The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-05
ONE OF ALLEGED HANNAH MUIR
DERERs CAPTURED.
COT ACROSS WYOMING LINE.
Fduad by Sheriff Potter and Two Com
panions at Ranch on
Sage Creek.

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4 One of the men charged with the
murder of Police Sergeant Robert T.
Hannah is in jail at Red Lodge,
where he will be kept until such time
as it may be considered safe to bring
him here for preliminary hearing and
trial.
The prisoner is Orton G. Moser and
is said to be the one who used the
shotgun that caused the wound III
the murdered mans abdomen. He
was captured by Sheriff Potter Of Car
bon county, Marshal James McAllister
of Red Lodge and George Simmons,
a reservation line rider, shortly after
6 O'clock yesterday morning, across
the Wyoming line. The capture was
effected at the ranch of Jack Morrison
on Sage creek, in what is known as
the Sinking Water country.
Mr. Potter arrived here from Red
Lodge Saturday evening. accompanied
by Marshal McAllister. Having heard
that he had been seen in that direc-
ton, Sheriff Hubbard secured spe-
cial engine Sunday morning and
sent the two Carbon county
men to Fromberg. There the
officers secured horses and rode to
the camp of Simmons, on the line OF
the reservation. Mr.. Simmons was
seen and Mr.. Potter gave him a de-
scription Of the man they were looking
for
Find the Trail.
No sooner had the sheriff described
the man ere Mr. Simmons replied that
he was the very one who had stopped
with him over night and had left camp
After another horse had been secured
for Mr.. Potter, the one that he had
mot being well calculated to stand q /
long, hard ride. the three took up
Moser's trail and had little dificulty
in following it. All night they rode
and at $50 o'clock were at the Morri-
son ranch.
Moser was just walking out OF the
house when the officers appeared In
front of the door and in an instant I
afterward he was in their custody.
The prisoner had stopped at the ranch
for breakfast and like his pursuers
appeared to have ridden all night.
Would Say Nothing.
Moser maintained a sullen silence,
even refusing to ask what he had
been arrested for. He finally vouch-
safed an answer to the sheriff's ques-
tions. 1t was short and characteristic i
of the man. With an oath he said:
"You needn't think you can sweat
me-"
To this Mr.. Potter replied, well.
you're the man who killed Bob Han
nah, anyway" Moser made no reply
and rode silently with his captors the
remainder of the distance to Bowler.
At this place Mr.. Potter telephoned
to Sheriff Hubbard about the arrest 4
and was directed to take the prisoner
to Red Lodge.
The next place reached was From
berg, where Potter gave Moser into
the custody of McAllister and Sim
mons, while he secured a team and
drove to Joliet Here he boarded the
Red Lodge train and came to Billings.
Moser has an ugly cash over one
eye, where he was struck with re-
volver by sheriff Hubbard during the
struggle in the Davidson house. When
arrested he was unarmed.
Get Track of Grady.
1t is now known that Grady remain
ed in the city all of Saturday and Sat
urday night and that he stopped at i
several houses, where he had friends
Ernest Raymond and Mona French,
as she is sometimes called, but said
to be the wife of Raymond, are in
jail, charged with having harbored
Grady after the murder. A hint was
received by the sheriff's Office that the
two knew considerably about Grady
and his whereabouts, and they were
arrested. After considerable Sweat
Ing" the woman acknowledged that ne
had been at their house, on the south