Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-12-12
PAT MURRAY GIVES BAIL
Pat Secures His Release, But the 9th
sr Suspects Have to Bide Their
Time in Jail.
ALlBI TO BE DEFENCE
ceuntryman Asserts His Ability t.
Prove That They Were Miles
Away When Robbery Occurred.

Away When Robbery Occurred.
On Saturday County Attorney Cas-
we'll lodged complain. before JUS
tice Chattield. charging Jesse Lind
say Lonesome joe" Will Country
man and Pat Murray with robbery,
the allegation being that they had
Bridger bank. Pat Murray appeared
before the justice to have his bonds |
fixed for the examination, which is
set for next Monday. and he was re-
ullired to furnish a bond in the sum
of 1000. He succeeded in obtaining
Lewis Chapman and Ed Olcott to be-
come his sureties and was released
from custody. To secure his bonds
men from toss iii the event that TIC
does not appear when the case is
called fol trial in Justice Chatficld's
court, Murray signed over to his
bondsmen a certificate Of deposit for
81 600, which will be forfeited unless
he puts in an appearance when the
case is called.
An information was subsequently
filed direct in the district court yes
terday charging the four parties I'M
der arrest with being implicated in
the robbery. They were to have been
arraigned this morning, but some ma
terial evidence against them could
not be obtained until tomorrow, and
they will not appear in court to an
sWer to the charge until that date.
F. G. Woodward has been retained to
defend them.
| Will Coutryman was put through
the sweat box" last Friday night in
order to learn, if possible. whether or
not he was implicated in the Bridger
bank robbery. He appeared entirely
at ease all through the examination
and apparently was anxious to fur
nish all the information that he was
able to concerning his whereabouts
at the time of the commission of the
robbery and subsequently thereto up
to the time that he was taken into
custody. Those who were privileged
to hear the story say that il the
young man was not telling the truth
together most probable story, and
it was told with such apparent frank
ness and candor not to say nonchal-
ance, as to convey the impression
that he was relating actual facts as
they had occurred or else was pos
sessed of colossal nerve and possess
ed in wonderful degree cunning
coolness and daring that go to make
np the most dangerous criminals o1
the age.
Countryman claimed that he had
!, been employed for several months
back in herding about $50 head of cat
tie on the Rosebud for his uncle
Frank Quinn and had Occupied The
Rainny Mcdonald cabin as his stop
ping place ever since he had been il
that section In addition to the testi
: mOny Of the other three parties unde
that all four had ben at the cabin al
day Tuesday during the time of tn
robbery he said that the evidence Q
, DIR. d. McH. Mckay, Mr.. and Mrs
: Horace Lambert and Mr.. and Mrs
= Reeves would be introduced at tn
. preliminary hearing to prove tn
Y whereabouts of himself and Lone
some Joe" at $50 Wednesday mOrl
: ing. On that morning after havin
= fed the stock he ana lonesome ma
- gone over to Mr.. Reeves place, abO,
a mile away, where Mr. Lambert wa
= laid up with an abscess on his arm
: When they got there they found y
- Mckay had arrived from Fisntail IL
: the purpose Of lancing the arm OF N
= Lambert 1t was cOntcnded by COu
% =. tryman that it would have been q
= impOssbiity to have covered the di
- length of time that had elapsed sim
~ the robbery occurred. They Won
~ have to make the trip in about TIVE
- ty-one hours and he did not think u
ss horse lived that could carry nt
- over the broken country that lies I
70 tween there and bridaer in tn
i.s length OF time A continuous Il
= over a mountainous country for a d
~ tance of seventy-fve or eighty mil
- he said he was positive could not
made in that short space OF time.
- should be borne in mind that in est:
az fishing this alibi that Countryman
lies upon the evidence of his cous
- Horace Lambert. and OF his au
~ Mrs. Reeves, as to his whereabo'
70 on the morning succeeding the r.
my