The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-02-19
AN IMPORTANT ARREST.
q mother Chapter Promised in the q r"niu
Murder Mystery.

q mother Chapter rrpmt~-h in the s'rooiu
Murder Mystery.
ST. Louis, Feb. ls.-p.tsctivs Thomas
Of Chicago. accompanied hy two local de-
tectiiics made an important arrest last
night whirh was kept very sIuis.t until to-
clay. The prisoner IL believed q" i,c one
of the men badly wanted ~ connection
with the Cronin ease. and Thomas had
been advised that parties would arrive To-
night from Chicago q" fully identify him.
The, prisoner g,v" th" name of j. Is.
Kelly. ami admitted hc was tits man for
whom the Chicago authorities had been
looking. Int denied that lc was Smith.
Dan toughliu's friend, who bs,-
liev'd to have driven tn. bugxy
m from m his ha.u.. Ms fnr,i."r ...ni.i io any
completely in ti. murder. Detective
Thomas says his prisoner il known in
Chicago as J. B. Kelly, but i- rupl'o-.'d Z"
be u man knowu as smith. IL hc proves
to Ia the arrest ~ one. at the most inn
por.ancc mad: in the cclehr.t".i ease.
Smith WAS the last PERSON i'm Whose COM
alive by Cronin'- friends. whcu uuc--
prisoner was very ugly. He said he was
J. u. Kelly of Chicago, but that hc
knew nothing of the sr"ni" case ar
Tom Desmond of sam Francisco. he
never belonged to any tlan-ua-tsaci
tinker. Ne would no, taik fur,l,.r cx".p,
tn say hc has been in 81. Louis about two
weeks. This statement. however, was
Gated him at Peoples hotel. wi,,re he
registered the tlrst time spn August NJ last.
and had bccn there almost continually
since. lie. was -habhiiy dressed. aust to
hotel people pretended To i,s, "a ps,islis,r Of
b.sok-. Hc paid for his lodging regularly.
Sdsho'. Pro.r~c,-.
wA-iuN.ToN, Feb. IL. Tb" senate
co,nr'iitts-. On territories i'm it's report rec
s,nln,cndiug the passage Of the bill to asi-
init Idaho as a. state, after discussing the
| educational advantages, the property i'm
tcrs,sts and thu. vast of the terri
| tory. say: On the first day az january
| the. territory had sufficient money to pay
| all it's floating Indebtedness and leave a
| balance in the treasury of about s.H,'uD
| The present rapid ,icvciopricnt of the
| territory warrants the hcIicf that Within
| the first year after admission the ps,,ils-
| tion of the state would hs' at least 1ha.uD
| The report pre- scnts "a lengthy history oi
| the test cath cas. in the supreme court
| and tl,. effect of the requirement. oath
upon the people Of the territory. III amy oi
| the citizens of Idaho. the r'port says. .,r.
| bigasnists or poiyganiists an are living
| iu violation of amy law OF tls. state or al
| the United States, ,tlicy -ho'Ild bc excluded
from exercising u control in its organixa.
cIu'ie.l from .h. privilege Of voting "r
Idaho unless they are ia fac,
biga,nists or r"iygaIni.ts, or advising
| crimes. ar unless membership in the Nor
| mon church brings them Within the pro
| hilbitions of TIM proposed constitution
This Is "a question to ts, determined Try the
| courts, and when il shall appcar To- tis
| courts that bigany aud poiygamy hav.
! ceased and that the Mormon church n'
| longer cnio,D-. encourages or advise
| persons to enter into such relations, and
| no longer put allegiance to church higher
| than allegiance to state. uotbesiy viii foi
| such reasons bc disfranchise'l or excluded
! from th" right to hold oilic" 10y the con
| stitution Of Idaho. IL il the conclusion al
| the commit. that I.iato's right to a,imi-
| sion is full and complete.