The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-25
ALL OVER THE STATE
A Budget Of New; About the Stand
ards" NaishbOrS.
WITH A LIVELY PEOPLE
o'lIlngs, Bozeman. Livingston,
Fed Lodge and Other Places
Placed on the Published
Record.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.


. Out strikes with an iron hand" Henri
SHERMAN, however, is in a position {
ueny from personal experience that tn
hrst part OF the axiom above quoted hold
O. good IN all cases. He was arraioned i
lhc justice court Saturday, and in les
than two hours he found himself in tn
. presence of Judge Henry in the distric
court, listening to sentence of thre
years IN The penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
The engagement which he played Il
inns city was exceedingly brief and brouch
! him to speedy grief He arrived in Liy
lhgston the first part of the week. and OF
wednesday afternoon and evening exc
cuied series of daring burglaries. Thu
hrst was perpetrated in broad daylight
IN populous portion of the city. and jus
across the street from the residence of III,
Judge before whom he was arraigned. Ir
the afternoon he leisurely strolled dowr
Second street, and being fashionably at
tired and rather good-looking he attracted
the attention of a young lady, with whom
ne struck up filtration. The young lady
watched him approach the residence OF
Nj. ii. Lashorn of the Northern Pacific
ana knock. He opened the door and
"aiKed In. minute or two later he
emerged from the house with a bundle
under one arm and an evercoat thrown
careiessly over the other. The young lady
supposed he was some friend of the neigh
boring family, but it turned out later
that he was. simply a bold and pol-
lshed burglar, having entered the house
during the temporary absence of the
family and helped himself to Mr.. Las
horns best suit of clothes and a nobby
overcoat. Later he burglarized the resi-
dence of Mr.. Curtis, in another part of
the city, while the folks were up town and
secured another suit of clothes, a GOLD
watch and two gold rings. This did not
seem to satisfy him, so he again visited
Second street, after dark, and went to
the residence of Conductor j. W. Dodds.
who was out on his run, while Mrs. Dodds
and her sister were attending a phreno-
logical lecture at Hefferlin hall. The
fashionably attired burglar unlocked the
front door with a skeleton key. Here he
made pretty good haul of jewelry. secur-
ing a gold watch, three diamond rings
and two plain gold rings, worth about
$3.50.
The following morning he boarded an
east-bound freight with his booty and
landed at Billings. Here he pawned Mrs.
Dodds' gold watch to a saloonkeeper for
% and attempted to dispose of one of the
diamond rings to Jeweler Forester. who
formerly resided in this city and who
knew the ring the minute it was handed
10 nm Tor inspection. The thief related
pathetic tale to the jeweler, saying that
ne was stranger in the city and had a
wife and two small children; that he had |
been unable to find employment and that |
ne was forced to part with his wife's |
diamond wedding ring in order to obtain
bread for his family. He offered to sell
the ring for $50 and asked the jeweler if
ne didn't think that was cheap enough.
ne JeWeler said he thought il was In
ORDER to gain time to investigate the
matter without creating any suspicion in
me mind oil the thief, the jeweler said he
ldnt have $50 with him and told the
fellow TO call in after dinner and he would
get 1t for him. As soon as the fellow was
zone the jeweler hunted up Sheriff
8erkey, who kept an eye on the thief
while the jeweler went to the telegraph
'flice and wired to Mrs. Dodds of this
ity, asking her if she had lost a diamond
ing.
This was the first intima ton the lady
lad mat her house had been burglarized, |
nd she was surprised to find that her |
ewely had been stolen. The BILLINGS
eweler was Immediately advised and the {
Inspect was arrested and jailed. Upon
eing searched, all the stolen iewelrv ex- {
ept the watch, which he had pawned, was !
ound on his person. s
Armed with a warrant, Sheriff Young G
roceeded to Billings, accompanied by {
lrs. Dodds, who identified and secured 1
er stolen jewelry. The prisoner was a
rought back to this city Saturday MORN I
Y and arraigned in Justice Roses court n
4 n charge OF burglary. He maintained C
lat he was innocent of the charge and e
Id the county attorney that he had seen n
man cache the jewelry back of the Albe-
arle hotel and had dug it up. Later Le Il
ia he would plead guilty TO a charge of a
and larceny, and the plea was accented ii
the district court. b
The prisoner is a man of uncertain age. CO
though he claims to be only 23 He NAV II
% or he may be 33. He says his name q
Henry Sherman ard that he ID
me from Miles City, but neither W
o oil these statements is believed. IN
5 knowledge of court affairs leads TO the re
lief that he is no novice in crime. &C
hen asked by the justice if he wanted 10 h1
30 time to plead, he turned to the Gu
unity attorney and asked when the dis. W.
ct court would be in session, and unon
ing Informed that it was in session now pc
told the justice no would waive ex- in
Ilnation and be bound over. Then he tn
ted the county attorney if he couldn't an
the information Immediately, SO that tn
could be sentenced right away and be- ba
serving his time. These and similar hin
'stloas indicates that he is conversant Ike
b court matters. Ike
lie refuses to say anything about his pc
I history, and this afternoon when the thu
'tographer appeared at the Jail the MI
'oner would not let his picture be val
en-. He will be conveyed to Deer Lodge wit
nday morning. few
he city council held special session get
urday evening and Mayor Beley, Al see
man Harvey, City Attorney Wilson Mr.
City Treasurer Woods were elected mu
delegates to attend the meeting of cor
ltana mayors 10 be held at Helena on tie
lday for the purpose of opposing the wa
rtment Of undesirable municipal legis- roo