The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-02-19
exact NATURE OF THE
EVIDENCE Is UNKNOWN

The exact nature oi the additional cvi-
donoc connecting Williams with the rob
berry Is not known and the officers are very
rClicent regarding the matter.
II Is stated. however, that this new cvi-
dcncc IS ~ the shape Of some cufrespOn-
dencc between Cole. Howard and Will
Jams during the past three months. and
goes To conhTm the theory that the holdup
Was not pulled OF on few days notice,
but was planned several months ago.
This correspondence, which Is reported TO
have fallen into the hands oi the detectives,
is said 10 reier 20 the pulling Oft OF that
Job, meaning presumably the holding up
OF the Burlington tram. although. IL Is said,
that the name OF that railroad does not
hgurc ia the letter
II is also said that certain paragraphs
~ the letters refer 10 the procuring % dy-
Mantle and fuses
Ia this connection, II IS said, that the
writer Of the letters whom report has II,
was Williams, recommended that the cx-
plnsiyr bc stolen, a little "a time from
some one OF the mines, rs tp openly pur-
chase II IN the stores might attract a'ten-
tlon and more easily lead 10 the apprchcil-
sion of the men.
As stated the officers AT work on the
case refuse 10 discuss these alleged new
iac's III connection with the robbery. One
thing Is certain, however. aud that Is that
the hlcuths are certainly on some new tack
~ thc case and ate working more assidu-
onsly al present than at any time since the
robbery was reported and Howard and
Cole captured.
What are they after, is the question.
For some reason Cole, since he made hi.
confession. Is being let almost entirely
alone. although II IS known that the aii-
ihoiiiios are not fully satisfied with the
scope Of his statement. They believe that
be Is holding something back and that il
let alone he will, sooner OF later. make a
supplemental statement regarding the at
lair.
Howard appears 10 he the man upon
whom the railroad secret service men arc
banking 10 obtain a full story Of the crime
and II IS stated that some sensational facts
may come to light within the next day or
two.
SulIvan's Catch
Policeman d. ID. Sullivan thought he had
captured the third highwayman in the
burlington holdup al I 80 O'Clock this
morning; IN fact so confident was the off
Ger that he had made big catch" that
he was grinninR from ear 10 ear when he
sauntcred IN with his prisoner.
Bat the yigiiant officer was destined 10
disappointment True, his prisoner was
dressed like Dick Turpin with a little mix
ture Of modern cOwbOyism thrown in for
good measure, and the night jaier couldn't
Rel MN bthlhl thc bars too quick but the
bubble burst this morning when Sol Levy
went on shift and identified the man a,
Charles Runkle.
Then kunkle told a straight story. and
the jig was up. II had been 10 the Elks'
ball said he "and had dressed as much
like desperate as | could for the occa-
sion. had two revolyers, mask and a
razor and had thrown lariat over my
shoulder When the ball was over | took a
fat.t a. Yt,,lyg tth l... I.
reached the corner Of Main and Broadway
! was naturally feeling good | got to
tussling with a fellow ! knew and in the
scuile one Of the revolvers was discharged.
The policeman came running up and ac-
cused me Of being a highwayman. denied
it, and tried to tell him who ! was but he
wouldn't listen to me, and marched me off
to Jail"
Runkle was later released. He returned
home to change his strange garb. When
Policeman Sullivan learned Of his mistake
he declared the laugh was on him.