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Show IHORSETMEF IS FOUND IN BUTTE Butte. Mont . July 16 Shot by a I posse that was chasing him to cover, hortolhief. William Beading. alias, t Bell, who came here a week ago and weut to SL James hospital for treatment treat-ment lor his wounds, is under arrest ! and a guard has been placed in his room by sheriff's officers. Beading i was shot a week ago last Sunday. but In company with his brother, A. ji M. Beading, who also gave the name I of Roli, eluded the Idaho posse and made a trip of 500 miles, arriving In Butte seven days after the battle. The duel with the posse occurred j near Challis. Ida Beading and bis brother made a ride on horseback to I get away. Beading suffered Intense I agony. They feared to enter Poca- I tello. where they were known, but Beading s wounds were so desperate that it was feared he would die un- j less he received prompt attention, i Chase Gets Hot. Finally they got aboard an Oregon f Short Line train for Dillon, where I they learned that Sheriff W, K. Hunt-ingtor Hunt-ingtor of Challls was in pursuit of them They came on to Butte. Here A. Iff, Beading placed his brother In the hospital and attended him devotedly devot-edly until he learned that Sheriff Huntifgton had arrived in Butte hot on the trail of the alleged horse-thieves horse-thieves Both men are wanted by the Idaho and Neada authorities A guard was placed at the hospital and the nurse was to notify him when thp brother arrived. The brother learned of this and doffed his overalls over-alls and dressed like a fashion plate. The nurse and gmrd did not recognize recog-nize the versatile brother and the brothers held a quiet conference. A suspicious deputy said, "Mr. Bell, you are under arrest " "You have made a mistake my name is Maurice and I am visiting a friend who has stomach trouble " Goes Down Fire Escape. His suave explanation prevailed Later he wss tracked to a rooming house and escaped down the fire escape. es-cape. An all-day hunt of the police I and sheriffs deputies has not availed The wounded brother laughed ; heartily when told of the escape This v:is in spit of the swollen wound i in his right leg, which may be fatal j as iuftction set in during the all I night rides and the lack of treatment while eluding the posse. I Sheriff Huntington says the men took a horse from Elko, Nov . drove i( to ('hallis. where they sold it, and ; then taking another horse from Cus-i Cus-i ter county, started from the state 'with the animal The sheriff follow cd them to Blackfoot. Ida., learned the; had bought a ticket to Dillon, went to that city and found they had 1 come to Butte |