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The Washington times., 1926-09-21

able chair and a set-in pier glass are
the last word in quiet and calm. The
treatment seemed to me fairly simple
with lotions and creams of the most
healing and sensible composition.
What l had was called a circulation
treatment, and 1t makes you look
and feel perfectly wonderful.
The attendant will explain to you
a series of exercises which will be
of the greatest benefit. providing you
will remember to do them. BY Ill
means make an appointment with
Dorothy Gray. The telephone num-
ber is Main 2641.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
The Newest
Felt Hat

by Redoux. was chris
tened Indiana" why 1 do not know.
But it is extremely smart, as you
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
Storm Damage Laid
To Flir1sy Building

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 21.-"Dont blame God, blame the
BOOM heard every side the East Coast is trying
to recover from of Americas tragedies Sky
scrabers hastily constructed by unfamiliar with Foda
conditions built last year with insufficient foundation
and many undermined by the Storm resemble the leaning
lower of Pisa
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
1t Stands
To Reason

That specialists in any art afford
the best development of that art.
Sounds wise. doesn't it? Think OF
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

crisp salads and hot vegetables right
from the gardens.
The Garden Terrace is open from
IL noon to o'clock, for luncheon,
tea and dinner. Special dinner par
ties, special luncheons, and bridge
parties are arranged II you desire.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

Ten subscriptions to The Times
Herald for one year, paid i'm ad.
vance, will give you a ringside
seat at the Dempsey -Tunney bat
tie. Have you 10 friends?
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

DEAREST GENEVIEVE:
The most interesting part about
autumn is stirring about in the
The Washington times., 1926-09-21
Acid Thrown, Man Blinded

WILMINGTON. Del. Sept. 21.-
Said to have thrown bottle of acid
at Howard Fountain. aged "a years,
during a quarrel Ella Reason, was
arrested here. The mans screams
as the acid burned his face and
eyes aroused neighbors who called
the police. Fountain was removed
to a hospital, where it was found
his eyesight had been destroyed.
His alleged assailant was arrested.
She is held under 81 900 bail, for a
hearing next Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

The regular dinner is 81 and is
served from $50 to o'clock. The
bill Of fare usually includes chicken
with other meats also. There is
every reason for the present popu-
larity of the Garden Terrace.
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

there yesterday. Service plates for
brides make delightful gifts. Those
In glass with border of color and
The Washington times., 1926-09-21

Affectionately.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

the Vigilantes in the Territory of
Montana was a notorious character
by the name of Con Murphy, and this
article pertains more especially to
him. His hanging near Helena in
January, 1885, was the last work
performed by that historic and cele-
brated organization.
In the winter of 1884 and 1885,
the two EdmOns0n brothers were
held in the county Jail at Helena
awaiting trial or transfer to the pen
itentiary following conviction. They
were the leaders of the famous crowd
of desperadOes and road agents
known throughout the territory as
the "EdmOnsOn Gang" They were
to Montana what the Jesse James
Gang was to Missouri. During that
time almost every night large fires
of incendiary origin occurred and
the people of Helena were greatly in
censed in consequence. From day to
day the Vigilante signs were prOmi-
nently and numerOusly in evidence,
yet the fires continued. 1t was felt
quite generally that these fires we're
started by cOnfederates of the Ed
mOnsOn boys to distract attention
from the county Jail and thus better
enable them to effect an escape.
Con Murphy
Con Murphy was a member of the
gang, and being then at large, many
citizens entertained belief that he
was a moving factor behind the
many cOnflagratiOns. He was a flu
gitive from justice and his record was
such as to instill bitterness of feel
ing towards him; more especially be-
cause of the great losses by fire con-
stantly occurring. Con Murphy,
alias Red" alias "Jack" Redmond,
was a man rather small of stature
and weighed about $50 pounds. He
was very we'll muscled and developed.
however, and was very quick and
wiry. His complexion was decidedly
sandy; freckIes; light brown hair, a
sandy mUstache, and whiskers cut
close; a straight pointed nose; a cold,
peculiar, blue eye; red eyelids; and
a StOlid cOuntenance. In cOnversa-
ton, however, he was quite affable,
and frequently wore a pleasant
smile. He usually wore a black
SLOUGH hat with a fancy hat band, a
dark coat and blue ~OveralIs, heavy
red sOX with the Overalls tucked in,
and arctic OvershOes. He dressed very
warmly and could Withstand the Sc
verest cold.
He came to Montana in 1876, and
in 1879 was committed to the peni-
Tertiary at Deer Lodge for horse
stealing, and after seven months i'm
prisOnment made his escape. He
was at large for about a year when
he was captured on the Dearborn RI
yer by a sheriff's posse under Charles
NJ. Jeffries, then sheriff of Lewis
and Clark county. He completed his
term of imprisonment and was dis
charged in 1892. He was subse-
quently arrested for the hold-up of
the Fort Benton stage, which occur
red in the Prickly Pear Canyon in the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

