The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-07-28
CITY NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Fined for Foroibly Searching a Wo-
man for a Supposed Lost
= Pocket Book.
Giving Alarm at Attempts to
Got in or Out Of tho
County jail.
PInkcrtons Whose Work IL Known and
Others Whose Work Ii Known
Only to the Chiefs.

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Others Whose Work II Known
Only to the Chiefs.
Peter Ellinson and Peter Nord were found
guilty yesterday in Judge Sanders court of
assaulting Mile King at East Helena on
Friday last. The jury fixed their punish
ment at $40 fine each and to pay the costs
of the case. amounting to $85. +. j. Lar
con, the other accused man, was declared
not guilty. neither the complaining witness
nor any Of the others recognizing him as
having been one of the woman's assailanta.
Millis King told her story In a very posi-
tive way. She said she had gone to East
Helena to pick berries at the place Of Mrs.
King, the sister Of Mrs. Clark, by whom
she il employed rs a domestic. While
walking toward Mrs. Kings, a woman came
mp md accused her of having
her pockotbook. She denied it and
shortly afterwards three or four men sur
rounded her, while a crowd stood back. VI
the men around her one held her by the
arms while another searched her. One OF
them struck her several times on the head,
and another hit her in the abdomen. The
witness identified Ellinson az the man who
held her and who slapped her face. The
other man who struck her she did not recog-
nizs among the prisoners. Nord was there
but did not strike her. Larson she did not
see. A man came along and got her AWAY
from the crowd, and a lady was leading her
to Mrs. Kings when two of her assailants
came along and again demanded what
money she had. She gave them what she
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tho woman's story she must have been
treated in an outrageous manner.
The volunteer party OF searohsrs
pulled down her stockings and
undid her dress, almost tearing
off her corEets in their search for the pock-
etbook. Her nerves were considerably
shaken and she had vomited blood from
the blows in the stomach. DR.. Steele cor
roborated her story as TO the injuries in
ficted and said besides that there were blue
marks on the arm. George Morton recog-
nized Ellinson rs one of the men who had
hold of the woman. Another man hit her
with d pail. Morton demonstrated with
the fellow, who dropped the pail, and in
the witness own language ''pasted me-"
"And / pasted him back said Morton.
The other witnesses wete S~candinRvian6,
but as they had considerable trouble under
standing the questions propounded through
interpreters, their evidence shed little
light on the case. The jury found Ellinson
and Nord guilty and Larson not guilty,
and fixed the penalty as stated. The
effect of the trial will probably DO to have
the law invoked when it is wished to search
women for supposed stolen goods. In the
East Helena case the pocket book which
was lost and which Mile King was &C.
cused of picking up Was found later in the
road.
Under Sheriff Richards, who has the care
of the county Jail and its prisoners, has hill
upon a plan to prevent anyone on the in.
side leaving by the windows, or anybody
on the outside passing in things that may
aid in escapes. Only a few days ago q LOT
of sulphuric acid was found in the cell OF
one of the prisoners. Whether it was in
tended to be used on the iron of the cage OF
on the jailer, is not known. 1t was evil
IDENTIFY passed in to the prisoner through
window by a friend on the out
side. Still moro recently q
noise of one OF the windows being hoisted
attracted the attion of the watohmen. He
fastened outside and saw a man running
rapidly away. A window was partially
raised. Now, however, any attempt &c
raise a window leading to the cage, or tc
remove one of tho sashes. will be known al
once and located. A system of electric
bells has been put in. One line is connect
ed with the window on one side. and the
Other with those on the opposite side. Ths
lines OF wire lead into the Jail Office anG
connect there with bells. AS soon az a
window is moved the alarm sounds, and the
bell which rinas indicates which side of tn,
Jail the attempt is being made on. The
man who tries to pass something into tn,
coils hereafter through a window is likely
to hear and feel something not at all to hi
advantage.
The work of running down the men sup
posed to be the murderers of Editor Pen.
rose fell to Charles Wapenstein, assistant
superintendent of Pinkerton's Chicago of
flee. and j. @. McGinn, superintendent O.
the st. Paul Office. Wapenstein was foI
many years general superintendent of po-
lice and chief of detective in Cincinnati
and is one of tho s~hrewdest officers in thu
country. McGinn, who is "a years old, hal
been in the employ of the Pinkertons since
boyhood. and was one of the first men il
their Office. OF course there were othe
Pinkerton men engaged on the case, bu
they will never be heard of. 1t is agains
the policy of the big detsotiye agencies t.
let the public know who does the fine woyl
on a case. They are men VIII,
come in the guises of laborers, mechanics
gamblers, gentlemen. clerks, etc. The,
ars not known as detectives. When theil
work ID done they drop from sight, ant
their good work is known only to thei
chiefs. If they were known to the publ,
at large their usefulness would be gone
In this connection IL may be of interest t,
state that one of the main witnesses for thu
state is a Helena man, A.. L. Allen. 1t wa
he who was in the neighborhood OF tn,
murder and is relied on to do a great den
toward the Identification of the suspected
men.
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