The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-09-27
to permit the horses to rest and make
night rides.

night rides.
Given a Fright.
An hour or so after the delivery
became known the family of A.. G
Logan, residing in North Twenty
sixth street, was given a fright. The
two boys have been sleeping in q
tent pitched in the yard. At the time
stated one Of them, "Dick," was
awakened by a man pushing his head
through the fly and inquiring of the
occupants if they were asleep
"Dlck' instantly closed his eyes and
remained quiet, w%hereupon the in.
truder withdrew and the boy heard
him go toward the barn, the door
of which he opened. "Dick' quietly
arose and watched the procedures.
He observed the man had taken out his
mothers siddle horse, on which he
had placed a bride.
At this juncture the family dog
began to bark, which aroused the
other boys in the tent and they went
out to see what had caused the alarm.
The noise made by them evidently
frightened the would-be thief, as he
dorpped the horses bride and ran
with all his speed out of the yard
and down Twenty-sixth street, where
he disappeared. Search was subse-
quently made in that direction by
some of those engaged in the hunt,
but it proved unavailing.
An hour or so after the attempt was
made to steal the Logan horse a
couple of men were fishing. on the
wagon bridge east of town. They
were surprised at the sudden appear
ance Of three others, running rapidly
across the bridge, but thought little
about it, believing the runners to be
some tramps who were getting away
to escape the police. The SUPPOSE
ton is that the trio were some of
the fleeing ~jailbirds who were headed
"O"A CAO AoAAlOdu W SOu0 pOluC
where they could catch a train.
Proved Wrong Man.
Saturday might a telegram was re-
ceived from the Grow agency that a
was Under arrest there who was
believed to be one of the Parkinsons.
Il was added that he had been taken
-fon, a stocktrain. The report spread
that one OF the fugitives had
been recaptured and much satisfac-
ion was expressed, although general
'egret was expressed that it sould
lot be Mosier or Grady.
Under instructions the suspect was
leld until a nan could be sent to
IDENTIFY him. He was found not to
oe Parkinson or any of the others and
was released.
On Warm Trail.
Among those who joined in the
hunt was Stock Detective J. r. Webb, |
a hard rider and an absolutely fear
less officer, who is noted for his untir-
ing energy and relentless persistency
in following a trail. He arrested the
Parkinson brothers and felt confident
that they would attempt to reach the
the Musselshell, where their home is,
and headed in that direction. 1t was
not long before he struck their trail
which led to the south, however. Yes
terday word was received that he
had been at Toluca, where he spoke
to some bridge carpenters. To them
he said that he was almost on top OF
the two brothers and had only been
prevented from catching them by his
horse giving out. A fresh mount he
secured went the same way. Once
he was 10 close that only a fence sep
arated them-they were going out OF
a gate as he appeared in view. They
we're riding one horse and in their
eagerness to escape sought to tighten
the ANIMALS burden by throwing away
most of the clothes they wore, which
were picked up by MI. Webb.
Mosier and Grady, also, were not
far ahead of him, Mr.. Webb is quoted
as saying, and he expressed conf
dence of catching them before long,
as soon as he had picked up the other
two.
"Jim'' Mcbride, the unfortunate
jailer blamed, for the escape, was
in that locality yesterday and Sheriff
Hubbard wired him instructions to
secure help and follow Mr.. Webb.
ATTEMPT At MURDER.
Desperate Character Of Prisoners