cabin and dom
ming a suit belonging to the dead man,
left his in their place. The old clothes
We're positively identified by Fuller as
those worn by the man who was hanging
around the claims. He is absolutely
that the MAJ arrested today is
the man who was on the claims the day
the murder and that he is the man
who wore the black doe Skin pants that
We're left in exchange for the dead mans
clothes. Fuller a that several DAYS
ago he met Phillips and spoke to him
and the latter told him he had been
away from Butte three years. Philips
was always i'll at ease with Fuller and
tried to avoid him..