The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-10-19

All attention was then paid to Mund,
who was dying. The bullet had entered
the right breast, ranged downward and
came out low down on the left side. He
lived about two hours, and during that
time dictated some letters to relatives
who lived in Missouri. He died game
and reviled his captors to the last, his
dying words being: For Gods sake,
give me gun, and 1 will take some OF
you fellows out Of this world with me
when I go!"
BY this time number Of the rest
dents Of that section had assembled, and
threats OF lynching We're freely made,
but the Madison valley men gave it out
cold that IL such an attempt was made
there would be others to bury besides
Mund before the sun was very much
higher. This settled It, and the Madison
boys We're allowed to depart in peace
after Mund was buried.
A few days afterward the entire party
of horse thieves accompanied by Mrs.
Edmundson and the family, We're safely
landed in Virginia City, from where they
We're taken a few days later by the
sheriff of Jefferson county. From Boulder
they were taken to Helena for safe keep
ing, and afterwards the EdmundsonS
were found guilty and sent to the peni-
tertiary.
Murphy was never brought to trial.
He escaped from the Helena Jail few
weeks after he was placed therein, and
fled to the Yellowstone valley, where he
was captured some weeks later at Big
Timber and returned to Helena. 1t was
not deemed safe to leave him in the
ramshackle Jail at Helena, and he was
taken to Butte to be lodged in the Silver
Bow county Jail for safe keeping, under
the charge of a deputy sheriff named
Conrad and this is how the Butte paper
at that time told of an incident which
happened on the way over:
Near Silver Bow Junction, Murphy
asked permission to go to the gentle-
mems room for minute. This was
granted. AS he was handcuffed and
shackled. Mr.. Conrad had no idea he
would attempt to escape. When he got
into the room he opened the window and
jumped out, turning a double somer-
sault as he did so.
IAN old lady sitting in a chair near
the window happened to be looking out
and saw him make his leap for liberty
and gave the alarm. The train was rum
ming 20 miles an hour, and, there being
some knots in the bellrope, it was soma
time before the train could be brought
to a standstill. 1t was then backed down
to the point at which Murphy was sup
posed to have jumped off. Mr. Conrad
then got off and started to look for his
prisoner.
He had not gone far until he found
his erstwhile prisoner sitting on tho
bank of the creek and working hard on
his shackles. He had succeeded in get
ting one of the handouts off. and had
he been left alone for few minutes
Ia. a h,, III fran
and in a position to once more escape to
the bad lands of the Yellowstone.
Mr.. Conrad then handcuffed him, and
though Murphy was sore, both in body
and mind, marched him back to Silver
Bow, where he procured conveyance
and drove into Butte with him, where he
turned his prisoner over to The sheriff Of
Silver Bow"
He remained in this Jail until Novem-
Der, when he was taken to Helena for
trial. However, through the assistance
of friends, he again escaped and went
into hiding. This was in 1854, and the
next heard of Murphy was in December
of that year. just before Christmas.
when the report came to Helena that he
was hiding in cabin near the head OF
the Prickly Pear
An officer visited the cabin and had
little difficulty in arresting the outlaw.
The latter drew a Derringer from the
lining of his coat and shot the officer
IN the hand.
Murphy was disarmed before he could
do any more damage, but the report
went into Helena ahead of the sheriff
and his prisoner, that Murphy had made
the assault. and when the Prckly Pear
was reached. , masked mob took Mur-
ply away from his captor and hanged
him 10 The railroad bridge.