Fergus County argus., 1902-04-30
Desperate Killed at San Antonio, Tex.
as, s,undoubtedly One Of the Great
Northern Train Robbers.
A LONG CAREER OF CRIME
Spent Nine Years in the Deer Lodge
Penitentiary-WelI Known in
Northern Montana.
(Great Falls LEADER.

CndTlle Jones dl Sdn AntOnlOi lex.
a few days ago as told in the dis
patches. was news which was expect.
ed to many people in this city, where
the desperate was known, and where
Ae lived for some time last spring
Jones was one of the men who held
up the Northern Pacific at Grey Cliff
ten years ago. and was followed by
former United States Marshal Sam
Jackson across country, through Great
Falls and on to the Blackfeet reserva-
tion.
The "BuII Pen" Killing.
There they were cornered in the
Bull Pen" cabin few miles below
Two Medicine lake and Henry Schu.
mer, one of the marshal's posse, was
killed on the first attempt at capture.
After the killing of Schumer the at
tacking forces withdrew and the out.
laws managed to get out the front
door of the cabin and to the brush
without being observed, but were com.
PEELED to leave their horses. Later
they were followed along the noun.
tains to the top of the divide on the
way to Kalispell and half dozen bat
ties were had, resulting in the kill
ing of two of the outlaws and the in
juring of another so that he died, and
the capture of the other three. Jones
was taken by section crew while
hiding under a pile of ties near the
right of way and was suffering from
hunger and exposure. At his trial b.
was given ten years at Deer Lodg'
and came directly to this city from th'
penitentiary.
Lived in Great Falls.
He was known to several peopl,
here, and stayed around six weeks
doing nothing, all the time seemin!
to have plenty of money. Shortl.
after his leaving here the Grea
Northern express hold-up at Malta oc
Cured. and those who knew Jone
were satisfied that he was one of tn
men who committed the daring deed
About six weeks ago one Billy VII
son, a member of the gang of despeI
ADDE'S who have given northern Nor
tana so much unenviable advertise
ing, arrived in the city from Dee
Lodge, where he had served a two
year sentence for having burgla
tools in his possession, and RENAME
here for ten days. During his sta
here Wilson told several that Jone
was the man who made the spectac'
lar running fight and escaped in an ic
; wagon from the southern authoritie
last winter. Wilson gave it out ths
, Jones was going direct to Texas {
that time to hide himself and HI
story. is believed to be the truth.
Found Their Cache.
The robbers who were captured
Two Medicine ten years ago are su
: posed to have left a cache somewhel
: as none of them had any money whe
: captured, and a few years ago Mr.
Big Nose, a Blackfoot squaw. disco
b cred a tin can containing $1,000 In GU
rency near the place where the ra
road bridge spans the Two MediciI
river. The money was supposed
. be part of that which was hidden
u the bandits, but was the only amou
o discovered and there is supposed
VI be several thousand dollars more hi
!, Den there.
! The following from the Inter Mou
u tain with an alleged prominent ci
, zen of northern Montana" was WI
a ten by some one who had consid'
y able knowledge of the inside histo
Ii OF the case and will be OF intere
The prominent citizen" says:
T. 81 met Jones in Great Falls Sol
\ \ time toward the end Of last May a
ID about a month after his leaving I
III penitentiary. He recognized me
% mediately. You can reveal my Id
sc tity so far as to say that | was amo
!" the first to see him after he "
~ brought in to Kalispell at the time
% his capture for the Northern Paci
" robbery.
w without going into that affair
" farther you will remember that Jor
OF spent nine years in the pententi'
oe at Deer Lodge Ior his share in 1t.
az Went After Plunder.
nc HE told me he was going up
'm the Blackfoot reservation, where
CT had cached some Of the plunder at
OF time the United States deputy N
shals hunted them out Of there.
"In less than three weeks he
nv hack in the Falls again.
on 81 met him on Central avenue
lly evening and he told me that he
IN. been to his old stamping ground
. found everything changed. He