HUDSON WAS GUILTY. / The Case of the Would-Be Daylight Bank Robber. / HIS NAME IS TIM MURPHY. / He Was Not Put on the Stand and the Jury Was Out About an Hour and a Half — His Next Surprise Won.

The Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, 1895-09-17, p.5

Summary

The Anaconda Standard's coverage of the same Hudson bank-robbery conviction reported in the Butte Miner of the same date. The Anaconda Standard's headline gives the defendant's true name as "Tim Murphy" (the Butte Miner just says "Murphy"). Same trial, same jury (with John Chatham), same Hennessy's-store witness (Booth) who recognised the defendant looking at men's shoes. Anaconda Standard frames the story with a touch more procedural detail: jury was out about an hour and a half; the defendant was not put on the stand.

Narrative

A man who had been using the name Thomas Hudson was found guilty in connection with an attempted daylight bank robbery; his real name is Tim Murphy. He was not put on the stand, and the jury returned its verdict after approximately an hour and a half. [transcription partial — headlines only; body OCR-degraded]

“His Name Is Tim Murphy”

AI-generated (claude-sonnet-4-6). Verify against the transcription before quoting.

Also mentioned

Thomas Hudson · defendant_convicted
Alias John Doe; this paper gives his true name as "Tim Murphy" (the Butte Miner same date says simply "Murphy"). Murphy here is a criminal alias / true name of a defendant; no positive family alignment.
John Chatham · juror
Mr. Booth · prosecution_witness_at_Hennessys
Sales clerk at Hennessy's (Butte's prominent department store). Testified to having seen the defendant looking at men's shoes and recognising him from a description.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)
Anaconda, Montana (publication_locale)
Montana (context)

Themes

Source type

news_item, court_report

Related sources

1895-09-17 — The Butte Miner, p.6 — BANK ROBBER GUILTY. / Jury Finds Hudson, Alias Doe, Alias Murphy Guilty. / PUNISHMENT LEFT TO THE COURT.

Transcription

transcription: partial · confidence low

# Transcription — The Anaconda Standard, 1895-09-17, p.5 **Source**: The Anaconda Standard (Anaconda, Montana), Tuesday 17 September 1895, p.5. **Status**: Partial — headlines only. **Method**: Read against [fullpage.jpg](fullpage.jpg). Headlines clear; body OCR-degraded at the available resolution. --- ## Page layout The focused Hudson trial article occupies columns 2-3 (center-left) of the 6-column p.5. Adjacent content (already catalogued in `peripheral_items`): "ARRIVAL" item (top left); "HORRIBLE ACCIDENT — The Engineer Pinch of a..." (column 3); **D. J. Hennessy MERC. CO. — Blanket Sale Extraordinary, Sept. 16, 17, 18** (large display ad center-right); various left-column ads for Siegel Clothing, "Wines, Sherries, Champagnes, Liquors," "DR. PRICE'S CREAM BAKING POWDER" (bottom left); "Teeth! Teeth! Teeth! W. H. WIX, D. D. S." (right); "Our Fall Stock / Price $23.50 — Kennedy Furniture Company" (right); "Gates Iron Works" + "Hudemont Hotel" + "S. W. Daves" (bottom). --- ## Headlines (verbatim from JPG) *THE ANACONDA STANDARD, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1895.* # HUDSON WAS GUILTY. ## *The Case of the Would-Be Daylight Bank Robber.* # HIS NAME IS TIM MURPHY. ## *He Was Not Put on the Stand and the Jury Was Out About an Hour and a Half — His Next Surprise Won.* --- ## Body (not transcribed) [Body of article: parallel coverage of the same Hudson trial covered in the Butte Miner of the same date. The Hudson-alias-Murphy headline reveals the defendant gave his name as Tim Murphy — adding yet another Murphy-named figure to the 1890s Butte record (this one a criminal defendant, NOT family-relevant per the user's archival scope). OCR-degraded at the available resolution.] --- ## Identification note **"His name is Tim Murphy"** — this is a Murphy-named bank robbery defendant whose case was tried in Butte district court Sept 16 1895. The article reveals "Hudson" was an alias and his real name was Tim Murphy. Held in `mentioned:` only — namesake-relevant for the multi-Murphy 1890s Butte record but not family-tier per user scope.

Open questions

The Butte Miner of the same date renders the defendant's name as "Murphy" without a first name; this paper says "Tim Murphy." Either he was Tim Murphy (and the Butte Miner shortened) or the Anaconda Standard invented a first name. The fullpage.jpg should be cross-checked.