Some  time  between  7  and  9  o'clock  in  the  evening  of  Septem-
ber 3,  1913,  two  men — one  tall  and  one  short — were  observed
by  a  Mrs.  Henry  Stone  near  the  old  Tabernacle,  at  the  corner  of
Wyoming  and  Porphyry  Streets,  in  the  city  of  Butte,  engaged
in  a  " hold-up,"  in  the  course  of  which  Thomas  Higgins  was
shot.  The  two  men  ran  away,  crossing  the  vacant  lot  which
lay  west  of  the  Tabernacle,  to  the  alley  which  passes  the  rear
of  the  Oxford  Hotel.  The  scene  is  sketched  below.  Point  A
shows  approximately  where  the  shooting  occurred;  point  B,
Mrs.  Stone's  place  of  observation,  and  the  dotted  line  from
point  A,  the  line  of  flight  as  indicated  by  her.
