The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-05
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Nod Waeshiag.
Apsoaaa Correspondence Of the Standard.
BUTTE, Dec. "A new gang of thievcs,.
gue and robbers has struck Butte. The
old workers are mot disposed of, and the
reinforcement gives the police much more
N do. Petty d~epredatt0ns by the scOee
are committed every night. Last night
furnished more than the usual number Of
tshefts and robberies, and the criminals
oeem to he getting bOltler every day.
SonSe time last night the safe Of the
Northwestern Hotel i'm South Butte was
Christopher Rottlnan. the pro-
prietor. went tn the safe in the office Of
che hotel this morning to find that Il had
been robbed OF $40 i'm gold, and three
rings. Mr.. Rottman had not locked the
safe with the combination, but had mere
IL locked the inside door. The lock to
this door Ia fitted by a very peculiar key.
The door was not broken into, but had
boep unlocked by q duplicate Of the key
carried by Mr.. ROttman. The original
hey Mr.. Rottman carried with him and IL
could not possibly have been used. The
hooked. Mr.. hoffman kept at all times
s"s SSs Green !" Fo Kee ~ ms ch ssis IN ~S SESsr arc 70
often presented him. OF the three rin0s.
swo vere plain gold and the thir.i had an
are worth about 800.
Suspicion has attached to two parties,
1Gb kuo 1GtVSt HAAS D2tu u ~ OIlV
Vas i'm the office during the night, b,t the
bar-room which adjoins was occupied. ME-.
Rostman has run the Northwestern Hot&
for about three months, and before that
Kept q saloon i'm Anaconda.
The h~iRhwaymen who knocked down
this mornings SrANDARD, has not yet
been caught. Last night Chief Smith and
conwa went to the scene of the assault
and found the marks of the struggle i'm the
snow. The chief followed the tracks of
the three h~iRhwaymen to Main street:
chat the men had run to the main thor
Oughfare and their steps after that were
host. II was the opinion of the officers
hai probably walked toward Silver Bow.
Officer Warner and Conway Immediately
started for that point, but have not yet
The criminals which are most annoying
20 the police authorities are the petty
shoes, ar a keg OF molasses, and pawn
them for n trif1inR sum. Then IL they arc
caught, il costs ten times thev value of the
stolen goods to convict them, and the
county has to pay the expenses of keeping
she prisoners during the term to which
are committed with n view to getting ac-
com'moiation at h county jail. Sheriff
Lloyd. fare j. very popular.
Lelande saw u man darting with sus-
picious haste down a flight. of steps in
He chased the man into an alley and soon
and captured him. He found ON
him a long and vicious hooking dirk knife,
NE also had half q dozen new mser-
schaum pipes i'm his pockets. InvestiRa-
show window i'm an Italian cigar store in
b pipes. The mans name is Charles
ON three charges, that f petty larceny, d
carrying concealed weapons and of naa-
l lsaoS . %isSsief IT,, the .o 1"ss charge si%ss M 3axiss
sSarae. Judge Newkirk sentenced him
he M 1%s On eo ot sS jail; SarrR So a + s wsssss s ~ss
TO fourteen day. im~prisCnnaent
like o sentence Pm those other charges,
Judge Newkirk declined to give the
r=eieased from the present. term viii have
him sentenced to the city Jail and set u
II think" said the Judge. ..that IL we
would sentence these men to hard work
or limit their fare to bread and water thcs
%aosser &c Glass; 90 sn u i%si sI So Is s sha; need
attention i'm Butte il the pawbrokers.
Without them In petty thieves could get
can raise a few dollars on anything tha
choose to present. AT z o'clock this morn
Van de Ven was dSstins the priests coat
on the fence Tor a few minutes. and ven
coats were gone. The police were not
ned. and after ten minutes .searcl
Macarthur in &. Cohen's pawnshop, OF
' East Park street. A tramp had picked ri
che two coats, taken them straight to-fh
pawnshop, and although the very fact o
q tramp having two Prince Albert coats
which didn't fit him, was sufficient dem
o~nstration of he fact that the coats ha,
been stolen, yet Cohen gave him $3.50 70
them. The police declare that ut tn
next instance of pawnbroker's receivinI
stolen goods, they will be prosecuted
The pa~wnbrokers say they have q license
but while the license permits them Z
a keep q pawnshop, il does not permit theH
z 20 keep a fence and the police authoritie
will NO longer permit II.
Anuther ID ivOrce Case In Butte.
Special Correspondence Of the Standard.
BUTTE, Dec. A.-Another divorce sui