The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-11
Killing of Accused Train RObber
 Laid al His Door
5000 SEARCH BUTTE JAIL
Patrol Driver Kills Cole, and the Dead Mans Brother Leads Mob-Bat- tie With Officers Is Mar
 rowly Averted.

Butte, Mont, May 10.-Patrol Driver Charles Jackson tonight shot and killed 1 Harry Cole, while the latter was at tempting to escape, and an incensed mob
 of 5000, led by some brothers of Cole, made an intellectual attempt to lynch De- teetive Charles MeGarvey, the crowd la boring under the impression that 1t was that officer who had done the shooting
 Cole had been arrested by McGarvey on q forgery charge and was suspected of be- ing one of the two bandits who several days ago held up the North Coast liin- | tied on the Northern Pacific at Welch Spur, murdering Engineer Frank Glow and wounding Fireman Thomas Sullivan.
 Cole is a brother of George Cole, who | Is now serving a fourteen-year sentence in the Deer Lodge penitentiary for the l robbery of the Burlington flyer, near this 1 city, two years ago. Henry Cole has l been under the surveillance of the of | ficers since the holdup of the North Coast limited, and this afternoon was taken Into custody by officers. While he was being sweated in the office of the police, Cole, it is stated, made a dash from the room and ran down an alley leading from the police station. An officer started for Cole, but ripped over the threshold of the door and fell. McGarvey followed and fell over the other policeman. Patrol Driver Jackson, seeing that Cole was about to escape, fired and hit the fleeing man in the back, killing him almost in- stantly.
 An immense crowd immediately gath cred and the impression gaining ground that McGarvey had killed an innocent man, the cry went up, Hang McGar- vey!"
 Timothy Cole and another brother and cousin of the dead man, took the lead- ership of the mob and with more than | 200O men hastened to the county tail, where they thought McGarvey was hid 1 ing. They attempted to force their way | through the line of officers with drawn l guns Inside the jail were more off cers armed with rifles. The mob se- cured a long rope from a derrick used 1 in the erection of a building nearby, and l the shout was made to Down the off cers!" At this point Deputy Sheriff Jack Wymaii stopped the leader of the mob and told them that McGarvey had left the jai, and that they were welcome to search the building. This was done with out the detective being found Mounting the steps in front of the court house Timothy Cole made an impassioned speech asking for the revenge of the death of his brother, who had been shot down by McGarvery in cold blood. As
 
 many of the miners knew him personally, there were loud cries of approval with shouts of Hang him to a polel' and Shoot himi'
 Cole then made his way to the police station with the rapidly augmenting crowd following him. The mob soon reached at least 5000 In number, pack
 ing the streets for two blocks about the station. With revolvers drawn the officers prevented the mob from search ing the police station, and the crowd then made it's way to the gun store of Carl Engle, on West Clark street and despite the attempt of the police to gut the store forced their way into the place and secured a number of shotguns, but for some reason apparently, were un- able to locate the ammunition stores. The mob leaders declared. however, they would have the life of the slayer of Cole. and If an attempt was made to raid the city or county jails. blood will be spilled, judgeing from the temper of the off cers.