The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-03-12
PLENTY Or PLUMBER.
omcer Mckenzie TOOK In AN Important
thief.


Special Correspondence of the Standard.
BOHEMIAN, March 11.-Bozeman people
were patIIng themselves on the back and
praisinG their police force all day yester-
day over tho capture of the property
stolen from the Story residence and the
lodging of the burglar in jail. There are
only two night police in his city and on
Saturday night Officer Mckenzie ran in
four DRINKS besides making the biggest
haul made in Montana for many n day,
when he lodged John Manningham in the
county bastile and filled the city jailer's
room with an assortment of goods which
would start a very respectable depar tment
store. 1t looks now as If the work of the
burglar was begun on Friday night, when
it is be iieved Mannlngham went through
the S125, 900 residence of Nelson Story and
gathered together the plumber which was
captured and that he wheeled the trunk
of silverware to the old Hodson
house where il was found and
hid il under an old hack
which is stored there, covering il
up with hay. Then he stored the rest of
the goods in n shed at the back of the
Story residence. and Saturday night was
wheeling the second and last load to the
old shack where he was hiding the stolen
property when seen by Arthur Elliott,
who reported his suspicious movements
to Officer Mckenzie. When Mr.. Elliott
saw him the cart was piled fun and the
sheets IN which the stuff was tied up
caused the load TO look like a pile of dirty
clothes being taken to n laundry. When
Mr.. Elliott drove by the fellow he dropped
the cart handle and quickly walked into
the shadow beside the road, at the same
time thrashing his hands across his chest
as il SIMPLY warming his fingers, but Mr..
Elliott shrewdly suspicIoned something
wrong and at once notified the officer.
There had been n slight sklH of snow
earlier in the evening and this made it
possible to follow tho trail and gave n
victory to the Bozeman officers which is
causing a good deal OF rejoicing among
the citizens OF Bozeman.
Mann,ngham got his stuff unloaded and
seems to have been storing IL in little
loft up next to the roof and back in one
end of the vacant bu ilding, where it
might never have been found but for the
promptness with which the slight clue
given by Mr.. Elliott's suspicious was fol-
lowed by officer Mckenzie. No ono can
tell how much was taken, but some things
are still missing, which gives the belief
that there is another sack, or more, not
yet located. Mr.. Story will not be back
from Los Angeles until in June, ami it is
doubtful If he or his family could give n
very correct list of what had been stolen
from the massive and elegant home,
which was full of valuable silver, cut
glass, bric-a-brac and costly clothing and
novelties. The wedding dress of Mr..
Story's only daughter, now Mrs. DR..
Hogan of this place, was found with tho
stolen property, and as Nelson Story, jr,
was overhauling the stuff in the jaIler's
room at the city hall to-day he burst out
with, "Well, if he didn't steal oil of my
fine neckties;" will you look at my
silver smoking set in the gunny sack.
land there's my summer coat that goes
with my ice cream colored pants"
The amount OF the stolen property can
not he estimated this morning, but il
would have been big haul had the thief