The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-27
He GOT IT IN THE NECK
But He Was a Stranger and His Story
Sounds PlShy.
THIEVES HARD AT WORK
MlssouIa Annoyed BY a Gang of
Sneaks Who Have Met With
Pretty Good success
Up to Date.
THIEVES HARD AT WORE

| MIssoULA, Jan. 26.-The residence of
i. Kenneth, president of the Western
Montana National bank. was entered by
| burglars this evening. The exact amount
taken is not known at this hour, but a
number OF articles Of jewelry, silverware
and some money is missing. The discov-
cry was made about 10 80 o'clock.
DIR. Grain was routed out of bed last
night by q man who told i'm that he had
a wounded friend who needed attention.
Going to his office the doctor found a man
suffering from a severe flesh wound in the
neck, the ball entering in front OH the left
side and coming out in the back of the
neck, close up under the hair. The
man claimed that he shot himself acci-
dentally while fooling with revolver. He
refused to give his namo and there was an
air of mystery about the affair which
called for an Investigation.
City Marshal Prescott. hearing that two
men had a row near the Northern Pacific
depot and that one was shot, he searched
for the men to-day, believing them to BIO
crooks. He found the man in n room
over Leiser's store on Main street, where
DIR. Grain had been called to dress the
wound again. He gives his name as
Frank johnson and sticks to his story
about wounding himself. There are no
powder marks about the wound, and it is
ella lined that II could not have been made
in the manner stated without the flesh
being powder burned.
The whole alta seems surrounded in
mystery. If Johnson shot himself there
seems to be a well-founded impression
that some man was shot in quarrel, and
that the quarrel was between thieves over
the division of plumber.
There is a gang of sneak thieves in the
city and the members of it have not been
idle since they came here. Besides the
articles secured at the Coffee residence a
good deal of jewelry is reported missing
from different rooms and Darbee
Brooks lost fine dogskin overcoat, which
was stolen from the front of their store.
fire at Ravalli yesterday destroyed
the storehouse and contents of c. II. Still
enger. The fire was caused by defec-
tive fiue and burned so quickly that noth-
ing could be saved. Mr.. Stillenger places
his loss at 5000. He carried 5000 insur-
ance.
News reached here to-day that the house
of Joseph Michand, near Frenchtown,
burned to the ground last night, and the
occupants barely escaped with their lives.
l.. l.. Tuott, trader at Roman springs,
Flathead reservation, is in the city and
says tho government intends to build a
large grist mill at the springs as soon as
the weather will permit.
Hon. Joeseph Marion, who has been
starting to the Pacific coast for a week,
finally got off to-day and will go direct to
Seattle, proceeding from there probably
to Los Angeles, Cal. He will remain
away from the state until next spring.
Mrs. X. Mulloy has taken charge of the
European hotel, having obtained long
lease from Miles Mix, who is now in Ohio.
j. n. Mercer, who formerly lived in Mis-
soula and is now superintendent of the
Monte Cristo mines, Washington, is in
the city and will remain until he RECEIVERS
from severe attack of la grippe.
A lumber jack. giving his name as Joe
Lltrobe, filled up on extract of tamarack
last night and visited tho Midway, where
he was relieved of $40. lie was looking
for the fairies who fluttered too near him,
but was unable to point out the house or
identify the woman.
The celebration of Chinese New Year
continues with undated vigor. Powder
enough has been burned during the past
two days to have destroyed a small Jap
anese army.
The pleasant home of Daniel Heyfron
overlooked last evening with young peo-
pie who surprised Gilbert Heyfron. Those
present we're Marion Hathaway, Emma
Greeuough, Stella Greenough, Lucy
Schcip, Jennie Darby, Gotta Yerrick,
Fanny Hathaway, He!da Johnson, Agnes
Mcdonald, Oma Sloane, Lille Beau
chaine, Ben Mulligau, Carl Dowdell, Her.
bert Hughes, Hugh Sloane