| Show SUICIDE ENDS BATTLE MAN ESCAPES FROM JAIL ONLY TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE desperate fight in street of helena montana between iraln tf ain wrecker and officer officers has unexpected expected ad ending isaac Gra gravelle yelle on an trial for robbing a powder houe nar near helena last september of at giant glant powder which was used in wrecking northern pacific bruins escaped from thu tho lewis and dark clark county jail at helena mont thursday afternoon after probably fatally tally shooting tony Kort kordzek zek deputy pursued by deputies and john raab a butcher who was armed gravelle took refuge in an alley beside th ahn residence of at governor joseph V toole where a pistol duel took place after an exchange of shots gravello Gra velb ran into the basement of the governors house where he shot and killed himself he lie had been wounded by bullets from the guns of bis his pursuers the escape took place at 2 as gravelle was about to be led from the jail to the court room in the county building across the street deputy sheriff korizek and jailer jones were in the office when the former led gravelle gravello out of the cell room suddenly gravelle pulled a revolver and held hold korizek up the latter made a move toward his gun and gravelle fired twice at him both bullets taking effect one struck his hie breast a few inches from the heart jones was not armed and threw up bis his hands gravelle ordered the jailer to open the door of the jail which he did ile H then walked deliberately out of the jail fail and to the leet corner thirty feet away by that time the sheriff deputies began to appear and one shot was fired from the court house gravelle then ran one block on east st ward where be lie tried to mount a 8 horse that happened to be hitched there he ile was too hotly pressed how ever and continued down an alley and acoss a lot to fifth avenue down which he was chased by raab who had joined in the pursuit turning down sixth avenue a moment later gravelle had taken refuge in the alley beside the gov governors erners house and emptied hia his revolver at raab raab and deputy sheriff fired six shots at him there and gra valle lIe wounded ran into the basement of the governors house where be he blew out his brains oravelle Gra volle was convicted five months ago of sending threatening letters to officers of the northern pacific ot at whom he demanded 50 it was proved that he had northern pacific trains and property in nn an effort to blackmail the company ho ile waa was captured after a long campaign that cost the northern pacific 50 he lie was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary had bad been in the penitently la twice before he ile was a range rider and cattle and was regard d as a desperate and dangerous man it Is not kman how ho he gained possession of at the gun |
