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

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mask that covered his features, the
man who paid his attention to the
bartender was instantly recognized
by the latter, as he is well acquainted
With him. At first Morris thought
Elm to be only joking and told him
lto stop his fooling, but finally realiz-
| ing that it was anything but joke,
played for time to enable him to get
the revolver behind the bar. He con-
tinued to talk to the fellow and sew
eral minutes elapsed before he could
be induced to obey the order to join
the men standing in row in the rear
room. When at last he did SO he also
recognized the one with the shotgun
The recognition was on both sides.
After he had taken all the money
| ne saw, the one with the shotgun,
who acted as the leader, gave the or
der for the occupants of the room to
rrecede them into the alley. Morris
was the last one of them to pass out
of the door and as he did so the man
with the shotgun placed one hand on
Mr.. Morris shoulder and gave him a
| pinch, in friendly manner.
| After the robbery had been commit
tied and as soon as he could, Morris
gave the names of the men whom he
said were the ones who did the work
He said the one with the revolver
was Ed Grady and the other was Or
ton G. Moser. Because of his familiar.
iity with both he declared he could not
be mistaken, but was positive in his
Identification. He also said that a
short time before the holdup Jim
Grady, brother of Ed and younger,
had entered the saloon through the
front door and looked around mo-
ment or so and then left The suppo-
sition is that Jim" was acting as a
lookout for the others and finding
the situation as desired gave them
the signal to commit the robbery.
Sheriff Is Wounded.
Speedily as possible Sheriff Hub
bard, Mayor Foster and Chief Morse
were notified and they responded at
once, at the same time sending out
officers to scour the city for the rob.
bers.
With the knowledge gained from
Morris the mayor and sheriff conclud-
ed to go the home OF Mrs. Davidson,
in South Fourth avenue and Thirty
third street, where the Gradys. were
known to stop when in the city, ex-
pecting to find them there. At first
it was suggested that they take sew
eral men with them, for if found, the
men might offer resistance. Instead
of doing SO they decided to go alone,
thinking that if they were there the
men would make no show of resist
ing, but depend upon their ability
to prove an alibi, as more than an
hour had passed since the robbery
and murder.
Acting on this, they proceeded to
the house. Mr.. Hubbard approached
the front door and raped. .sJim"
Grady responded and opened the door
He was asked if the other boys were
there, to which reply was made by
Grady that only he and the girls We're
at home, which he repeated number
of times.
Mr.. Hubbard was not satisfied, but
ordered the fellow to light lamp and
show him about the house. This the
''kid,'" as he is generally known, read
lily consented to do, repeating, "cer-
tainly, Mr.. Hubbard, I'll light lamp,
but there is no one in the house but
me and the girls" While this con-
versation was going on and Grady was
lighting the lamp Mr.. Foster remained
on the sidewalk few feet from the
door, intending to watch the windows
above.
He saw the light and leaving the
door open, saw the sheriff and Grady
go upstairs, where he next observed
the light shine through window and
then heard Mr.. Hubbard say, what
are you boys doing here?" He next
heard three shots, then the light wens
out and the sounds of a scuffle reach
ed him and he heard Mr.. Hubbard
call for help. Before the call for help
reached him, the mayor ran to the
side of the house and saw two men
jump out of a window. He called on
them to stop and one did so, turning
partly around so as to face him. Mr..