Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-05
THIEVES BROKE In.
SEVERAL CASES OF ROBBERY YES
TERDAF MORNING.
Superiority of Flash Gentry and
Tramps in Town Manffests Itself in
Two B~urglariss and q Case of Robbery

Mention was made tie other day OF tn
| arrival in town of several fash gentryfro
Leadville, also of the undesirable presenc
of gangs OF tramps In the county whom th
Sheriff intended to run in as soon as possi
bic. Evidences of the presence of this dan
gerOus element were manifested yesterda,
morning in three instances, and, though n,
tion to our citizens to see that things ar
securely attended to before retiring. Thos
who invested in arsenals last fall when tn
epidemic of strange visitations in the Yves
Emo so alarmed the ladies there after darl
would do well to see hat the weapon ar
nicely oiled and the charges renewed in cas-,
of q sudden call for use on a midnight in
truder. The police force will also do wei
to assume an extra amount of vigilance.
Speaking to a Sneriff's officer yesterday
about the matter, he recalled the way il
which the city vas overrun by the presence
OF the tramp pest about three years age
and declared that similar severe measures
would have to re adopted now as wert
then taken. There is no use tenporizins
with that class" said he. 1.-THE town mus
be made too warm to hold them and il
wont do to wait for a legitimate pretext tG
deal with them either. With the small
force available to handle them, the only
thing to do is to make short and sharp
work of tnem."
The carpenter shop of George Beuehir
was entered by q widow last Sunday
morning. 1t is situated in the alley west
of Main street south OF Granite. The best
tools ne had were taken, namely four saws
and eight chisels. A man was arrested with
a new chisel he was trying to dispose OF,
but the tool was new and could not be
identified.
No. Bill Main street was entered yester-
day morning by thieves. Mr.. Palmer said:
They've played it back on me. They
evidently saw my first of April joke and
me with a burglary in earnest. I
thought l had marked things down so low
that thieves wouldn't think it worth while
to break into the stock. But it seems they
wont take my word for it. / guess I'll have
to make another cut in prices" He had
the store about z a. m. yesterday
morning and the first thing he noticed was
that the gas jet left lit in the rear part of
the store was turned out. Looking round,
the glass case of silk handkerchiefs
the entrance was found
empty, the contents gone. Further
among the clothing a lot of it was found
on the floor. Three suits of un-
were found to be stolen. as well as
three suits, but the coats and vests of none
matched. They had evidently wanted
them for use, for several OF the pairs
mad been tried on apparently, and
among the pairs selected was the cheapest,
largest. pair in the store. The next
discovery made was that the cash drawer
vt the rear OF the store had been broken
Ill and it's contents, S13.75, gone. The
had made an entrance by the rear
ioor. They had used a new pick to pry
'pen the iron door at the back of the
louise. The flange had been bent back SO
hat the staple could be lifted. The half.
lass door was next pried open and the
,olt broken. 1t had evidently been eau
iously and quietly done by old hands,
,nd they considerably forbore doing un-
necessary damage in effecting their en-
rance, and had left the pick in evidence
here they had used it. Mr.. Palmer could
OF form any accurate estimate OF the to-
200.
A nan named Richard Welsh vas robbed
esterday morning of a silver watch and
worth $40 at the Butte Lodging
louse on Lower Main street, opposite the
unique. He went to bed at about half
asst 10 Wednesday night in a room in
hieh there were two other beds and had
, dispense with locking the door of the
bonn on this account. He, however.
,lled up his vest In which was the watch
pat it under the pillow. When he got
p in the morning the vest was gone.
either he nor the other occupant of the
pom had been disturbed during the night,
1t at a late hour the landlord had put a
man in the third bed and this in
vidual got up early and probably quietly
the vest as memento OF his
sit.
A thief entered the Butte Brewery saloon
/ Wyoming opposite Quartz street at
time after midnight and stole some
,ttles OF wine and whisky, a box OF cigars
I'd $3 or 81 of loose change in the till.