The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-10-20
CITY NEWS and GOSSIP,
Information Filed Against BERTHE
Miller and Henry Clark Charg-
ing Several 0iIenses.
They Will DO Arraignod In the
District Court To-Day to
Plead.
Helena said to BE In Danger Of Catching
Up with Butte--S0mS Other
Matters.

County Attorney q. is. Nolan has hleo
two informntions in tho district court
against BERTHE Miller and three against
Henry Clark. III three against CLARK
charge him with holding up Conductor
Richardson, shooting Policeman tiroRan
and holding up Robert hay. Those against
the girl charge completely in the robbery OF
the conductor, n claiming that she was
accessory before the fact and the other that
she was accessory after the fact. Ths al
legged h~ighwayman and ~highwaylady will be
arraiRned in the district court to-day Ia
plead to the charges. II is more than likely
that they will plead not guilty. In that
event q day will be set for trial. It will not
be far of, probably no further thar neces-
sary to allow Policeman Grogan to recover
strength enough to appear in court.
Berthe Miller thinks she has good grounds
for a kick, and almost everybody that
knows what 1t IL about thinks she is pretty
nearly right. The enterprising pho
toRraphers who secured pictures of her and
Clark are rsaping a rich harvest from the
sale OF the same. just whore the girl hap
pens to be in it to any extent nobody has
been able to discover, She has received
one copy Of each picture. OF course, in
every case of the arrest of people charged
with serious offences, it is customary for
the officers of the law to have the prison
ers' pictures taken. This is in order to
keep 4 record Of their faces and to have
something handy in case subsequent iden-
LITIGATION is ever necessary. Helena, how
ever. furnishes the first case on record of a
prisoner, or a pair of prisoners, having
been allowed to sit for photographs for the
purpose of private speculation.
With the numerous exoitements OF the
past few weeks-hold-ups, shootings, and
assaults-Helena is getting to be a danger
Gus rival of Butte. One of the end men in
the minstrel show last night asked the in
terlocutor If he had travelled much. To be
sure he had; he had been to the four quar-
tiers of the earth. The end man promptly
wanted to know if the other had ever been
to the headquarters of the earth. Tit mid
die man wanted to know whore that was,
and the answer Was Butte. This brought
out a laugh at the expense Of the smoky
city. When the troupe strikes Butte again
no doubt the headquarters will be Helena.
Then there will be another laugh. The
Butte papers are already using the head
lines, Sin wicked Helena -
Speaking of assaults recalls tho fact that
there is one man on the police force who
believes in the story of Miss Josie Bow
man. He made a thorough investigation
of the matter and declares she was not the
woman whom Hooper frightened. He is
even pretty sure who the assailant was, he
says; but as the young lady cannot iden-
ify the party, there has been no arrest.
The officers name it is not necessary to
mention, though he and perhaps one other on
the force are notable exceptions to the long
lisi of those who are willing to believe that
the lady was more frightened thar hurt.
The city council meets tonight. Now
that the Main street paving question and
the city tax levy is out of the way, and the
motor franchise practically settled, it has
been suggested that the city fathers be
allowed a vacation. The regular meeting