The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-07-28
Detectives Shadowing Prominent
Citizen Of the Copper Camp for
"Cooney the Fox"
A Bartender Arrested for the Murder
of Californian at Coluss
a Year Ago.
Rejoicing at Anaconda Over the Action
of the Convention In Committee of
the whole

BUTTE, July 27.-lSpecial to the lnde- |
pendent For the past ten days four of |
the best known detectives in the United |
States have been at work in Butte, and
they are still there. These men are work |
ing on different cases, and the exact nature
of their business has not been revealed.
One of the purposes for which the detec-
tives came to Butte was 10 look up q clue
in regard to Cooney the Fox. wanted very
badly for completely in the Cronin murder
at Chicago. Strange TO say the clue on
which the detectives came out was con-
nected with no less q person than lawyer
VIM. Scallon, of this city Mr.. Sca'lOn is
an Irishman, and has a brother in Han
cock, Michigan, DIR. Scallon, who is a
prominent Irish patriot. The Chicago
police think that DIR. Scallon is a member
of the Clan-na-Gael, and as he recently
visited Chicago and talked with prominent
lrishmen there, they watched him. OF
course he corresponded with his brother,
VIM. Scallon, in Butte, which extended the
supposed clue TO this city. Your cOrre-
spondent questioned Lawyer Scallon to-
day, but he was in entire ignorance of the
the men now in the city are Detectives
Raymond, Clancy and Keshon. The first
named comes from Chicago and the last
from Denver. Ii is Mr.. Keahon who did
the Pacific Express company's work in re-
gard TO the Anaconda Office. These gen.
tlemen, since their advent into the camp,
have been very industrious. They have
not only searched Butte, but have looked
through all the outside neighboring camps,
including the railroad graders camps.
They are undoubtedly working on other
cases than the Cronin matter, and il is not
unlikely that they will arrest q few more
Tascotts before they get through with the
greatest mining camp on earth"
ARRESTED FOR MURDER.
Last night Sheriff Lloyd and Under
Sheriff Frank B. Thomas, stepped quietly
into MsxwelPs saloon on Galena street and
arrested A. T. Nandeven, who was tending
bar. Nandeven made no resistance, and
was quietly escorted to the Jail, where he
now Is. He was arrested on a description
by the Butte officers, and on the strength
of some private pointers, which they
gathered. The charge against the prisoner
is that on July 2s, 1887, he shot and killed
one [. Y. III. Stafford in Calusa county,
Gala The circumstances of the killing are
not known in Butte. Nandeven is arrested
on a description to which he tallies perfect
ly except in the matter of weight. If he is
the right man he is under an assumed
name, as the name of the murderer in
California was w. ). Welling. Nandeven
maintains his entire innocense. He has
been in Butte since last September. with
the exception of a few weeks which he
spent at Granite. The officers are very
confident that he is the man called for by
their description. A telegram was at once
sent to the sheriff of Cslusa county, Cali
fOrnia, and he is already on his way to
Butte to identify the prisoner if he is the
man wanted.
DID NOT KNOW 1T WAS JOKE.
Advices from Anaconda are TO the OBJECT
that the vote of to-day on the capital ques-
tion raised considerable excitement at the
start, as il was not fully understood. When
it was explained that the matter had only
been considered in committee of the whole.
and that the convention would vote on it
again Monday, the spirits of the COM
munity fell several nOtches. Tonight the
disposition in Anaconda is not to be over
confident The general feeling, however,
is of surprise that Anaconda should de-
velop so much strength before the commit
tee of the whole. The news was received
in Butte with more surprise even than in
Anaconda, while there was a general under
current of talk about the west side
consolidating in support of Anaconda
for the capital. There had not been much
thought expended on the subject, and the
public was not at all prepared for tO-dsy's
announcement There are a great many
who think Butte ought to have cut better
/ figure in the fight. The Inter Mountain
this evening hOists the flag, and says that
Butte must have the capital. AS general
rule, the sympathizers of Butte are with
Anaconda rather than any other city, but
they are By no means united on the capital
question.
| FIGHTING THE FIRE
Reports of heavy fires are reported at
Munroe's Siding on the Montana Central
railroad, extending over considerable ter
ritory, which is threatening the bridges in
that vicinity. The passenger train leaving
/ Butte at $50 p. m was compelled 70 cut
the engine loose below Elk Park and run
20 the bridge near tunnel No. 70 assist In
fighting the fires away from a bridge
The Thief Arrested
MILES CITY, July 27.-TSpecial to the In
Il denendent The cftv has haen PnvelOped