The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-16

| about % years old Dotson is a man of
about 40 years of age. dark complexion,
| with grayish hair, and mustache; both
| being about feet inches high. Per-
| singer is a larger man and about 30
years old. with light hair and mus
tachc.
When seen this evening by the
| Standard reporter none of them would
| say anything about the crime, but ap-
| peared to be trying to pose as inno-
| cents. Benson said he has been in Mon
| tana only few mouths. leaving Spear
! fish. $. d., in May He says he spent
| Fourth of July in Bozeman and Tho n
! Joined Dotson, his uncle. in Anaconda,
where he had been associated with
tUuEhs.
| "DOtson says he has been in the state
| about a year. having come from Mis-
| souri,, while Persinger does not seem to
| be able 10 give very good account oil
| himself. This is all the officers can
| get out Of them.
| The officers are proud of the cap
| ture and pleased beyond measure at the
| accidental discovery which led TO the
| capture. The description of the wagon,
! team and men tailed exactly with that
| sent out by the Deer Lodge authorities.
Deputy DAILY has arrived from Liv-
inGstOn and efforts are being made to
locate Sheriff Conley in the park. With
the exception of Benson the three men
90 not LOOK like llulutIetS
story of the Chase.
The story of the crime and of the
chase after the alleged murderers of
Eugene Cullinam is one full of that
quality the novelists call action.
To recall the circumstances: Guilt
nam. a pioneer of "a years residence in
this county. placer miner worth
about S12,000 was living alone in his
cabin in American gulch. "Wednesday
last Aug. g. his partner, John Mulhol-
land. on returning after a prolonged
absence. found the cabin deserted. Gull
Imam had been seen last on the pre-
ceding Saturday, Aug. 5. Search was
instituted Immediately, but proved
without avail. Thursday the sheriff
was notified by Kiley brothers of
Washington sulch of Culinams disap-
pearance. Deputy Sheriffs Thomas
Mullin and John Robinson were dis
patched to the scene.
Friday afternoon last they discov-
cred the body of Cullinam buried in a
shallow grave in the thicket half a
mile from the murdered mans resi-
dence. Two shots had been fired into
Cullinam. One penetrated his body
and the other blew out his brains and
disigured the head. The body was
wrapped in canvas. A gold watch and
possibly $40 or SIS had been the extent
of the wealth secured from him.
Justice of the Peace Glover impan-
eled a jury, acting in the capacity of
coroner, and the verdict returned was
that Cullinam had come to his death
by parties unknown.
In the meantime Sheriff Conley had
been on the ground. John Chadwick,
whose farm adjoined Cullinam's place.
was found to have some knowledge of
an alleged plot to murder Cullnam for
his money.
He told the officers that oliver Ben
son and Clinton Dotson had APP
preached him with plan to murder
Culinam. They had told him, he said,
that they would go away, establish an
alihi, 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 messen-
gers believed Chadwick was dreaming
and never delivered the messages.
Chadwick was sent at once to Ana
conda where he still is. being held as
a witness.
Four Mysterious Suspects.
On Saturday Aug. -. Sheriff Conley
and Deputy Sheriff Robinson arrested
| four men at Washington gulch Among
| these was Oliver Dotson, aged 70 years,
| a patriarchal old man. who has been
| a resident of Washington gulch for five
| years. He is the grandfather of Oliv~Y
Benson and the father of Clinton Dot
| son, the two men arrested yesterday.
| The second man of the four was
| William Cachelian, the son-in-law of
Oliver Dotson, and a man of middle
age and good appearance.
| William Glover and Gabriel Hilder-
| brand We're the remaining two of the
| quartette. These two were held more
as witnesses than as accOmplices.
| Sheriff COnley at once hurried the
men to Anaconda, bringing Deputy
Robinson with him. The party arrived
here Saturday night. At Avon, the tel
| egraph station nearest Washington
gulch, and at Anaconda Sheriff Conley
gave the names of the men as John
| OlesOn, John O'Brien, Dan Dee and
! William Jones He had reason to be-
| lieve the actual culprits We're Clinton
| Dotson and Oliver Benson, whom he
| had not caught; he believed they knew
the quartette he had arrested had
knowledge of their crime-if they are
| the guilty men-and he did not want
| the two fugitives to know their sup
| posed accOmplices We're in custody.
These four men are still held in the
| Anaconda Jail
While the quartette are residents OF
| Washington gulch, Clinton Dotson anC
Oliver Benson have been merely so
| journers there. Clinton DOtson is about
| % years III age, Claims To Dt Il SUOMI
| mason and his home is at Crook City
:. D., in the Black Hills. where he has
| a wife and nine children. He is slight.
| lN crippled in one foot. stands five feet
10 or 101& inches tail. has a tattoo mark
| on his arm, dresses in workman
clothes and is good looking man. He
| is a son of Oliver Dotson of Washing
| ton gulch. now in jail.
Oliver Benson, nephew of Clinton
! Dotson. and his partner, is, as men
| toned in the foregoing, a grandson OF
| oliver Dotson, the patriarchal-appear.
ing old gentleman now in Jail here. Oil
| Yer Benson is q years old, has served
in the United States navy, is, like his
| uncle. a resident of Crook City, s. D
He is smooth faced young man with
dark brown hair, white. regular teeth
! slender frame and handsome features
Several times have Clinton Dotsor
and Oliver Benson journeyed from tbs
Black Hills to Washington gulch in
wagon. S!ngularly enough they usual
| ly Travelled by night and rested by day