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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1925
Page
2
Legislative action on the bank guaranty measure drew scant backing as senators debated related taxation and irrigation district provisions. A Montana court case and a pending election were noted, with committee discussions on commerce and government acts shaping possible amendments.
The article details ongoing shaft work at an overhanging cave as divers and guards monitor the effort to reach a train passage. A new tunnel sighting raises cautious hope while officials, press, and medical staff await a possible imminent recovery. The depth advances toward 60 feet with hard rock delaying progress and a plan to tunnel toward the cave mouth.
The article reports Walsh's final statements before his death, including a poem about "The Hoss" and moral counsel for youth. He reflects on a life of independence since age nine, warns to distrust strangers, urges purity of heart, honesty, and kindness. He ends with good wishes and a note on faith.
Helena February 13 Senator Clark announced a bill to amend the law on commitment to the state asylum for the insane and to allocate treatment costs for inebriates and drug addicts when indigent. Senate discussed several bills including tax, financial, and livestock regulations. one tax bill was killed and another delaying action noted. The session included notices of deaths, committee reports, and numerous senate bills advancing or being read, with adjournment planned.
Roy Walsh faced the gallows in an early 20th century execution, mounting the scaffold with a firm step as deputies prepared the restraints. Governor Erickson rejected a commutation, and Walsh spent his final hours with ministers and visitors, maintaining a stoic, semi-jovial demeanor and bidding farewell to relatives.
A fragmented report recounts a string of 1920s Montana holdups ending in multiple hangings. Names include Higgins, O Neill, Powell, Fisher, and O Neill again. Victims include J J Montgomery and Cyril Lut Schilling. The piece notes ex-convicts and a series of capital punishment events at Silver Bow county jail.
A Kansas City fire caused estimated losses totaling four million dollars after intense flames swept through multiple structures. Investigators examine the blaze’s origin as firefighters worked to control hotspots and prevent further damage.
Fragmentary notes describe a child victim of a rare disease within a jail setting. References mention a sheriff's house, a walk from a cell to a jail door, a scaffold path, and details about an execution with scattered mentions of Harris and canoes amid unclear context.
The 1923 Renova murder of Al Johnson and the Boulder jail escape of Roy Walsh are recalled with details of the shooting through a store door, Walsh and Arthur Hughes’ roles, and the subsequent pursuit, trials, and Walsh’s dramatic escapes and confessions. The narrative notes Hughes’ guilty plea, Walsh’s death sentence, and his long manhunt ending in Missouri.
The Jefferson county court verdict stands as murder in the first degree for Roy Walsh in the 1923 Renova store murder of Albert Johnson. Governor Erickson announces no commute, citing atrocity and unchanging record. Walsh faces a time to pay the crime at Boulder, with sentencing set between 1 AM and 1 PM tomorrow.
A wandering youth named Roy Walsh later Albert Schoonover, born in Wisconsin 32 years ago, left home at age three, roamed the Northwest, served time in a reformatory, and was arrested as a teenager for murder. His tale threads through a pastor sermon and a personal book.
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