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Great Montana Manhunt and the 1900 Springdale Shootout
In November 1900 a grim manhunt unfolded across Montana after J W Brown allegedly vowed to rob and kill across the state then flee to Wyoming. A robbing spree began with a Butte gunman, a Beaver shooting near Logan, and a final Springdale station confrontation that ended with Sheriff Young’s death.
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Elno
Granite County
Wyoming
Joe Quesenberry
Deer Lodge
J. W. Brown
Philipsburg
Brown
Montana
Silesia
Harry Missioner
West Rosebud
R. B. Kelly
Livingston
Missioner
Posse
Red Lodge
Woodhams
Munzenmeyer
Burlington
W. H. Linter
Cedar Rapids
Butte
Logan
Charles Gregory
Northern Pacific
Springdale
John Carney
Sheriff Young
Frank Beller
Carney
Charles Mendenhall
Beller
Park County
George Young
Garrison