The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-12-05

when arrested by the Gallatin county
officer, pleaded with him to be given
his liberty, for which he said he would
be willing to put up a bond. He said
that he had frequently let prisoners
go after they had put up a personal
cash bond with him. When he was
told by Sheriff Smith that there was
no such law or the statute books, the
man shut up.
Story of the Roundup
The following story of the round
up of the alleged bank bandits, writ
ten by a reporter On the ground, ap-
peared in Thursday mornings Havre
Promoter:
Efforts of detectives employed by
the Montana State Bankers ~associa-
ton and the American Bankers as
ISOLATION to apprehend an alleged band
of robbers, believed to have been re-
sponsible for the robbing of banks
in Montana, North Dakota and Cana
da during the past two years, yester-
day resulted in the arrest of six men
and two women in Havre and the re-
covery of a large amount of United
States, Canadian and industrial Sc
curities.
Officers in charge of the serving
of warrants were very reticent about
their activities and little information
was given out, save the facts of the
arrests, and the personnel of those
taken into custody, as well as the
character of the securities recovered.
Little is known of the specific
charges that have been placed against
those taken into custody, but it is
understood that the arrests were made
on warrants secured in the district
courts in Gallatin and Madison coun-
ties, as a result of the robbing of the
Salesville State bank at Salesville,
November 10, and the robbery of the
Southern Montana State bank at
Ennis. In the bonds recovered there
were some of those taken in the rob-
berry of both institutions.
Practically all of the men taken
into custody are well known in Havre
and some of them have filled positions
of prominence. Those arrested are
"Billy" Coffron, a Canadian, about
whom littlis known in Havre, but
who is said to be well-known to author
tiles across the border; Roy Hanger,
who is said to have been one of the
party which attempted to rob the
Clifford State bank, May 10, 1928;
doc" Walkup, who is said to have
returned to Havre recently from Spo-
kane; Henry Loranger, former sheriff
of Hill county; Florian Carnal, former
state representative; Ed Marshall,
formerly proprietor of the Bank sa-
loon, and two women, who resided in
the western end of the city.
Loranger, Marshall and Carnal were
released during the afternoon and
evening, but were later re-arrested
The two women and other three mer
were retained in custody.
Coffron, Hanger and Walkup are
said to have been arrested on sus'
picion that they had participated ii
robberies, while Loranger, Carnal anC
Marshall are said to have disposed Of
securities taken in some of the rob.
berries. The relationship of the
two women to the robberies was mo-
made public.
1t is said that for a long time the
trail of the bandits, following rob
berries in this state, in Canada, anC
in North Dakota, has led to Havre
but efforts of both Montana author
tiles and of the Canadian police t.
secure any positive evidencve here, i
is said, were successfully blocked 70.
a long time.
Not long after the robbery of tn
bank at Salesville, Mont, which oc
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the men apprehended disposed of SO,
600 worth of Liberty bonds at on
of the local banks, and another dis
, posed of a small amount of Libert
bonds, say that when he did so tn
who saw him dispose of the latte
: bonds, say that when he dis so tn
: cashier asked him to write his nam
across the face of them so as to kno7
? by whom they were sold, and that h
did so.
After their arrest it is said ths
4 from three of the men the author
tiles recovered between 81, 800 and So
600 in Liberty bonds, $1,000 in Cana
: dian bonds and a large sum in il
dustrial bonds, practically all of til
government securities being regis
: cred bonds.
In their searches for evidence, 70
lowing some of the arrests, the al