The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-08-12

time Jones had been standing in the
rear of the office. Having finished
Korizek, as he supposed, Gravelle call
ed to Jones to come up, and he order
ed him to open the door /, and then
stand beside it, enforcing his COM
mand this time with two guns, having
taken one from Korizek after he had
fired the third shot. Jones obeyed
and Gravelle walked out the door.
AS he went out he had his hands
folded under his coat giving him the
appearance of being shackled. He
was holding the two gums, one In
each hand, under his coat. The shots
in the Jail had been heard in the
court house, and men were beginning
to run out Of the doors on the east
and north sides of the building.
Gravelle saw he had desperate
chance, and before he left the steps
he had the gums displayed out in the
open. Possibly the first man to see
him was former Policeman Gardner,
who was coming out of the court
house door. Gardner did mot have
a gun, and for q moment he stood
almost paralyzed. Then as Gravelle
turned the corner of Breckinridge
street, he ran over to the Jail, Jailer
Jones having come to the door and
shouted. But Frank Latta had also
heard the shots, and he also rushed
over to the Jail. Jailer Jones by this
time had brought out a shotgun that
is kept in the Jail, and Latta grabbed
it and ran after Gravelle.
While this was going on, scores of
people were putting after Gravelle.
The Leader in this chase was Hank
Monroe, formerly livery stable keep
Ter at Cascade, and one of the witness
es in the Gravelle trial. Mr. Monroe
did not have gun, but he kept closely
after Gravelle. The latter ran up
Breckenridge street past the Murray
stable. Near the corner of Rodney a
horse was tied. Gravelle started to
unite the animal when he noticed that
Monroe was not to exceed Is feet be-
hind him. Gravelle quickly turned
leveled his gun at Monroe and fired.
Monroe dropped to the ground, and
Gravelle gave up the horse and ran
around Rodney street.
He ran down Rodney to ain alley
half way to Fifth avenue. AS he
ran ON Rodney, John Raab saw him
with the guns, and he ran into a
saloon and got a revolver. Mean
while Major Keown was also hot on
the trail He started early In the
chase, and saw Gravelle when he
turned into Rodney street. Graveale
ran down the alley to lot, in the
rear of the Birkenfeld residence, and
! then to Fifth avenue. He crossed
Fifth and made an attempt to jump
a fence, but failed.
Raab by this time had got to the
corner of Fifth avenue and so had
! Major Keown. They both fired at
(aravelle and he returned the fire
IIesitating for just second, Gravelle
then ran west on Fifth avenue to
Breckenridge, past the residence OF
Governor Toole. AS he ran down Fifth
avenue, he passed a lady who was
right in the range of Keown's and
Raab's fire. Keown shot at Gravelle
just as he turned the corner, and the
fleeing man went down as though he
had been hit. The lady ran up the
entrance of Governor Toole's house
and was admitted by Mrs. Toole.
While Keown and Raab and others
we're pursuing Gravelle ON Rodney
and Fifth avenue, others were closing
in on him from Breckenridge street
Police Sergeant Joseph Spurzem was
in the sheriff's office when Gravelle
first emerged from the Jail, and he
Immediately took after him. Rea
Clements had run into the sheriff's
Office and got gun and he also start
ed in the chase. Spurzem and Glen
ents and Monroe ran down Ewing
street and saw Gravelle turn into
that street from Fifth, and Frank
Latta also took that course. Gravelle
got three shots at the pursuers or
Ewing street, but none took effect
though they whistled over the cour
house. Raab met Spurzem and Glen
ents at the Toole house. Gravelle raj
around the house to the alley on th'
north side. He ran east on 1t to an
other alley between the Toole resi-
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