Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-12-19

met each succeeding detail will
chuckles and laughter. His name
aroused the suspicious Of those at tn
stage station, but there was no proO
that he had committed the holdup 81
no action was taken. Reports of hi
conduct spread in the neighborhood
however, and when, a short time later
several ranchmen found that their cat.
tie were disappearing from the range
suspicion again turned toward Bussey
Bussey. sensing the feeling against
him, started hiding out in the hills. A
I farmer named Raymond had lost some
cattle, and he not only suspected that
BuSSey had stolen them, but he also sus-
i pected that Mrs. Raymond, his wife
had been aiding Bussey by carrying
! food to him.
One morning Raynond's son reported
! to his father that he had seen Bussey
crawling out of haystack near the
barns where it was evident he had
spent the night Raymond got his rifle
and began a watch for BusSey. He pres
emily saw him slipping furtively toward
one of the outbuildings. He followed
him. BusSey saw Raymond coming and
crawled into a piano box that had
been stored In the barn. Raymond dis
covered him there, stepped back and
began firing into the box
When BusSey'S body was examined
there were II bullet holes found in it.
Raymond was convicted of murder and
sentenced to six years Imprisonment.
In sentencing him the Judge said he
thought Raymond was justified IN kill
ing Bussey, but that he diSapproyed Of
the method and that Kidding the body
with bullets showed an luminosity and
lack Of propriety which should be pun
ished.
A Dark-Eyed Bandit
A robbery on the Billings Benton
line which caused much excitement was
staged at Painted Robe near Lavina.
AT the top Of Painted Robe hill in a
clump of trees. short, dark man with
q brown mllstache waited for the stage
which had been reported as carrying
heavy consignment of gold from the
Spotted Horse mine at Maiden
AS the horses labored to the top Of
the hill with the stage, the man rode
from the trees and shot down one of
the lead animals. The stage driver was
jeff Kimbau The hoIdup wore q wide
brimmed white hat and the lower half
Of his face was covered with a hand
kerchief.
The robber took the passengers val
uables, but there was no consignment
of bullion or money aboard Among
the passengers was q woman who lived
at Lewistown. She watched the bandit
as he worked.
Several weeks later she went to the
sheriff's office at LeWistown and told
that officer that the man who had
robbed the stage at Lavina was in
town, that she had seen him.
The sheriff accompanied her down
the street and she pointed out we'll
dressed man with dark eyes.
That's him." she declared. Il know
him by his eyes.
A postal inspector took up the case, |
obtained some other evidence, and fin
ally the man was arrested. He was
given hearing before q United States |
commissioner in Billings, but was dis
missed for lack of evidence.
Capture OF Bank Robbers
Another happening near Lsavtna I
which aroused much interest at the [
time was the capture Of three men /
wanted for the daylight robbery of q
1ank at Belle Fourche, s. D., in which
4 man had been killed. The bandits
through Wyoming and went
into hiding near Red Lodge.
Someone recognized them and a
posse was formed to smoke them out.