The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-06
now ne WAS CAUGHT.


NOW NE WAS CAUGHT.
a ls~s~~ssve sssry which wGn l"s-rsss
R~saers In A~a.reUds.
From the Hriena independent.
l.. n. Stanton was yesterday restored tai
c~itisenship by Gov. Toolc, and il now en-
amy American. In order for am American
to lose his citizenship he must be con-
vicscd al crime and serve u term i'm the
p~enisensiary. and this Mr.. Stanton has
done.
About three years and a half ago there
wa a hrm doing business i'm Anaconda 10y
the name of Stanton & Parrol. They were
i'm the butcher business and made collec-
tions once "a month, which amounted
TO- a considerable sum-. The
last collection made was $s.6OO
and the money was locke
up i'm the safe at the shop. where il was
supposed tn bc reasonably secure and out
of the way Of thieves. The following day
the partner~ opened the shop and safe at
the usual hour. hut were greatly aston
ishcsi at finding the money all gone.
There was no clue tai the identity of the
robbcrs Everything about the place bore
it's usual appearance. No violence had
been rcsorted To: the safe had simply
been unlocked and the money taken.
Who was the guilty party That was the
uppernost question i'm the minds of the
citizens of Anaconda hut il seemed likely
To go u-nanswcrssd.
stanton went Ia bttte ana Ouereu u re-
ward of 81 900 for the apprehension and
conviction of the robber, and in order to
show his good faith put the money i'm u
Butte hank. tn he drawn by the detective
who should succeed i'm unravelinR the
mystery and sending the culprit to the
the Pinkcrtous tai send on "a man tn fcrr 4
the matter out. and stanton waited imps,-
tiently for his arrival. Two or three weeks
passed. still no detective put i'm an appear
ance. and Stanton wrote OH To know what
was the matter. The agency replied that
"a man would soon he detailed for the
work. and Stanton had to be content.
About thist time n dapper little man APP
hotel. giving IL out shas he wished TO en-.
gage extensively i'm the mining business.
II wasn't very long till he made the ar
the camp looking at different mines. He
seemed to be rather hard to please, but AS
he talked like "a man OF large means and
was an agreeable and jolly fellow. STAN
ton found the time pass away pleasantly
i'm his company and gradually became
Tns daS Mr.. Cirary, for that WAS the
name of the jolly capitalist, broached
the subject of the robbery at Ana
il he had been i'm Stanion's place ne
would have taken the money himself.
stanton. thrown completely oft his guard
friend. replied that he done that very
thing. whereupon they both laughed and
considered il "a good joke. Still no Pink
~ y'Ast 80 ~ ~"
and Stanton had come tai the conclusion
that the subject of the safe robbery ut
Anaconda had been given over as ~ use-
less quest. Imaginc his surprise the next
day tn find himself placed under arrest
and taken to Deer Lodge and lodged i'm
Jail. charged with the robbery for which
he had offered 81 200 to the finder of the
criminal. His astonishmen was very
great and Inc was very indignant at the
III handed proceedings, but gradually
cooled OIL and began To do al little think
ing. He remembered his friend the capita
list, and the thoIRhtless remark he had
made about the missing money at AnaCon-
ia. What IL he was the detective? The
thought made cold shivcrs chase each
other up and down his spinal column. He
resolved to escape. and the attempt was
made easy from the fact hat he was al
lowed privileges not accorded ordinary
prisoners. One cold night i'm December,
three years ago Stanton left the jail mt
Deer Lodge and started south along the
line of the Montana Union. He got as far
as Silver Bow, when his flight WINS ar
rested by Frank HattoH and he was re-
turned tn the Jail at Deer Lodge.
The trial came on soon after. and
through the evidence of Mr.. C1cary, the
capitalist. who turned out tn be IA detect
i've. Stanton was convicted of robbing the
safe and sentenced tn three years in the
penitentiary. He served his sentence out
and was restored to citizenship yesterday,
and IL is hoped will be IA better man here
after. This IL believed tn he the first i'm
stance ON record where n man offered and
paid $1.oOO for his own arrest and convic-
ton.