The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-01
TOPICS IN BUTTE
ali Roads Lead to the County Jail, But
None Lead Out OF II.
Ex-Shert6 l.loyd's IBparxiers Getttng Tee
Nnnserous-Aa Exciting scene ~
the Montana Central Depot
Notes and Gossip.
sseciai Correspondence of the standard.

ADecial Correspondence of the standard.
BUTTE, Nov. 3.-If the present dead
lock i'm the courts, shcriir's Office and leg
islature continues much longer, the ques-
ton will arise, what will bc lone W it'll the
prisoners that arc fast accommodating in
the county Jail, The rc are at present Al
prisoners i'm the county jail. The greatest
capacity of the Jail, by stretchin. ii to its
utmost, il 65 prisoners. At the present
rate OF filling up the limit will soon bc
reached. There is scarcely n day that
one or two PERSONS arr. not sent to- jail tn
await trial, and as no trials are held, III.
nm,'ner constantly increases. IL may be
the county Jail before n month has passed
unless trials begin pretty soon-
Meanwhile Judge Newkirk il doing his
best tn dispose of the innuuicrablc petty
larceny cases in ~ reasonable manner. This
IL the season OF the year when Migrants
wanting winters board commit petty de-
predations with a view tai being sent tn
the county jail. If all these vaVrauts were
permitted to go To Jail. that limited ins,i-
tuition would have been ovcrcrowCicd long
before this. On Misunderstanding day a man
daylight. and while ~ policeman was
Watching, stole - pair of ducks from -
Park street market. Ills eyidcut intcn-
jail. He pleaded guilty and Judge Ncwkirk
suspended sentence for "a few hours, Civ
ing Haynes an opportunity To- leave town.
There is scarcely "a night that some va
grant, waiting until the police arc watch
ing. does not commit some petty theft.
such as stealing AN ovcrcoat ar ~ kcg OF
molasscs from In front of a store. IL il
evident Tint a new method must bc de-
inals. Ii i said that more petty thcfts are
committed in Butte than in any other
S'sy irt OF has The Ii, ON e9 ,nn p yi,,, ,, 5%hfs E,
either giving them time To get out of town
or else take n term on bread and water
and hard labor. The difficulty is that
t,nSf of fhnpa gam ,vst ,tt 80 IA xx-t,..t,
they are Told To do So.
whi-kcred, assertivc looking man to &.
reporter last evening. MY
name is James A. Allen, brother of John B.
state of Washington. 1 was brought up in
Charleston, = 4. am a rebel from away
ss'k. LONG served ah, ON sni Alahna nS.
been a telegraph operator all my life. /
worked in Alaska at the great cable pro-
called us oil. I served at tcicgra ,hing for
years i'm the west. Then ! went INTO min
ing and twice l was worth 2Oo,OoO or 500
went to the Utah & Northern railroad
Office, obtained $50 that was due me and
came 10 Butte. went to the Co,nbina-
in San Francisco and as 1 sat down
at n faro table. took oil
take me long tn lose the $50 l had, hut l
don't mind that. When my money was
gone l got up. and To my surprise my over
coat was gone. Now, what l want 10
know * who took that ovcrcoat. and how
could he do il when l was sitting ON il. i
am an old timer, but that beats me-"
An exciting scene took place at the
Montana Central depot last night. Bis
pot. when lac overlook a man who was
dragging u boy of about light years
1hs n %su wa" was crying also Justify sSe,,d nns
tears and seemed greatly Distressed. Thu
h,ckman asked what the matter vas, ana
Muller, said that his wife had eloped will
"A young man and he was trying tn catci
them. He wanted tn reach the Mon
clipping couple were on IT,. The hack
man took them aboard, but through
a.. neutrality-suspicious. omsasn "%n,rs, t instead 'h sf ,h !.
Montana Union depot. When Mule
discovered that he had been taken to tn,
he hauled out n revolver and declare,
thai he had intended to kill his wife AN,
her bctrayer and thought me would begiI
on the hackman, AS being i'm the con
spiracy. Just then somebody placed
torpedo ON the track. a switching freieh
To the ground thinking he was surely sho,
In the confusion the avcnging husban'
and his little son Disappeared.
Is it ,o bc GamewciI mt Gaynor. that i
the question.
Jerry Criiiths. jniIor at the county jai
and an old veteran of the war. rcrnark',
the other day. II was coming down To tn
city from Walkcrvillc the other day avn
l cOnld not but notice what siiuilarit
there was between the appearance 81
Butte aud of Bull Run in the great bat,l
of the beginning of the war. At Walkei
vile l could look down on the smok
which cnveloped Butte. At Bull Run. !
n similar manner. 4 could look down an
see the smoke of the battlefield. All
needed WAS the thunder OF ARTILLERY I
make the parallel complete"
;. Situation Wanted.
Intelligent, strong and honest youn