prisoners were Immediately loaded
into the sleigh and the officers pro-
ceeded with them towards Helena
The roads were so badly drifted with
that the party was compelled
to stop until morning at the Half
Way House" located just east of the
present site of ClasOil on the North
ern Pacific railroad. When break
fast time arrived the handouts were
removed from Murphy so that he
could eat, and they were left off
while he was putting on his over
coat to continue his Sleigh ride en-
route to Helena. He hurriedly walked
across the Dor for his hat, then
suddenly turned, pulling a revolver
which he had kept secreted under his
left arm, and fired at Bashaw, strik-
ing the latter in the hand. Murphy
finally gave up, and during all this
trouble his brother sat in the room
where he had slept and made no ef-
fort to escape. Murphy then handed
his weapon to Bashaw saying: FI
have never killed a man in my life
and / do not care to add such a crime
to my career. 1 want you to have
this revolver as a remembrance Of
me- ~AOWGfCl5 cIOulu Tie l6lldULeo
come for me, won't you please let
me have a pistol to protect MYSELF"
Bashaw gave his assurances.
The Vigilantes
They then proceeded on their
journey and when about four miles
out from Helena were met by a de-
termined Vigilante posse comprising
about one hundred men, we'll mount
ed. The place of meeting was on my
fathers old stage road, to the south
of which there was a line of tele-
graph poles with cross beams for the
holding of wires in place. Murphy
begged Bashaw to give him a gun
with which to defend himself, with
out avail. The Vigilantes dismOunt-
ed and before adjusting a rope
around Murphy's neck inquired if
he had anything to say, if so to be
quick about it.. He responded.
Don't harm the boy, for he is limo
cent" He was questioned as to what
he knew about the fires Of recent Oc-
%currence. in Helena and replied that
he knew. nothing more about them
} Continued on the Farm Pgae)
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05
(By ALBERT +. CATENl

(Judge Galen is one of the best
known men in the state. A ma
tive MOntanan, and a pioneer Of
Helena, he is familiar with the
many stirring incidents of old Last
Chance Gulch).
TIME V~igilantes first came into ex-
istance in Montana at Virginia
City in the fall of 1868, the pur-
pose of the organization being to en-
force respect for the law and to pro-
tect the lives and property of decent,
law-abiding people from the bastard
~ Outrages which were constantly
being perpetrated upon them by the
road agents, the chief of whom was
Henry Plummer, then sheriff of Mad
lsOn county. He and the other mem
bers of his gang were al later hanged
by the Vigilantes during the winter
of 1868 and 1864. To those unac-
qUainted with the early day history
of Montana, it would appear from the
accounts of the Vigilantes written by
LangfOrd and Dimsdale that that
celebrated organization functiOned
only FOR a brief interval during the
winter of 1853 and 1864, cOmmenc-
ing its work with the summary trial
and execution of George Ives on De-
cember 81, 1868, and ending with
the hanging Of Captain John A.
Slade, March 10, 1854. However
within the personal recollection OF
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

came out here in search of his broth
Jack. He said they had learned
that Jack was leading a hard life,
was considered a menace to the com
munity, and that his mother wished
to have him return to her before she
died. So he had travelled here IN
search of his brother to bring him
back to the reforming influence Of
his mother. The boy inquired wheth-
er l had ever heard of a man who,
out in this country, went by the name
Of Con Murphy, and that that man
was his brother for whom he was
making search. I was, of course,
greatly surprised, interested and as
founded, and bOy-like, proceeded to
tell the whole story to him as I knew
it. He left our house and I next saw
him about three weeks later, in the
custody of the Vigilantes after his
brother had been hung. He had
found his brother and the latter had
promised to reform and return to his
old home in Missouri. In further
ance of this promise. Murphy had
purchased two tickets to St. Louis.
Missouri, which were found in his
pocket after the execution.
The Capture of Murphy
At the time he was last captured,
Murphy and his brother were staying
at Johnny O'Neill's ranch on the Mis-
souri, river, below Winston, a dis
lance of about Is miles from Helena,
at which place he had heretofore
many times found refuge and been
given protection O'Neill, having
learned of MUrphy's plan to return to
Missouri, and knowing that there was
a standing reward for his arrest, pro-
ceeded to Helena and notified the
officers of the law of Murphy's
whereabouts and plans to leave the
territory. ThereupOn, Deputy sher-
if J. H. Mcfarland and police Offic-
er George Bashaw left Helena on
January 26, 1885, accompanied by
O'Neill, in a twO-hOrse sleigh, for the
purpose of capturing the outlaw. Ar
irving at the rendezvous after dark,
O'NeiIl proceeded to his cabin, while
Mcfarland and Bashaw remained un-
der cover outside. O'Neill found Con
Murphy and his brother in the cabin
where he had left them. Murphy was
in bed and O'Neill requested the
brother to go down to the stable
and feed the horses, as he was cold.
While the latter was at the stable,
O'Neill appraised the officers that all
was well. On re-entering the cabin
O'Neill was in front, followed by the
officers. In a moment O'Neill was on
top of his victim, pinioning him
down, while Bashaw covered him
with a dOuble-barreled shot gun, and
Mcfarland with a revolver.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05
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The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

