The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-08-03

Butte, Mont. escorted Henry }. Gruber
to Butte on the evening train last night
on the charge Of being implicated in
the Northern Pacific train hold'up at
Bozenan three months ago when the
engineer was killed In cold blood
The men In charge Of the prisoner are
detectives for the Northern Pacific Rail.
road, aud Keown Is also deputy sheriff.
lie has been working on the case for
three months and has never let an OPP
portunity slip in his trailing OF the
hold.up men.
Detective keown firmly believes he
has the right man, because George Tow
rrs. the man held In Jail al Butte on
the same charge, has told him long
story In which he claims that Gruber is
the man who did the shooting and
kcOwn finds considerable corroboration
Of the story since he has taken charge
OF Grnbei
Gruber, on the other hand, while not
denying that he was intimate with Tow
er-, asserts that the latter always went
armed, and that he Is responsible for
The shooting, which followed the hold-up
Of the train,
Detective kcown il confident thai he
win obtain complete confession iron
Gruber before the party reaches Butte.
While be did not wish 10 prejudice the
case against Gruber, he asserted that he
was sure he had one OF the men impli.
Gated in the hold-up last spring. lie
said that while he believed that Harry
Cole, another suspect who was killed
while escaping arrest. was a confederate
Of Towers aud Gruber, he did not think
be had been party to the attempted
robbery OF the train,
Gruber is only 20 years OF age aud
has shown remarkable nerve since his
arrest last Monday by Captain II. l.,
Steele, o. the 93rd Coast Artillery, at
Fort Stevens. When taken from the
fort Grnhcr was brought TO Astoria by
the government launch and held a pris.
oner in the city jail until the arrival OF
the evening train which took the party
to Portland, Ell route to Butte,
Detective Keown was directly respon-
sible for the arrest of Gruber after the
apprehension OF Towers, The finding OF
dynamite in room occupied by the
two men at Butte shortly after the
hold.up gave the first real clue TO the
suspects, who had been followed into
Butte by pack Of bloodhounds, The
trail was then lost.
In rooming house in BuI1Ss
morning shortly afterward, maid was
cleaning up room occupied by Towers
and Gruber The former was in the
room at the time and he noticed that
the girl had knocked over valise and
that some sticks OF dynamite had raller
on the floor. Towers is reported to have
said;
Look out, there, or YOU will blow
yourself up"
A circulated report OF this occurrence
led to an investigation by the detectives
who found SO sticks OF dynamite in the
room. Towers was arrested, but re-
fused to say anything about his con-
federates. Detective Keown, however,
began making inquiries as to his room
mate and Gound that he had Joined the
artillery and had been shipped to Fort
Stevens on July 2. He communicated
this fact to the head of the Department
Of the Columbia.
The commandant at Fort Stevens re,
ceived orders to conhne Gruber, and on
Monday last, when the newly enlisted
man had just been wearing uniform
for three days, Captain Steele made
the arrest He was then confined in the
guardhouse to await the arrival Of or.
ders from Washington at the resquest
q. the Secretary OF War,
Gruber was working around the bar
racks when Captain Steele and an or
derly approached him,
Bring your blankets and come along
with us" ordered Captain Steele, quiet
lly.
Gruber went and gathered up hi;
blankets and then approached the gun
rock, as though he expected to be taken
out for gun practice, He turned to &C
with tho officer, however, after hall
crossing the room, without asking Il
|question. He appeared to be unaware
that ho was under arrest,
"You do not need anything but youl
clothing and blankets" said the captain