Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-18
WOLFF IS IN JAIL
AND WILL BE TRIED HERE FOR
MURDER,
STRATAGEM OF THE SHERIFF
Threats Had Been Made That Wolff
Would Never Leave the County
Alive.


Alive.
| Dillon, March &c.
Sheriff Charles Hill of Madison county.
accompanied by Special Deputy James
| Tull, arrived in town Thursday forenoon
with John Wolff, the murderer of Sheriff
James Summers in the Madison valley
few months ago Wolff had been
granted change of venue, and was
| brought to this county for trial which
| Will probably take place in May Mr.,
Hill worked little strategy on the Mae.
lson county people, some of whom hal
expressed the determination that Wolf
should never get out of that county
alive, even if he was granted a change
OF venue. Wednesday the sheriff made
1t known in Virginia City that he wouli
leave the next day for Deer Lodge with
Palmer, the man convicted of codomv
and that on his return to Virginia City
he would take Wolff to Dillon. At 5
o'clock Thursday morning, however, he
| loaded Wolff and Palmer into a light
spring wagon and was in Dillon with his
prisoners before hardly any one in Nd y
ison county knew that he had left town.
Wolff takes the change in boarding
houses with good grace. and does not APP
pear to worry much over the outcome of
his escapade. Palmer, who, by the way,
is the man who brought Wolff to this
state, was taken to Deer Lodge, whe"c
he will serve ten years for his offense.
A. L. Mitchell, who has charge of the
outside circulation of the Inter Noun
tain is in town. and has a corps or So
licltors assisting him in looking up busl-
ness for his most excellent publication
He has good list here at present, ana
1t is his aim to constantly add new
names on his subscription books. He
has met with pretty fair success this
trip, and few cards of Dillon firms W i'll
hereafter appear in the Inter Mountain.
He is soliciting advertising matter f)r
the birthday anniversary Of the Inter
Mountain, which will be issued on
March %, and will commemorate the
twentieth anniversary of the Int r
! Mountain. The issue will be in maya
zine form, with handsome cover pages,
in colors and will be one Of the best
special editions ever issued by a western
publication. The excellent facilities OF
the art department of the Inter Noun
tain have been called into Iequisition,
and, from cover to cover, it will be re
plete with neatly illustrated articles
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tanas favorite daily are capable of get
ting out. Dillon people had better see
Mr.. Mitchell while he is in town and
get on the list. for that birthday issue
aolne will be worth years subscription
for it's historical value.
A. S. Johnson, who was appointed
registry agent for the coming city cleo
ton at the last meeting of the city coun-
ell, has resigned, as he desired to enter
the race as a candidate for city treas
urer. Both the mayor and the president
of the city council are out of town. and
a meeting can not be held to adjust the
: matter. The registry books should have
been opened yesterday but up to dasc
they have not materialiZed.
Little interest has been created in the
city election, and the offices, for the most
part, are going a-begging. AS there is
no outspoken candidate for mayor, the
friends of Leonard Eliel are discussing
the matter of putting him up for the
office. At present he is in the east, and
it is thought that if he is elected he will
accept. He has heretofore served the
city in this capacity with credit. AS yet
no one has come forward for the Office
of police magistrate, but it is understood
that the present efficient incumbent, L.
+. Jones, would accept the position again
if it were rendered him. There may lie
a contest for city treasurer, as two or
. three of our young men have an eye
IN the job, which pays 5000 a year, and
is carried as sort of side line. There
. probably will only be one ticket in tho
field, and a caucus to nominate it viii
be called for Monday, March ..
| The Tacit Travelle company is billed
, for next Wednesday and Thursday even.
, ings at the Dillon theater, and, if tht
| press reports are any criterion to go by
it will be one Of the best performances
that has appeared in Dillon for many q
day. It is vaudeville of the highest
order. and the singing features rams
with the best of the star performers Of
the day.
An interesting game Of billiards wa.
: pulled off in the Callahan saloon Tues.
day night for SO a side between James
Haney and Bob Lowry. 1t was a cushion
, carom. eight-inch balk line contest. ant
Lowry played $50 to Haney's so. TIL:
contest resulted in a victory for Lowry
the score being Isl to 81.
, f, L. Hail. superintendent of the
!. Grasshopper- Montana Placer company
. left the first Of the week for Grasshoppc
creek, where he will superintend the re-
, pair work now going on. Ed L. Smith
, the well known placer expert. accom-
> panied him.
William r. Grant of Omaha inspecte,
the mining property in the Argent dis
trict owned by the French Bros. OF thi
! city. Sunday, and it is said mining
3 deal Of Importance is on the tapis.
John E. Barbour. a prominent attOrnc.
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