HAVE MOSER IN CUSTODY USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Files may be printed or copied for personal use only. "List transcribed and organized by Jack Hannah, JHannah782@aol.com All rights reserved." ONE OF ALLEGED HANNAH MURDERERS CAPTURED GOT ACROSS WYOMING LINE Found by Sheriff Potter and Two Companions at Ranch on Sage Creek. One of the men charged with the murder of Police Sergeant Robert T. Hannah is in jail at Red Lodge, where he will be kept until such time as it may be considered safe to bring him here for preliminary hearing and trial. The prisoner is Orton C. Moser and is said to be the one who used the shotgun, that caused the wound in the murdered man's abdomen. He was captured by Sheriff Potter of Carbon county, Marshal James McAllister, of Red Lodge and George Simmons, a reservation line rider, shortly after 6 o'clock yesterday morning, across the Wyoming line. The capture was effected at the ranch of Jack Morrison on Sage creek, in what is known as the Stinking Water country. Mr. Potter arrived here from Red Lodge Saturday evening, accompanied by Marshall McAllister. Having heard that he had been seen in that direction, Sheriff Hubbard secured a special engine Sunday morning and sent the two Carbon county men to Fromberg. There the officers secured horses and rode to the camp of Simmons, on the line of the reservation. Mr. Simmons was seen and Mr. Potter gave him a description of the man they were looking for. Find the Trail No sooner had the sheriff described the man, ere Mr. Simmons replied that he was the very one who had stopped with over night and left camp not over an hour and a half before. After another horse had been secured for Mr. Potter, the one that he had not being well calculated to stand a long, hard ride, the three took up Moser's trail and had little difficulty in following it. All night they rode and at 6:30 o'clock were at the Morrison ranch. Moser was just walking out of the house when the officers appeared in front of the door and in an instant afterward he was in their custody. The prisoner had stopped at the ranch for breakfast and like his pursuers appeared to have ridden all night. Would Say Nothing Moser maintained a sullen silence, even refusing to ask what he had been arrested for. He finally vouchsafed an answer to the sheriff's questions. It was short and characteristic of the man. With an oath he said: "you needn't think you can sweat me." To this Mr. Potter replied, "Well you're the man who killed Bob Hannah, anyway." Moser made no reply and silently with his captors the remainder of the distance to Bowler. At this place Mr. Potter telephoned to Sheriff Hubbard about the arrest and was directed to take the prisoner to Red Lodge. The next place reached was Fromberg, where Potter gave Moser into the custody of McAllister and Simmons, while he secured a team and drove to Joliet. Here he boarded the Red Lodge train and came to Billings. Moser has an ugly gash over one eye, where he was struck with a revolver by Sheriff Hubbard during the struggle in the Davidson house. When arrested he was unarmed. Get Track Of Grady It is now known that Grady remained in the city all of Saturday and Saturday night and that he stopped at several houses, where he had friends. Ernest Raymond and Nona French, as she is sometimes called, but said to be the wife of Raymond, are in jail, charges with having harbored Grady after the murder. A hint was received by the sheriff's office that two knew considerably about Grady and his whereabouts and they were arrested. After considerable "sweating" the woman acknowledged that he had been at their house on the south side, about 9 o'clock and had asked them to send for a south side saloon-man, who, he said, would supply him with a horse and gun and would help him get out of the country. She claimed that she and her husband has refused to do so, but admitted that they did not tell any one about the man's presence in their house. A little more questioning brought out the fact that Grady had told them that after jumping from the window he had lain in the weeds all day Saturday and at night crawled into a root house of an empty dwelling near his first place of concealment, where he spent the night. A search of the roothouse corroborated this statement for innumerable partially smoked cigarettes were found in the place, also other indications of recent occupancy by some person. When Grady escaped through the window he was bareheaded and remained without a hat all day and night following. After leaving the Raymond's he secured a hat, which, it is said, he stole from the residence of Frank Swim, the occupants of which were absent. It is also said that he stole a revolver and an umbrella, which he used to shield himself so as to escape recognition by any one whom he might meet. On the strength of their own admissions the Raymonds were placed in jail. Citizens Offer Reward Sunday evening Paul McCormick, H. W. Rowley and P. H. Moss authorized Sheriff Hubbard to offer a reward of $500, each, for the capture of Grady and Moser, dead or alive. They guaranteed payment of the reward. Subsequently others joined in the reward until it reached $750 for each of the two men. Having caught Moser, Sheriff Potter and the two men who assisted him are now entitled to the head money offered for Moser. Where is the Money A puzzling matter to the officers who have been connected with the chase after Moser and Grady is the disappearance of the money stolen by them. They would furthermore like to know what became of the shotgun Moser had. In jumping out of the window one of them dropped some of the coin, which was subsequently found by the officers. Grady is said to have told the Raymonds that he lost $10 when he struck the ground. This amount was found as already stated, but the balance is still missing. It is now believed that the robbers had a prearranged place of concealment and that they took the money there before returning to the Davidson house. This is made evident by the fact that when Sheriff Hubbard surprised the men in the room their coats were lying on a bed. These were secured, but contained nothing of value although they put the money taken from the roulette wheel into their coat pockets. Have Hard Names In addition to the double crime now charged up to them, the two men have otherwise a hard reputation. Moser is said to have been released from the West Virginia penitentiary last January, where he served a term for shooting a man. Grady has been arrested a number of times for smaller offenses and is also accused of having "rolled" men, while direct charge is made against him that some years ago he entered the cabin of an old man on the south side and at the muzzle of a revolver robbed him of a large sum. The latter crime could not be fastened on him, it is claimed, because of the unwillingness of certain parties to testify against him. Three weeks before the robbery and murder he ran away with a girl to whom he was married at Missoula. The father of the girl says Grady perjured himself in swearing to the age of the girl when he applied for the license, as she was not of legal age. Since the elopement, he had not been seen about the city until the bartender, Morris claimed to have recognized as one of the robbers. However, the sheriff's office learned since then that he was here a few days before the robbery and murder and that he borrowed a bicycle and rode to the home of Moser, where the crime was probably planned. Billings Gazette Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, Tuesday, July 5, 1904