Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1902-07-11
.THBY ARE NOT 50 BAD
Sheriff Potter and Posse Had No Trouble
at All in Arresting Hannah
and Mogan.
BROUGHT TO REDLODGE
Alleged Desperadoes Put Up Cash Bond
and Will Have Hearing Tomorrow.
Fired on While Moving.

The arrest of Link Hannah and Harry
Mogan. the Dry Head men accused Of
shooting Ed Morris in battle with
rifles week ago last Tuesday, was ac-
complished by Sheriff Potter last Friday
morning with little trouble. The men
were taken at Hannan's ranch about 4
o'clock and they came with the sheriff
and his posse without the least resist
ance.
Upon leaving Red Lodge Wednesday
afternoon of last week Sheriff Potter and
his party proceeded to Bridger, enconn-
tering enroute a cloudburst and hail
storm. Hailstones the size Of walnuts
pelted riders and horses, while rivers
poured across the highway. Added to
the cloudburst and hail was the flash Of
lightning, which cracked dangerously
near at times, while thunder, peal upon
peal, reverberated and echoed through
the hills. It was what might be we'll
termed wild ride and the sheriff says
it was the worst storm he ever encoun-
Il LeTGu Ill all Ills tA pCIltICt
On Thursday morning the party pro-
ceeded to Bowler, where, at noon, Clabe
Young, noted shot and oldtime west
erner, together with Michael Wrote and
''Doc" Nieland, who shot Mogan last
fall, inhicting wound which DETECTED
from rib and ran course almost half
way around Mogans body, joined Sheriff
Potter, Under Sheriff Gebo and Rough
Rider Dick Hinkle for the trip into the
Dry Head.
When the party left Bowler it was
With the firm belief that there would be
brush with Hannah before their re-
turn, and this belief was more than
shared in by the ranchmen, who came
into Bowler with big stories of what
Hannah would do when he caught sight
of the sheriff and his posse. One mar
was found who was sure he had the
night before encountered a picket of the
Dry Head gang whom, he had no doubt
had long before arrived at Hannan's
place with news of the shesiff's arrival
Others had seen beacon lights which
they took to be signals informing Han
mans friends along the country from
Bowler to the Dry Head that the officers
were on their way.
How much of this was Imagination
was shown by the ease with which the
arrest Of Hannah and Mogan was &C
complished. Sheriff Potter and his par
ty proceeded to camp near Hannan's
ranch, where they spent Thursday night
and on Friday morning the sheriff, witt
Young and Hinkle, approached Hannah:
dooryard, leaving Under Sheriff Gebo
with Nieland and Wrote near by, as I
reserve. Mogan was seen passing to
ward the house. The sheriff called t.
him and told him not to 60 into th'
; house, and then approached him ant
: secured his six-shooter. By this tim
! Hannah, who had been after horse
appeared on the scene. The sheriff ant
Hannah hailed each other by their frs
names and the officer informed Mogal
that he had warrant for him and fo
Hannah. In the hurry to get away a
Bowler, and because of the inaccurac
of the news conveyed to that point, tn
warrant charged the men with murder
When the warrant to that effect wa
read, Hannah smiled and said he didn'
know it was quite so bad as that. Han
nan ate his breakfast and he and NIGGA
saddled their horses and set out wit
the sheriff for the long journey to tn
county seat, Hannan's ranch being th
farthest away from Red Lodge of an
ranch in the county. The arrested me
we're allowed their rifles after the shell
we're removed, and at no time on th
journey were they accorded any trea
ment which would indicate that the
were considered dangerous men.
At Bridger the party stopped all nigf
and arrived in Red Lodge Saturday a
ternoon when new complaint W;
filed in Justice Hawthornes cou
charging the prisoners with assault
the first degree in shooting and woun'
j ing Ed Morris in the battle as related
last weeks Picket. The accused secure
Fox & Fox as their attorneys and the
preliminary examination was set for t
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. At |
time were the arrested men placed
Jail, but were allowed their liberty {
4. putting up a cash bond of 50
each for their appearance when the ca
is called. The bond for both was fu
nished by Mr.. Hannah.
While enroute to Red Lodge with Il
sheriff the prisoners told their story
the battle to the representative of II
. Picket who went along with the posse