At that time l was a school boy in
Helena, and greatly interested in the
notorious character, due. principally
to the fact that he had stolen more
horses from my father, High F. CAL
en-, than from any other one individ-
Ual in the territory. Before the ad-
vent of the railroads in Montana, my
father was engaged in fTeighting and
in the conduct of the overland stage
between Helena and BOzeman, and in
consequence owned a great many
horses. Our nearest railroad station
was COrinne, Utah, and father. OpeT-
ated freight wagons between that
point and Helena, also from Helena
to Fort Benton, the head of river
navigation. In those days the name
of Con Murphy was one which was
frequently referred to in our house
hold. About six weeks before he
met his death, a very interesting in
cident occurred which 1 shall ever
remember.
Con Redmond
While the excitement of the people
of Helena was at its height because
of the incendiary fires, a young mar
about nineteen years of age, poorly
clad, thin and emaciated, knocked
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

the writer, they continued vigorously
and effectuaIly in their operations
in and about Helena as late as the
year 1855. On the bank of Dry
Gulch Davis Street in Helen&)
there stood a grim and solitary tree
with a long limb projecting almost
horizontally from it's trunk a dis
lance of about II feet from the
ground. The tree was dead, yet
quite regularly the community was
amazed to see a peculiar fruit pro
duced thereon in the form of human
beings l~ifelessly dangling therefrOm
by the neck. From the year 1870 to
1885 it was frequently to be observed
that during the night this tree had
borne fruit, and sometimes as many
as three men were to be seen at one
time hanging from the limb, evinc-
ing the fact that summary justice
had again been administered by the
Vigilantes. 1t was known through
out the country as "Hangman's
Tree" During those days it was
not uncommon in Helena to see
quite numerOusly and cOnspicuOusly
posted the grim emblem of the Vigi-
lantes. namely, a placard on which
was portrayed a skull and cross
bones, under which appeared the fig
ures "3-7-7.." and the word "Be-
ware" When crimes we're committed
within the community this was the
notice of the Vigilantes to the cul-
prits to move on or suffer the con
sequences, and the Hangman's tree
and it's fruits stood forth at all times
as a warning to de~speradOes and law
V~iOlatOrs.
The Last of the HaRgings
The last person to be executed by
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

summer of 1888. He was then plac-
ed in the city lookup at Helena, but
effected his escape therefrOm by cut
ting his way through the roof A
short time afterwards he was recap
tured on the Yellowstone river, and
brought back to Helena and impTis-
Oned in the county Jail. He made his
escape therefrOm on election night,
1884, and continued at large, a ter
rOr to the community, until appre-
hended and executed by the Vigil
antes.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

at u back door and asked if he
might have something to eat, to
which my good mother readily assent
ed, and invited him inside. BOy-like,
l stood by while mother was serving
him with food in the kitchen; 1 was
interested, and wanted to know
something about him. In response
to my interrogation he told me that
his name was Con Redmond, that his
home was in Hannibal, Missouri, and
that at the instigatiOn of his old
mother, who was in poor health, he
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

Murphy was then ~handcuffed and
his weapons, three revOlvers and a
Winchester rifle taken from him. By
this time, Cons brother had return
ed from the stable and unwittingly
walked into the presence of the off
GERS who at once placed him under
arrest. The capture was made about
1890 at night. Murphy was strong
in his denUnciatiOn of O'Neill for the
latter's treacherOus conduct. The
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-05

Continued on the Farm Pgae)
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

