The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-13
THE LAW Is AT TER THEM
Those Whose MINIS Ldorn The Grim
inal D1Ckst in Butte.
SOME VERY OLD CASES
In Instances the Police Officers
Have Been Unable to Put Their
Hands Upon the Laworeak-
ers, but There Are Plenty.

BUTTE, Feb. 12.-There are at present
but 80 prisoners IN the county Jail. being
the lowest number for any winter month
since the jail was built. OF this number
only six are felony cases, as follows:
Clay Pugh, murder.
Andrew EhrIck, murder.
John Bradley, robbery.
| John O'Connor, robbery.
Philip E. vingard, forgery.
William kosanke, forgery.
Although there are but six felony cases
IN jail, there are 81 of them on the docket
OF Judge Speer's court, some of them hav-
ing been on for three and four years, the
number mentioned gong back as far as
Jan. l, 1882. There are also fl appeal
cases on the docket covering the same
period. and there are many that have
been on longer than that. OF the felony
cases on the docket, other than the six in
| jail, nine of the defendants have never
been apprehended, and the others have
not been arrested. The cases are as fol-
lows:
William Barnes, murder, not appre-
hended.
John Doe, grand larceny as bailee, not
apprehended.
John Doe, prize-hghting, not appre-
hended.
John Doe, prize fighting, not appre-
hended.
Charles Jones, grand larceny, not ar
rested.
John Doe. embezzlement, not appre-
hended.
William Maber, the prize fighter, charged
win grand larceny; not arrested.
May Wilson, grand larceny, forfeited
bond.
Nellie Doyle, grand larceny, not arrested.
Matte Wilson and Sarah Williams,
grand larceny, bonds forfeited.
John Doe, obtaining money under false
pre- lenses, not apprehended.
John Doe, cheating. not arrested.
A. .. Davis, robbery, not arrested.
The following named defendants are
out on bal:
Otto o. Flotow, perjury.
Louis k,pp. grand larceny.
ohaIles A. Johnston, larceny as bailee.
w. j. Crittenden, endorsement.
William Ferguson, assault with intent
to commit murder.
George Roth, grand larceny.
I. u. Bradshow, larceny as baIlee. |
doe Wilson, grand larceny.
John Doe, burglary in the second de-
gree.
Carl Schultz, forgery.
John Hanley, boy, charged with incor-
riglbiliIy.
Among the justice court and police court
been dead over a year, and three In which
Steve Simpson is defendant and which
have been on the docket since October,
1892. The defendants in the other
appeal cases are Hum Tom, |
Ham Took, Leuk Punk, George
Hum, Thomas Morrigan, John Ambrose,
Otto Floto, Pierre Robberechts, o. sc.
Merrill, Levi Cartier, William Ferguson,
Henry NJ. Wolfe, Henry Wiley, Rita An.
ierson, w. T. Dair. Mrs. Price, Fred
smith, George Mckenzie, Louis KIpp.
Ieorge II. and Emma Morris, Levi Moses.
]. w. Murphy, Edward Ayers, Antonio
IarborinI, James Lynch, Frank Cottrell,
George Barry, j. b. Knight, Patrick
Meaney, NJ. Brant and Thomas Collins.
Joseph Maggie, Henry Vaudette, George
IAN Wart, Charles Spaulding, John Col
ms and Nj. Brant, Alice Arnold and c.
II. Buck.
All the cases mentioned have been
'laced on the docket since the LIST of JAN
AIRY, 1892. There are a number of unset ,
led cases on prior to that date. In many | !
ebony cases where bonds have been for !
cited for several years no collections on
he bonds have ever been made.
Judge Speer will begin the trial of crIm- ,
nal cases again on next Monday and the
lumber on the docket will probably soon I
e reduced.