The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1896-10-10
THE TILL WAS TAPPED
MuSSER g. ROGERS PLACE
BURGLARIZED.
The Safe Opened and About $4,000
Taken-Aubrey Wall and Marsh MOnck-
Discharged and Wall Held.

Musser & Rodgers ''Sixteen to One
saloon was burg,arized Saturday night,
the safe opened and rifled. The burg
lars secured Sl6O in ''greenbacks" for
their trouble acd a $40 bank check.
the discovery of the theft was made by
William Musser On going to the safe
Saturday morning to make up the
change. The safe is an old fashioned
KEY affair. barely fire proof, and one
that would give a thief very little
trouble to open. The amount taken
was small in proportion to the cash
usually on deposit in the safe.
The proprietors believed they had
reason to suspicion Marsh Monckton
and Aubrey Wall. MonclSton had, un-
til few days previous to the burglary.
been employed at the place as porter:
Wall because Of his intimacy with
Monckton. and because of past hap
penings of crooked nature in which
he is alleged to have figured. Wall is
credited with being somewhat expert
in the matter of laughing at lock-
smiths.
Several days previous to the burg
larry Mr.. Musser had occasion to visit
his place about two o'clock in the
morning, after it had been closed sever
al hours. He was surprised to find
Monckton and Wall there, with lunch
spread out on the bar, enjoying them
selves hughly and washing down their
lunch with his own liquors. He broke
up the party and discharged Monck-
ton.
Mr.. Rogers swOre to a complaint be-
fore Justice McGown Saturday morn
ing, charging Wall and Monckton with
the theft. and warrant was issued for
their arrest and the sheriff was author
lied to search the house occupied Oy
the two The arrests were accordingly
made. Undersheriff Summers made a
careful examination of the premises.
In box. hidden in the ceiling he
found an assortment of skeleton keys
dark lantern, sandbag and a slung'
shot. to all of which. at the preliminary
examination. Wall acknowledged pro-
prietorship. The keys, he said had
been in his possession some time. The
sandbag he said he made about SIX
months ago to use as a dumb-bell. In
response to suggestion by County
Attorney Galloway to the effect that
dumb bells usually went in pairs he
SAID that when he had completed the
first one he was so disgusted with the
work that he gave it up as a bad job
The slung-shot he carried for self pro
lection. He has reason to believe that
a certain individual was camping or
his trail" with no good intent, and he
carried the slung-shot several weeks
for the purpose of defending himsel
should an emergency arise. He claim
ed that the dark lantern was a photo
grapher's lantern. He made the state
ment voluntarily.
John Rogers, VIM. Musser, J. IS
Dewitt. Dick Williams. and Sheriff
Dewitt who was acting as marshal OF
the night of the burglary, and Will
Jams had seen Wall on the street abOu
2:45 on the morning of the burglar.
and A. Sancumb. cook at the Madiso,
house testified to having noticed Wal
going home about ) o'clock Saturda,
morning. Justice McGown, dis
charged Monckton, on the ground tina
there was no evidence tending to con
meet him with the crime, and helt
Wall to appear before the distric
court, placing his bond at $500. Monck
ton was held as witness. and as h
could not give ball. is in jail.
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