The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-08-16

Patrick ]. O'Lcary who conducts a sa-
loon At No. 2oI Anaconda road, was held
mp III his saloon between 30 and II
o'clock last night aud robbed Of $fR2, In
addition to the money he came very near
losing his life, for the hold mp used A gun
and fired three bullets al D'leafy two
oi which plowcd through the scalp OF his
head. The other missed him and buried
Itself III the wall AT the end OF the bar.
Twelve stitches were necessary 10 bring the
severed scalp together
Today Olcary is walking about the
streets with his head done up in bandages.
lie says Mike Dwycr did the job. Whether
II was Mike Dwyer or someone else the
robber was moi masked. O'Lcary says
there were IS or 80 men in the place a,
the time, but as soon as they saw the gun
they had business outside and goi there as
soon as possible. There was general
stampede to get out Of the way Of pros
pcctiyc bullets.
Room Was Full OF iden.
u was waiting on customers al the
time" says O'Eeary, but only two men
were at the bar, although there were IS or
80 IN the room. Yesterday was pay
day on the hill and several OF those pres
ent had paid their bills and sat down.
Dwycr had been around the saloon Tor
two or three days, but il did not occur to
ne that he intended to do anything OF that
nature. Just before he robbed me he
stepped up to the bar and called for a
glass Of beer gave him the beverage
and he drank it,
lie then stepped behind the bar and
told me he wanted the money in the cash
register. ! said to him; Get ont Of this,
boy. You cant have H. With that he
drew gun from his hip pocket I think
It was about Al or J4-calibrc, and struck
me on the head with it, Then he began
shooting and fred three shots two Of
which struck me Oh the head. | went
down and out and when ! came TO my
senses Dwyer had gone with all the money
in the register.
Went Down and Out.
Il went TO the city hall and reported
the matter as soon as ! could and then had
the wounds on my head scwed up. was
not prepared for an attack Of the kind
In fact ! did not think anyone would have
the nerve to hold me up while the house
was full Of people
THAT was about as bold piece OF work
as have ever run against and have lived
in Butte ~ years. Four years ago | was
held up in Anaconda and robbed OF $1,000,
but the job was not quite 50 bold as the
one last night ! had won the money on
the races there and suppose that some
body saw me pull it down Late that
night | was confronted by a man with
gun who told me to throw up my hands.
You are joking, lad said, but | soon
found out he was in earnest, for he hit me
a swipe with the gun and knocked ME out.
When regained consciousness my money
and the man were gone.
Last winter couple Of masked men
attempted to hold me up in my saloon in
Dublin gulch, but they did not make it
stick, as ] was prepared for them. They
sneaked around the house quite while,
but must have been aware OF the fact that
] was laying for them, as they did not
enter the house"
About go o'clock this morning
O'Leary called at the police station to get a
warrant for the arrest OF Dwyer, but was
directed to the county attorneys office.
He told the city hall officials he believed
Dwyer had left the city, as he had NOT
heard OF him since last night