Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1905-08-29
F0ULIY 81 AIN
Aged Pawn Brokers Head Crushed by fend Who Coveted his Little
Hoard OF Go|d-No Found for Ihirty-SK Hours--Severa
Suspects Arrested by tile Officers

Rocky mountain region which, at some
time or another, he did not visit He
came 70 Montana number of years
ago and lived in Great Falls and Ben
ton, having come over from the last
named place to Lewistown about five
years ago. He purchased hides and
pelts and made some money out of the
business He was a cheerful old fell
low and those who knew him liked
him.
His brother in San Francisco, hear
ing of him being here wrote to him
urging him to come to San Francisco
The brother Is supposed to be well-to-
do and in letters to Mr.. Luton, tried to
make arrangements to have the Lew
istown Studzinski sent down there.
The county and city officers have
been most diligent in their efforts to
get some clue to the identity to the
person or persons who committed the
crime and four suspects have been ar
rested.
One of the first men to be arrested
was w. =. Coyle, who formerly con
Quoted a saloon i'm Lewistown. His
place, which was located on lower
Main street, was burned last winter
and the opinion was freely expressed
at that time that Coyle knew more Of
the fires origin than he ever told. He
has never had a particularly savory
reputation around the town and since
he has been arrested, stories of his
crookedness are heard on every side.
He once sold keg of nails belonging
to Parsons Bros. and pocketed the pro-
ceeds without telling the proprietors of
the second hand store anything Of the
transaction. He made brazen effort
to get out of 1t but was unsuccessful,
He hung around Studzinski's place
enough to get a good knowledge of
the way the old man did business and
Of the places that he kept his valu-
ables.
Coyle was in town about all of last
week but left Saturday morning for
the Butterield place on Box Elder
creek, about so miles from the city,
where he has been running a tent sa-
loon for week or two past. He was
arrested at that place by Sheriff Slat-
er about noon Sunday. He laughed
when first informed of the charge
against him but when he realized the
serious nature Of the arrest, he was
not quite so merry. He was lodged in
jail about 8 o'clock Sunday night.
Coyle is married but has no children
with him. Coyle's partner, Dennison,
was also arrested Sunday, he having
taken Coyle down to Box Elder and
then come back by different route. |
Deputy Silverthorne and Night Marsh
al George Murray arrested him at his |
home in the upper part of town Sun |
day evening. The suspicion against |
him is based upon about the same set |
of facts that caused the arrest of |
Coyle. He has a much better reputa-
ton than Coyle but the fact that he |
has been the associate of Coyle went
against him. He is widower but has
two bright young daughters.
William Hatch, a swamper about |
the different saloons of the town, was |
also thrown in, but it was his eurios. |
ity more than anything else that caus-
ed his incarceration He always man
aged to be present and took very un-
usual and personal interest in the |
of the officers concerning |
the matter and was thrown in on sus-
pcion.