The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-14
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS.
A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.

BUTTE, August Civilian Fowler
fell from the sixth story of the Hen.
messy building this afternoon and es-
capped death by q miracle. He landed
on the ledge of the fourth story win
dow and was able to maintain a hold,
despite the fact that both wrists were
broken and internal injuries were pro.
ably sustained. Fowler is a ianitor
employed at the building. He was
washing windows at the time Of the &C.
cident.
BozEMAN, August 6.-The body Of
David Black, a Scotchman, was found
IN the Jefferson river near Willow
creek on Friday afternoon. 1t was
badly ~decomposed, and the coroner
ordered it buried. Black was working
on the railroad near Lime point and
fell into the river June 20. Black had
sent to the old country for his wife,
and she started for America on July
10, not having been notified of his
death. His parents live at Red Deer,
Alberta.
BUTTE, August 6.-George Tower,
George Clarence Hastings, Harry
Gruber and William Delmar. the four
young men held for the attempted
Northern Pacific train robbery and
the murder of Engineer Frank Glow,
will be transferred to jefferson county
for trial. They will be turned over to
the Jefferson county authorities as
soon Us they are ready to take them.
No complaints have been filed against
them in Butte, though complaints had
been prepared to be used in case of
necessity. The crime was committed
In Jefferson county, though the plans
and the conspiracy to hold up the
train we're formed in Butte.
BUTTE, August 6.-W alter Nj.
Brooks. over whose head has been
hanging q murder charge for several
years, is now free from further prose.
cution on the charge. An order die.
missing the case and exonera ting the
bOndsmen was made in the criminal
department of the district court last
evening. The crime charged against
Brooks vas the murder Of q barber
named Chevrier, in whose room at the
time was Brooks wife. The shooting
occurred at 40 early hour in the morn
ing, Chevrier and the woman having
just returned from a dance. Brooks
was tried, but the jury disagreed, and
the result was that he was given his
liberty on bonds. The case created
much comment at the time and in.
volved several families.
HELENA, August LEWIS Penwell
has announced that he has raised
ahou, 1925, 600 of the necessary $780,
0W for the purchase Of the Morse
ranch, near Dillon. This is said to
be the largest irrigated property in
the state, and it is further said that
the deal will probably be the largest
in point Of valuation in the history of
Montana.
BILLINGS, August w T. Lewis
and Freq Stein Of this city started on
a rather hazardous trip yesterday in
a l5.foot canvas launch. They start.
ed down the Yellowstone for Kansas
City on a 2,O00.mile trip. This is the
first time that any one has attempted
to make the trip ia such q frail boat.
Numerous fat boats have hoated
down. The Two young men are ex.
perienced swimmers.
GREAT FALLS, August 7.-Murdock
Boyd, q stockman of Arrow creek and
lone OF the old.timers in Cascade
county, died suddenly on the train
between Belt and Great Falls. Boyd
was i'll when he got on the train at
Belt and he was probably coming TO
the city for medical treatment. When
the train was pulling up Belt hill
Boyd was seer TO fall Out of his seat,
and when picked up was dead.
BUTTE, Angus, THE Northern
Pacific and Burlington railroad com.
panies and TWO conductors known un.
der the names Of "John Doe' and
"Richard Roe; were sued in the dis
trict court today by Miss Ethel Berry
of Butte, for sl0,00o damages. The
complaint alleges that the plaintiffs
tickets from Chicago TO Butte were
taken up by a conductor on the Bur.
lington railroad, and the plaintiff was
pu, Off a Northern Pacific train at
Livingston by a conductor Of that
road afterward.
BILLINGS, August 7.-Chas. Clark
is held by the authorities on the
charge of grand larceny. 1t seems
that when one of the east bound trains
stopped here that Clark west through
the train begging. After the train
hac left a lady OF the train discovered
tn at her pocketbook containing nearly