The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-01
CRIMES OF THE LAST DAY..
How the Closing Day Of the Old
Year Was Spent in the
Police Court.
A WicEes Miner Robbed and the
Alleged Thief Bound
Over.
"Chicaeo Joe" Has .B1ack Hawk" Pun
ished-An Alleged MurderOus China
man-COuntcrfeiters.

Chas. Orth, n mining man from Wickes,
claims to have been robbed of $3.50 Tuesday
night by n woman named Blanche Brandt.
So we'll did he establish his claim that
Judge Sanders felt justified Yesterday in
binding the woman over to the grand jury.
Her bonds were fixed at 5000.
Mr.. Orth is n German who has lived in
Montana over twenty-five years. Tic is
working n mine at Wickes and came to
Helena Tuesday evening for the purpose OF
attending to business connected with the
mine. He had about $40 when he left
Wickes. He first went to the Internationa
hotel, Their went to the show Mt Ming's
Starting for his hotel he encountered
James HensIey, better known as BLACK
Hawk who stored him on to Wood
street. Orth wanted to go to the Coliseum
but Hensley would not &c there. and the
pair dropped into No. 20, conducted by
Miss Lotto O'Nei!. After remaining in
there about twenty minutes, during which
time they drank n few bottles of beer, Miss
Blanche, who had been dancing attendance
upon Orth finally accompanied her to the
Coliseum theatre, across the street. About
half an hour later they went back to
NO ~, Being IIeSStu ticub
times. and although he claimed he
was ''broke'' he finally called for the
drinks. II appears that Orth had expended
all the change he carried i'll a small purse.
II told them I guess ] had enough money
left to pay for tha beer" continued Ortiz,
"and reached down in my inside vest pock-
ct where l had two 500 bills, n $50 bill.
two tens and a five. The woman who had
been sitting on my lap got up to let me get
at my money. l spread the .pocketbook
out on my knee. exposing the bills. which
were rolled, and suddenly the woman
snatched them and fled out of the house.
i Immediately exclaimed that l was robbed.
Jim Hensley said the woman would be
back; that she wouldn't take my money.
The landlady insisted OIL me paying for the
drinks / had just ordered, but would not
do it,"
After Miss Blanche had been gone about
half an hour, Orth became uneasy. The
landlady then went out and found the girl
and brought her back. Two officers were
then called in to go through tho farce of
searching her. but Of course they failed to
find the money.
At an early hour yesterday morning Miss
Blanche was placed under arrest, and
strange enough her friends succeeded in
putting up $3.50 bail for her appearance.
Orth was a witness for the state, also
James Hensley, but he was evaslve and
tried to shield the defendant. The witnesses
for the defense were the landlady: Josie
Filing, Ollie. a piano player, and the de
PENDANT herself. The quartette displayed
remarkable ignorance of the affair and not
one of them saw Orth take a p~ocketbook
from his vest. None of their stories corob-
grated and each witness, except the piano
player, contradicted herself upon cross-ex-
animation. The accused could give no
satisfactory explanation for her sudden de-
parture from the parlor, and each of the
A. that h. AL
not rush ont as had been alleged. The land
lady concluded that Orth was only blufing
about losing the money in order to ''sneak
out of paying for the beer" as she put it.
The defendant said she first went up stairs
to her room before she left the house. Orth
said he would have run out after her, but
Hensley assured him that the girl would not
awhile and she would return. The whole
affair seemed to have been a big surprise to
Miss Blanche, however, and she denied
everything. When asked directly by her
own attorney, Mr.. Smith, if she took the
money she hesitatingly replied: That's a
defense, and her attorney could not make a
very strong plea. Col. Nolan talked about
fifteen minutes, and before he could get
out of the court room Judge San
ders decided to hold the defendant.
She did not know where she was
going to raise the money and did not seem
to realize the seriousness of the crime with
which she was accused. Being told that
the grand jury would not meet until Feb
ruary she seemed resigned to her fate.
Miss Brandt has been knows as Society
Red's'' woman. That important and prom
inent parsonage is on his way to the Arkan-
saw Hot Springs. having started last Sun
day.
The court decided to accept a cash bond
for $500. which was not furnished. and the
girl is in Jail. Her bail of $3.50 vas also
drawn down by those who advanced it.
Orth has not recovered any of his money,
but says he wants justice, then he will be
satisfied. About eighteen months ago Orth
was robbed of $500 by Annie Carr, a former
resident of Wood street.