1924 was about played out" He took kindly however,, to the radio and in his later years abandoned his lifetime practice of retiring carly in order 10 listen in, especially when an address by his son was being broad cast He was greatly touched when President Coolidge at the close of an address near the end of the 1924 campaign said a public good night to his father.
 The death Of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., son Of the president, greatly affect ed the colonel and his friends said that he never fully recovered from the shock.
 Stricken Last April.
 The condition of the presidents father first attracted public atten. ton early in April of last year about month after he had returned rom Washington where ho had at tended the inauguration of his son. His condition gave such concern to his physician. pr. A. w. Cram, that 1t was arranged for him to come 10 Boston on May for m examina- ton at the Massachusetts General hospital.
 There, Drs, Paul D. White and Arthur Chute. Boston experts, in consultation with Dr. Cram, diagnos- cd Colonel Coolidge's ailment as heart block" condition character ized by a slow pulse. Otherwise however a searching examination revealed that despite his years, the aged patient was in good health.
 Later, on May II, there came a report that he had suffered a faint ing but the accuracy of this report was never determined definitely, the colonel, himself, tocularly told in- quirers that if ho had been ill he hadn't known of it himself.
 Despite this. however, his condi- tion took a turn for the worse on June 27 and he was reported in serious condition.
 Dr. Cram said the colonel had gas on the stomach and bowels and that an infammatory condition had set in but that the heart action re- mained good. Nevertheless, he or. dered his patient to bed. Concident with the news of these develop. ments President Coolidge. who was summering at White Court in 1 Swampscott, directed his personal ! physician, Major J. r. Coupal, to his fathers bedside.
 Specialist Called In
 In the meantime, Dr. White of Boston had arrived and on the afternoon of June 2S he operated on the patient, who lay stretched on table in the same room in which on that historic day, August 3. 1se3, he had sworn his son into office as the president of the United States. A local anesthctic was all that was used and the operation lasted S8 minutes. The sick man stood 1t well and felt greatly re- lieved. It was reported that the operation was to clear an abscess of the prostate gland.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

Al that time the attending phy- siclans reported that second and major operation for tho removal of the prostate gland would be ad.
 visablo when the patient had sui, tlcicntly recovered his strength.
 This, however, has never been at.
 tempted.
 Apprised Of his fathers condl- ton and the impending operation. the president and Mrs. Coolidge to- gother with his friend, Frank w. Stearns rushed from Boston 10 Ludlow, Vt,, on special train which hettered by many minutes the usual railroad schedule. At Ludlow the party was met by At torney General Sargent and driven here. distance of about 12 miles.
 Mr, and Mrs, Coolidge found the patient already on the way to re- covery and his improvement was so rapid that they were enabled to return 10 Boston a few days later in order that the president might keep an important speaking en- gagement, Colonel Coolidge, him self, urged that this be done. His grandson, John, who had been with him since school closed, remained here.
 Since that time the colonel has been reported i'll on several occa- sions. Until during the Christmas season he continued to perform the chores" about the place. but at that time he lost the use of his legs and has since been confined to his bed.
 Ills earlier refusal to accept a less rigorous routine than his cus- tomary one, coupled with the strain that has come from an attempt to Keep up with the voluminous cor respondence to which he has been subjected since the elevation of his son to presidency, was long cause or concern to his well-wishers. He vas forced frequently to forsake o habit of a lifetime to remain in late into the night answering in. consequential letters which have poured in upon him and has daily been subjected to unwelcome scrutiny from motor tourists and souvenir pests who have Hooked here in ever increasing numbers.
New Britain herald., 1926-03-19

Colonel Coolidge was thrust into
 the picture much in the manner ol an understudy suddenly called upon
 10 play the leading role in a drama
 The viee-president had decided that
 ms rather, by virtue of his office of notary public Of Plymouth, was qualified to administer tho oath, which was done in the living room or the Coolidge home by the light or a small kerosene lamp of the type commonly used in farmhouse kitchens.
 i The ceremony, thus performed amid surroundings that were more l Ike the early years Of the country rather than of the 2Oth century, was m conformity 10 the simple tradi. lions that have marked the lives of the Coolldges of Vermont for many years.
 On Governors Stan colonel Coolidge--he obtained bis rank from service on the staff of Governor Stickney of Vermont-al. ways lived nj Plymouth, where he vas born March 3l. 1S45. The fact mat his son became president did not change his mode of living with the exception that ho was obliged ,o spend considerable time greeting tourists who paused to get q glinnse or tho place where Calvin Coolidge WAS porn and spent his boyhood Ihese tourists came by thousands during the months when snow did not hinder motor traffic to the yil- lage. The colonel took q great pride m showing them the table where the president signed the oath of office. Inc pen. the kitchen lamp and the Bible used in the administration of the oath. He also prized highly his visitors register, series of note books containing the signatures of thousands of persons from all parts of the country
 Alter his son became the occu. pant of the White House. coIone, Coolidge made occasional trips to Washington, but always appeared glad to get back to his farm and the life 10 which he had so long heen accustomed.
 Proud of His Son
 Although naturally proud of the success of his sons career, the father never was heard 10 take any credit for 1t, When Cal was in school" he once remarked, q thought he would make a good doctor. but his main thought as a youth was to get a good education and did all in my power to help him. AS a boy he al- ways went with me to the town meeting. town caucus and such things and always when we had q public examination for school teach CTS. He was always interested in such things. The point of 1t fig, he had to do he attended to 1t and did 1t the best he knew how, whether he liked it or not, and think that's what he has always lone"
 Colonel Coolidge. although pri- morily merchant during most of