The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-08-21
MONTANA NEWS BRIEFLETS|
4 Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.


A Budget Of Readable Short Items
From Various Parts Of the State.
DEER LODGE, Angus. I2.-No word
has been received from officers 10 pur-
suit of convicts lowell and McAdams
who escaped their guard while aboard
q Northern Pacific train near Pipe.
stone Springs early Sunday morning.
The belief prev ails that the fugitives
have reached Butte and successfully
effected their getaway.
LIVINGSTON, Ang. l2.-Henry F..
Ross, the msn who married Miss
Nancy Goodman, q Livingston girl,
July 3, and deserted her two days la
ter in Billings, taking with him, it is
alleged, s400 worth Of jewels purchas.
ed from E. Confarr, q local jueweler,
on . bogus check. was found guilty
Of grand larceny and sentenced to
serve i've years In the state peniten.
tiary.
HELENA, Aug. 12.-Thoma as Guard.
ipe was placed on trial in the federal
court today on q charge of receiving
q quarter Of beef q year ago, which
came from q steer that he koew had
been stolen from the Floweree Cattle
company. John Connolly, who stole
the steer is now serving time in the
county jail. The $3.50 bond OF Cleve
Grimsley, charged with stock rust.
ling on the came reservation, was de-
clared forfeited, he failing to appear
when his Q was called. The de.
fendant is said t be Ia Canada.
HELENA, Aug. 13.-The First Ma
tional bank of Missoula has offered q
special prize Of $3.50 for the best fat
steer raised in Montana and exhibit.
ed at the state fair ia Helena, Sept. %.
%. There must be not less that three
steers in competition and each must
be owned by q different individual.
The winning steer must become the
property OF the bank after the award
Ia made. There are no restrictions as
to breed, age, whether range or tho
roughbred stock, although all Of those
questions naturally will enter into the
award.
BUTTE, Aug &c. A. Rexroad
and Frank Hopkins, two Methodist
preachers of this city, found the body
of q man in Pipestone creek, % miles
from here today while on a fishing
trip. There is no clew as to the iden.
tity of the corpse. Indications are that
1t drifted down the stream several
months ago during the period of high
water. It was badly decomposed.
HAMILTON, Aug. 11.-W. j.. Con-
roy, owner of the Bitter Root stock
farm creamery, was thrown from his
wagon late this afternoon while driv-
ing on one of the lanes in the Daily
estate and wac seriously Injured, sus.
tanning conclusion of his brain. His
horse was frightened by a passing
automobile and Conroy was thrown
to the ground. The injured nan was
taken to the Hamilton hospital. The
latest reports indicated some chance
of recovery.
HELENA, Aug. 13.-Thomas Guard.
ipe, of the Blackfeet reservation, was
acquitted in the federal court on q
charge OF receiving q quarter o.
stolen beef. The cases against Frank
Gobriel and Joe Kipp, and William
Kipp, charged with stealing calves or
the Blackfeet alton, were dis
missed for lack of evidence suficien,
to convict. This ends the trial o.
cases at this term of court. Monday
the term OF court begins at Butte.
WHITEHALL, Aug. lathe Chauf
feur who this morning took q posse
and b%loodhounds to join In the chase
of McAdams and lowell near Grace
has returned. He says that one of tn.
fugitives was sighted riding . ba,
horse this morning south of Grace
Six OF seven shots were fred at tht
fleeing man, who did not return tn
fire. Owing to the %roughness of th'
country the man was in sight only a
intervals and not long enough fol
careful aim to be taken. On arriva
of the hounds q posse was at once dis
patched in the chase.
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