The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-10-12
The Teller Robbery

The Teller Robbery
An associated press telegram frOr
Minneapolis, of the 9th. is as follows
The Tribune's Fargo special says tina
while on the Willard excursion til
\ daughter of Secretary Teller had
trunk lost at Helena which was SAL
to contain property worth $4,000
Alex Mckenzie, of Bismarck, sherlf
of Burleigi county, d. T., was em
ployed to work up the case. To-day
he had five men arrested-three al
jamestown two named Adams ane
one named McGraw) and two at Still
water, Minn.-one son of A. Staples
the millionaire lumberman. The first
clew to the parties was obtained from
variety actress in Montana, who dis.
played a fine fan and handkerchief
the latter of which bore Miss Teller's
name.
Our readers will readily recognize
that this refers to the robbery COM
mitted at Livingston a month ago,
though the intelligence of the arrests
at jamestown will be news to most of
them. The intimation of the James
town arrests had not been received by
anyone in town up to last evening. but
the report is doubtless correct never
theless. Officers of the law and
trusted employees of the Northern Pa
cihc along the whole line of the road
and in the Minnesota cities
have been constantly on the
watch for the appe arance
of some of these stolen goods, which
were readily recognizable from being
articles of European manufacture of
the finest quality. This keen watch
has had its effect, it would seem, in
the arrest of the variety theatre peo-
pie in Jamestown. Their names will
be figured out by local readers as Andy
Adams and his woman (probably it
was she who displayed tha fan and
and Jim McGraw. They
left Livingston very shortly after the
commission of the theft, and their
guilt as accessories or principals to the
crime would probably date from be-
fore their departure from this town.
The men arrested in st. Paul we have
already spoken of. They are Dave
Staples, the scapegrace son OF Still.
waters millionaire lumber man Isaac
Staples. and man named Shannon,
who figured in this country as sort of
'tinhorn'' gambler. At the time
Staples left here and some time before,
+. ticket paid for by his father in St.
Paul, was awaiting him at the depot.
That in his chronic state of being |
lead -breke and knowing the ticket was
lere. he made the trip to Saltwater
it: looked suspicious, and de-
ectives took him under surveillance
n Minnesota. He and his partner,
were caught disposing of the
FOODS and are now under arrest. A
equisition for their transfer to Mon
ana will be made out by Gov
rnor Crosby to-day and with it
ficers will probably leave on
for st. Paul to bring
he prisoners here for trial. Itshould
e source of qualification to every
rderly citizen of Livingston to know
hat there is a prospect of punishment
eing meted out to the perpetrators OF
his daring crime. Whatever reputa.|
on Livingston may have, it is fact
hat offences Of every nature have
,et with prompt punishment in this
,wn, and it would be a matter for
rave regret if this instance proved an
reception. Our local railroad men ma.
,rally feel intensely pleased at the
respect of having what WAS at first 4 t
srk mystery fully unravelled and |
Iemselyes exonerated from any blame .
lat might possibly, though wrongly,
imputed to them for negligence
at gave an oppol tunity for the theft.
Death by Poison. s
A very sad case of d. ath from the :,