The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-02
DAYLIGHT
Three Robberies In One Day and Two of
the Thieves Arrested.

Three RObberies In One Day and Two of
the Thieves Arrested.
John Dynos and Frank Pitts, two late
arrivals from Butte, were arraigned be-
fore Justice Race Friday afternoon
charged with stealing three bolts of elk
valued at $3.50 from Strain Bros store
on Central avenue Thursday afternoon.
They pleaded not guilty and the hear
| ing will come off at III o'clock next We'd
nesday forenoon.
On Thursday these men called at
Strain Bros store and made inquiries
about certain grades Of goods-one of
them stating that he was going to get
married-the goods were shown them
and they left promising to return and
make purchases.
From Strains store they went down
Third street to j. q. Barron's jewelry
store and after looking through the
show cases asked for an initial ring and
were informed that he did not keep
such goods sin stock" During this con-
vereation n Of the men stood at the
end Of a showcase and in easy reach of
a lot Of gold watches and during the
talk between his partner and Mr.. Bar.
ron he quietly slipped two of the
watches into his pocket and left telling
his friend that he would meet him at
the hotel. The other man left shortly
after without making a purchase. Mr.
Barron kept right along at his business,
never thinking that his visitors were
sneak thieves until he closed his store al
8 o'clock IN the evening and commenced
putting away the watches in the safe
when he discovered that two of then
we're gone. He suspected at once tht
two men who were in the store in the af
t%ernoon and lost 70 time in notifying tn,
police. Officer Germ and Mr.. Rarrol
we're not long in striking the trail on tn,
West side of the three men, who on see
ing the officer approach took to thei
heels for the wagon bridge heading 70
the city. On the bridge they were over
taken by the policeman. by this tim
another policemen appeared upon tn
scene and a general time" ensued. Dur
ing the rumpus one Of the thieves wa
noticed to throw something into tn
river and then run for 'dear life. In hi
flight he met a boy carrying IA bundle
which he grabbed from him and threy
it into the river too. The officers wer
unable to capture him, as they had thei
hands full managing the two they Ina,
in hand. The officers were out all nigh
looking for him, but he was too cute 70
them. The two arrested were locked u
in Jail.
The bundle taken from the boy an,
thrown into the river contained good
stolen from Strain Bros. and the boy ha'
been hired by the thieves to takn tn
bundle across the river.
Sometime Thursday the house o
Paris Gibson's ranch at the mouth {
Sun river had been broken into an
clothing and some money taken. Cap
Taylor says that the two men under al
rest hired a boat from him to go up I
} the mouth of Sun river, and that the
are the men who broke into the house.
; There is not the least doubt that tn
men under arrest are accomplish
thieves and their work on Thursda
! proves it.
t The police deserve credit for rounain
up this gang as quick as they did.
Strain Bros. did not miss the silk
] until an officer called to find out if tn
thieves had been at their store, whe
they looked around and discovered thu
4 three bolts of silk were missing.