The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-01-17
MONTANA NEWS BRIEfLETS.
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts Of the STATE.


= Budget Of Readable Short Items from
Various Parts of h State.
HELENA, Jan. 9.-Deputy United
States Marshal Sanders returned to.
day from White Sulphur Springs and
Groveland. accompanied by N. B.
Smith, a Grovelsnd lawyer, w. w.
Slatt OF the same place and W. j.
Walsh Of White Sulphur Springs,
who were indicted at the recent ses.
sion OF the federal grand jury on the
charge OF having unlawfully fenced
the public domain. OF the 81 indict.
ments' returned by the jury ten are
still in the secret docket.
BUTTE, January 9.-James Moylen,
night boss Of the Gem mine, was
found dead on the side of the hill
east of the Spectator mine this morn.
ing. His skull was fractured, and the
body had been lying at the side Of the
trail for several hours. The manner
of his death is q mystery. 1t is
thought. however, that, while on his
way to work last evening he got of
the trail in some way in the dark, and
started running down the steep hill
which leaps off the trail, and that,
a%ccelerating his speed against his
will, he ran headlong into a boulder
aud dashed his brains out.
MILES CITY, Jan. 9.-In the district
court today the county attorney asked
permission to file a complaint against
T. j. Neuman, Fred Franklin and j.
w. Western, charging them with con.
spiracy in attempting to defraud the
state through fraudulent bounty certi.
fcates. The attorneys Of Western
asked leave to oppose the application.
The court suggested that it had not
been customary to hear opposition to
apple ations for leave to file COM
plants made by the county attorney,
but the request of the defense to re-
ceive a hearing in opposition would
be taken under advisemeut until Tues.
day.
BUTTE, Jan. 9.-Importa ant develop
ments today in the Shadwell murder
mystery throw some light upon the
dark crime committed in the slums OF
Butte early Sunday morning. After
many casts the police dragnet has
brought up a suspect against whom
there is strong evidence, and through
whom, it Is confidently belived, the
mystery now surrounding the att air
will be solved. Tom Fong, the pro.
prietor of the opium den at lO7 China
alley, Is under arrest in the city jail,
and there is evidence sufficient to war;
rant holding him for trial on the
charge of murder. Not all OF this
evidence has been made public, but
enough has come to light to convince
the authorities that Fong is the muir.
derer, and that his partner, for whom
the officers have been searching, par.
ticipated in the crime.
MILES CITY, Jan. l On the dis.
trict court today the county attorney
requested the court that a grand jury
be called as certain matter connected
with the discovery of bounty frauds
in the county seemed to demand an
investigation which could best be con.
Quoted by q grand jury. The report
is that certain officers, county and
state, here are believed to have pur-
chased bounty warrants and certii.
Gates.
HELENA, Jan. 1O.-Judge Hunt, ia
the United States court today, heard
arguments in the two cases of the
United States against D. j. Aeyfrou
as treasurer of Missoula county. II
seems that Treasurer Heyfron essayed
to collect taxes from certain residents
of the Flathead Indian reserv alton,
which was resisted on the ground tha'
they were wards of the government
The government secured an injunc'
ton, restraining the enforcement o.
the collection OF the taxes, and the
evidence was taken some time ago
today's arguments being on the mo
ton TO make the injunction perman
ent.
BUTTE, Jan. 1O.-The Centervill'
branch store of the D. J. Hennessy
Mercantile company vas held up b!
two masked robbers last night ant
more than 5000 secured. Manages
. Thomas Mullane was marched into tn
I store ut the point of two Colts revolv
ers and compelled to open the safe
. He purposely fumbled on the combina
ton several times playing for time
{ when he was told that another NOV