The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-19
KING !. BEE OF
DYNAMI1ERs
Northern Pacific Officials Believe
They Have Him Shared in the
Person Of Gravelle.
Surprised While Digging Under a
Rail and Taken After Long,
4. Hard Chase.
Gircumstantial Evidence Which
Goes to Connect Him With
the Previous 0utrages.

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the Previous 0utrages.
Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont, Oct. 19.-Isaac Graz
velle, believed by Superintendent Dam
iiel Boyle and Chief Detective McFet-
ridge to be the ringleader of the gang
of criminals that has been dynamiting
the Northern Pacific tracks, is locked
up in the county jail, having been
delivered there last night by Northern
Pacific officials. Gravelle is an ex-
convict who was released from the
penitentiary in July.
The story of the arrest is an inter-
esting one. On Saturday evening SUI
perintendent Boyle had reason to be-
lieve an attempt would be made to
dynamite. the track west Of Helena
and he prepared for the emergency by
increasing the force of watchmen. One
of the watchmen near Blossburg dis
covered a man digging under one OF
the rails On the approach Of the
Waterman the man ran and the
without result. In minute the
Waterman heard the hoofbeats of a
horse, but it was SO dark he could
not see anything.
The occurrence was reported to SUI
perintendent Boyle, and Captain
IASoWI, Id1lh hdtId anu b fLey-
holds were ordered to take the trail.
They found the man had dug a hole
under the rail foot deep and an ex-
animation showed that his horse was
unshod and that it's two front hoofs
were almost square in front. In addi-
ton to the horse tracks they found the
impress of a boot.
The Capture.
Hour after hour the track was fol-
To-. 1,n H.
dismounted and walked, and there
was the impress of his boot just as it
was at the track. Shortly after. noon
the hunters saw a cabin and Latta
rode to a little seminence and called.
out, There. is our man. y !.
At the same instant Latta saw Graz
velle the latter saw the officer and
jumped upon his horse and made a.
break to get away, but was soon sur
rounded. In front of his saddle was
his rifle, and just as heareached for it
Keown shouted Hands up"
Have you a warrant?" asked
Gravelle. .,.s, ~
For reply Keown slipped a cartridge
into the magazine Of his rifle, while
his Tevoiver,I Seeing he could not es-.
cape, Grayelle threw up his hands.
He. wanted to known what he was
VARIED for, and when hew asked
and thar ne owned q ranch near Hell
erla and lived here. % !s = - s. 5 -
| After Gravelle' had been disarmed
an examination was made Of his, horse.
It. was completely tagged out and
proved to- be the animal the men, had
been tracking. It was unshod and the
telltale front hoofs were identical with
the tracks at the railroad which the
men had been following for hours.
There were three other horses close
by. Gravelle would not talk about
himself or his doings.- During this
with his belongings was brought to
Helena.
$3.50 Tellta1e Spur:
| When Gravel1e left his cabin with
the men he had but one spur. At the
Jail Superintendent Boyle and Detect
tive McFetridge met the party and Nc
F,etridge asked how many spurs Graz
|velle had on. He was told one, and
when he looked for it, it had disap-
peared. .Gravelle said it was left in
| his saddle. A search failed to reveal
| it, but finally, after hunting all over,
the spur was found in a pile of shaw
1 ings used for bedding.
| 81 It is recalled that about two weeks
| ago there was found in a haystack
near Townsend, about SO pounds Of
dynamite. On the morning twas
| found man who was working at the
place saw a stranger in the hay eating
! a, cold lunch. This man said he was
| hunting for his horses. Soon after
| he ran away and left. spur behind
| him. Shortl yafter the dynamite was
found the spur was turned over to the
detectives. The spur that Gravelle
wore yesterday is the mate of the one
found at Townsend.
! The ranch hand at Townsend had a
conversation with the man at the hay
stack and remembers him distinctly.
He was shown Gravelle's picture and
| said it looked like the man he talked
/ to at the ranch. AT. Townsend the
! man who ate the cold lunch also rode
/ horse that answers to the description
| Of the one Captain Keown traiIed yes
! terday. The man who put the dyna-
mite on the track in the Helena yards
some weeks ago rode a horse that
/ left the same tracks as did -Gravelle,S
horse yesterday, and the man who put
4 the explosive on the track near Clay
soil Friday night also rode a horse
| leaving the same tracks.
Officers Are Confident
Superintendent Boyle and Detective
1 McFetridge are Convinced thatsin Gra-
velle they have the ringleader Of the
gang of blackmailers. Gravelle is not
unknown in Helena and vicinity. He
1 lived for several years in the vicinity of
Rimini and was accused of stealing
! horses and killing them and using
their carcasses to feed hogs. Finally
! he left this Vicinity and went over into
! Jefferson county. There he was ar
rested and convicted of cattle stealing
! and sent to the penitentiary.
AFTER G. N. TOO
Letter Mailed at Cascade Says SIS, 900
Must Be Paid by the Company.
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