The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-06-20
BURGLARS At WORK,
Jiic> Git: Has II Visit from the Light
Fingered Gentry.

Miles City Has the scene Of .wo bur
9laries last night. and as a res Ii four
men are now in the county jail with d
nice assortment Of plumber.
Last night Mrs. Runpf. who resides
opposite the Catholic church. and whose
husband Is Il soldier at Fort keogn. ac-
companled a party Of friends to the
balloon ascension. and upon returning
home. accompanied by Miss Mamie Sar-
tain. discovered that her house had been
visited by burglars. Everything about
the place had been ransacked and mum
erous articles were scattered over the
floor. while it was soon ascertained that
many things had Deer stolen. including
two ladies' cloaks. one belonging to Miss
Sartain and the o,her to Mrs. Rumpf. d
silver watch, scissors. combs, brush. a
full suit Of clothes belonging to Mr..
Rumpf. quite d collection of iewelry.
and a hosts Of other wares. An investi.
cation showed that the screen had been
tern Oft the back window, and the sash
had been pried up with an old AK. lying
in the yard. The officers were at once
notified, and started in pursuit. but no
trace has yet been discovered of the
operators. However, about 6 o'clock
this morning Sheriff Hawkins saw a
man stoop down and pick up something
on the railroad crossing just east of the
Dpn-1xfnrn 1lI III -
proved to be a pair of scissors, and they
were Unidentified by Mrs. Rumpf as her
property.
The finding of the scissors induced
the officers to think that the thief or
thieves went east. and Sheriff Hawkins
and Chief Jackson this afternoon took
horses and started in that direction.
BRoKE INTO 4 CAR.
just after the circus closed Claude
Carter saw four men around a car in the
west bound freight. which was stand
ing on the track. and also one of them
break the seal of the car and enter it.
Sheriff Hawkins. Deputy Thurman and
Chief jackson started in pursuit. and IN
an hour or SO arrested the four men
near the residence Of J. w. jackson.
fairly loaded with goods. At the Jail an
inventory showed two dozen blue jump
ers. d lot OF wooden socks. silk handker-
chiefs and suspenders. all of which were
new. and another one of the men had d
sack containing four chickens, all with
their necks wrung. and three were dead.
but the other one finally revived and
proved to be all right. These chickens
turned out to be the property of William
LAWS and were stolen from the section
house hennery.
The men claimed that the goods were
shipped to them from Chicago. but all
being strangers they were locked up.
Early this morning Sheriff Hawkins
discovered some distance south Of the
track. the case from which the goods
taken. 1t was marked Edward Burns.
Elliston Mont and inside of it were
the paper boxes in which the s~uspenders
had been originally packed.
The railroad officials We're at once
notified, and the prisoners are now in
Jail charged with burglary.
To-day the prisoners gave their names
as james Mccarthy, Tom Scott. John
Morgan and f. }. Mack. They are all
strangers in this section, and will be ar
ranged upon a charge of burglary as
500 as the case can be reached.
The sheriff and railroad officials took |
an inventory of the goods recovered show
ing the following items:
-Four dozen pairs suspenders. !
Three dozen pairs wooden socks.
Two dozen blue jumpers.
One dozen white silk handkerchief.
Seven black silk handkerchiefs.