The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-11-29
|s0ME WALLER sUPERs.'
They Lead to the Capture of Four
Young Men Who May be
Burglars.
Ono of Them Is Already Charged
With an Otfense Like
That.
Ex-Mayor Kleinschmidt Denies Any Spec
ial Interest In the BaI rett Inquiry
The Comnittee's Report.

The reputation which the helana police
force has gotten for having a stool
pigeon" connected with it, has led to the
capture of a gang OF young men, one of
whom 10 now accused of burglary. and the
others of whom are held on other grounds,
and who are, the police think, sufficiently
dangerous to need Watching. On Sunday
night some of the people in an upper Main
street saloon heard some of the young men
loudly berating one Of their number as a
''pigeon." because he refused to dispose of
some "yaller supers." 1t may be interest,"
ing to know that ''yaller supers." in the
language of the profession" are gold
watches. George Layton WAS the young
man who was being denounced as a stool
pigeon Sergeant Callahan and Police
men Vanasse and O'Connell were informed
by those who overheard the talk of what
was going on, and they found Layton and
put him under arrest, At the city Jail
he said that the others wanted him
to dispose of some "yaller supers,"
M when he demanded to see them first,
the gang set on him and beat him. and de-
nounced him as a stool pigeon" A de-
scription of the others WAS obtained and
they we're arrested at different times during
the night. They gave their names as Phil
Dunn, Joe Dunn and Frank Clore. Joe
Dunn, who was arrested along toward yes
terday morning, was found to be protected
from the weather by tn ee pairs OF trousers.
The last pair reached in the %skinning pro-
cess was thought to belong to Il. d. Brooks,
a barber, rooming in the st. Louis block.
His room had been broken into, his trunk
ant Una ord onpno np1arnlntbjnu a pair IF
trousers and some articles of jewelry stolen.
Brooks WAS sent for and identified the last
pair of trousers taken off Joe Dunn as his
own. Dunn was charged with burglary,
and Judge Gage committed him for the &C.
tion of the district court last night. Phil
Dunn. Legion and Clore are held as sus.
picious characters. The four men are gus.
pected of various other jobs about town
and it is believed they nave some goods
cached away somewhere. A gun and sever
al other articles were taken from a room il
the Denver block recently, and this theft il
laid to tie door of the gang just captured
All of them are young men. some OF then
not more than q years OF age.
Ex-Mayor Kleinschmidt, speaking yester-
day of the fact that his name had been con
nected with the Barrett inquiry, fully ex
planned the situation 80 far as he Ia con:
cerned. He said Policeman Barrett cam
to him and asked him if anything had beer
missed from the Lehman premises, which
were under the control of the bank. Tn
officer, Mr.. Kleinschmidt says, stated tina
lie was on the track of some men whom b
supposed to be petty thieves. This led I
Barrett telling of the charges made agains
him, and also of the Fitzgerald matter. o.
hearing of the latter affair the ex-mayo
says he thought it a strange condition o
affairs ana advised Barrett to speak to tn
county attorney about it. He himself men
toned 1t to Judge Hunt. Ex-Mayor Klein
schmidt says he had no idea of criticizin'
the administration of Mayor Curtin, nor i
any way to do anything to seek to cast an
reflections on the police department.. He
sorry that his name has been %connecte
with the matter in any way.
The council committee which investigate
the charges against Barrett, and the Barret
chopuad arniy,ot tho rap,oin6or of tba pnlip