The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-05
MURDER AND ROBBERY

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no attempt to take anything from the
men, neither did they touch the cash
register behind the bar nor the draw
er of the wheel.
The men who were forced to face
the wall and subsequently were fore
ed to lie on their faces in the alley
were Fred Morris, R. L. Nix, proprie-
tor offhe saloon, Walter Owens and a
couple of strangers, supposed '.ho-
bees" lounging about the games.
Y Hannah's Wounds. "
At the instance Of Coroner RinehaTt
Doctor Lindsey performed an AUTOPSY
On the dead body of Sergeant Hannah
ami found five bullet wounds. One
was Through the left side. the ball
passing through the stomach and
emerging from the left shoulder. An
other was about three inches to the
right and slightly above the umbili-
Gus, another was in the left elbow,
the point of which vas shot away,
while still another was in the first
joint of the second finger of the right
hand, and the last three inches back
of the right hip. All were made by
bullets fired from a revolver, except
the one near the navel, which was
made by a charge Of what seemed to
be No. 6 shot.
If Mr.. Morris is right in his descrip-
tion of the shooting it is evident that
the man supposed to have been
Grady hit the murdered officer each
time, as he is said to have fired four
shots. while the one believed to have
been Moser fired only nee with his
shotgun. His aim was no less accurate
than that of his companion.
Had Horses Waiting.
When it became daylight Saturday
morning evidence al secured which
it is believed went to show that the
men accused of the double crime had
carefully planned to get away in case
they were recognized.
In a yard at the Davidson house
a place was to be seen where a cou
pie of horses had been tied, evidently
for a considerable time, as was mani
fest from the surroundings. Marks or
the ground also showed where TIT
horses had been suddenly wheeled
t about, as by some one taking hold o
! the brides and turning them sharpl!
! preparatory to mounting.
Another piece of circumstantial evl
dence regarded as significant wa
. learned Saturday morning. g. i
Smith, who conducts a second han
store in Montana avenue, said tina
the night before Jim" Grady ha
called at his place of business an
asked for cartridges fitting a 12-gaug
. shotgun, saying he knew where Their
d was a flock of wild geese and wa
e going after them. Mr.. Smith aske
. him about his brother, ED" and wa
told that he was "out in Oregon,
Only two or three days before Ere
u Morris asked the, "kid" as to th
whereabouts of Ed" to which th
'kid" said he was in Salt Lake. Thes
u two contradictory statements are q
r cepted as indicating a desire on Il
IL part of the more youthful of the tM
10 Gradys to make it appear that Il
other was not in the state, so as
throw off suspicion Of completely in
y crime plans for which had then 8
W ready been laid.
e, The Inquest.
4 Saturday afternoon and evenil
J. Coroner Rinehart conducted an ]
quest at which a number Of witness
were examined.
Fred Morris, the bartender, repe,
ed his story of the robbery and m,
der as already given earlier in IL
article. He was positive that "Et
rs Grady and Orion C. Moser we're t
men who committed the robbery a
IN. subsequently murdered Sergeant HI
tie nah.
he r. l.. Nix was another witness. ]
.ts could not tell who the men were. ]
n" said that while he and the other
Mt cupants Of the saloon were bel
I'm marched out into the alley the tai,