Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
REYNOLDS IS
IN JAIL AGAIN
SAID TO HAVE ABSTRACTED TWO
DOLLARS FROM JOHN SIN
COCKS POCKET.
RECALLS THE DEEDS OF
A GANG OF ROBBERS.
Reynolds Was Supposed to Be a Mem
ber-Two Are Now in the
P~enitentiary.

John Sincock appeared at the county at
torney.s office today and announced him
who was arrested by the police department
last night on a charge of robbing Mr.. SIM
cock OF " by deliberately dipping one Of
and extracting the coin while the pair were
IN a South Main street saloon. Mr.. Sim
cock made to the county attorney a state-
belief. He said among other things that
he had been in Butte II years and Rey-
nolds was the first son of a gun he had
ever encountered. He also said he was
an honest man himself and did not pro-
pose to allow any man to rob him.
When. Reynolds was searched at the
and other things We're found on him, which
would indicate that he is all right in his
business. A man that will steal 2 will steal
more II he gets a chance. and he ought to
Reynolds is said to nave been the leader
Of a gang of hold-ups that operated In
although arrested along with others of
the gang at that time. escaped punishmsn t
because there was no direct evidence
aEainst him; John Ryan and Thomas
Water SLIM both members of the gang,
We're tried and convicted of robbery and
sentenced to 20 years each in the peniten,
tiary. They are the men who held up and
robbed the inmates of the Copper State
saloon, at the northwest corner of Plati-
mum and Arizona streets. and exchanged
SAAOl ~ " "Ao ~ AANSN
them at work. Ryan was caught a few
minutes later in a shed at the rear of the
saloon. where he had gone into hiding
until the smoke of battle had cleared away.
Hot Water Slim" escaped for the time
being, but was captured a few weeks later
in Centerville. He had been wounded in
the battle with the policeman, q bullet hav-
ing passed through one of his legs. and
this fact prevented him from getting out
of town right after the robbery. 1t has
been ascertained that during the first week
following the robbery he was kept In a
ave north of the city and his wants sup
piled by other members OF the gang. Be
sought the more comforting surroundings
of a boarding house in Centerville. and In
due time some one notified the sheriffs
office of his whereabouts. During his trial
he claimed to have received the wound ac-
cidentally in Walkerville. but the jury
testimony showing that right after the
hold-up ne had taken a bed at the Work
ingmen's lodging house, then being con-
Quoted at the northwest corner OF Platl-
mum and Main streets, and permitted the
sheets Of the couch to become saturated
with blood from the wound. Ryan,. 1t is
said expressed a desire to turn. states
easy as possible, but the proof of guilt
against him was SO convincing that his
offer was not accepted. 1t Is also said that
others arrested on suspicion wanted to tell
what they knew about the gang, but were
afraid of Reynolds. After being taken to
and since then has been closely watched.
Before being taken to Deer Lodge he had
! a horror of prison life, and it is supposed
he had not recovered from 1t at the time
he made the attempt to shake OH the
shackles by taking his own life.