The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-22
POLICE WORK.
|shal Calvin and His Officers
Made 4 Good Record Dur
Ing Racing Week.
Test OF Men for the Attempted
Assassination OF 6upt, Will
liams, Of Butte.
Of tho Prisoners 10 Idsntiisd by .
Livery stable Keeper From
Dutte.

usink The past week tho Helena police
10 were Obliged to uss extra Vigilance TO
ksct tho many strangers In the CITY, g
% its own citizens. A number Of we'll
hnsd burRlariss were nippsl In the bud
important arrests made. The most
minent are those OF James jackson, .
N man who was arsssted for robbinR =
! In A. J.. Davidson d Co.'S warehouse on
ena avenue, and the mar Mcintyre.
Was captured In ths basement OF Bach.
J Il Co.'s store. and who 10 supposed to
keigning insanity. They are believed to
Two Of the three men who attempted to
kssinate Henry Williams, the superin-
don't Of tho Colorado smelter ut Butte,
Tho night Of Sunday. June - last. There
No to be no question about the tdentlfi-
ion Of the men. jackson was taken TO
Ite Saturday. Mr.. Williams IN expected
b to-day to complete the Identification
McIntyre, who il in the county jnil. A
Try stable keeper In Butte named Carr
be to Helena with Under Sheriff Gal
her. Of Silver Bow. and saw Mcintyre at
Jail. Carr said tho prisoner was one OF
three men Who hired a team and buggy
n him ON the Sunday night when tho
pmpt wal made TO assassinate Williams.
Intyre nswer to the description given
Mr.. williams Of the man who hred
DO shots at him through . screen door.
lon the shots we're fired Mr.. Williams
thsd an electric light upon the man, and
that name got q good look at him.
The evening that the nttemut was made
murder Mi. Williams two men hired .
m and buggy at Cars livery stable in
tte. At Ills the team was brought back
a young man who said the men had up-
the buggy and hired him to return the
After the shooting the buggy trail
] found in front Of Mr.. Williams home
b footprints neal where the team stood
responding to those Of the young man
0 returned the team. A description
the boy was sent out and he was To-
ed several times. but managed to get
ay. When jackson WAS arrested Tor
bling Davidson d Co.'s safe and taken to
lice headquarters 1t was seen At once
Y he answered tho description, and his
SptificAtion was made complete when
|rr same to Helena aud saw him. There
4 reward Of 5000 offered for the arrest
the men.
J number Of suspicious characters who
peared in Helena during the races were
St under the eye Of tho police. Those
10 had no visible means OF support were
Posted as vagrants and prevented from
hrning any tricks" Two men who are
nted at Deer Lodge for burglary were
pmptly arrested az soon a. they made
Dir appearance in the city. Dick Will
|ns, charged with forgery, will be taken
|ck to Pocatello. Idaho, in q day or two.
Marshal Calvin says the police force
bike the record, and he Is proud OF the
TX done by the officers. Tho prompt
rests cited had the effect of soaring other
d characters away and prevented the
|mmission of crime.
Seventy one arrests were made during the
hing period. divided as follows: Drunk
d disorderlv. ID; soliciting. 6; wanted in
her towns, 6; Migrants, %; fighting. Z;
Featening to kill, l; assault and battery, 3
lisance, l; petty larceny 3; burglary, 2; in
ma. l..