The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-11
TRAPPED LIKE MICE
The Suspected Helena Safe Robbers
Run Into Strong Hands.
MElKLEJOHN'S CLEVER WORK
Moore and Mckenzie Captured In
butte-The Former Is the Man
From Tacoma With the
Fishy Story.

William Moore and william McKen
zie, who are believed TO be the men who
cracked the safe of the Douglass
Stubs company in Helena Sunday
night and got away with sl65, were ar
rested in Butte yesterday by Detective
AeikleJohn and Police Captain Waters
Marshal Mccain of Helena. telephoned
description of the supposed robbers
10 the Butte police on Monday after
noon and Meiklejohn and Waters went
10 work on 1t. They met the local train
from Helena over the Great Northern
az O'Clock that evening and saw
Moore and Mckenzie leave IL at the in
slant 1t stopped at the depot. The off,
GERS started out to shadow them and
followed them to the lodging house
! over Marlow's livery stable where they
| secured a room. Meiklejohn PROMPTLY
secured the adjoining room and
through the thin partition he managed
! 10 gain good deal of valuable inform
alton. He soon heard enough to satisfy
MIN that he was on the right track, and
after that he listened to what the men
had TO say with a good deal of inter-
est They roasted the Butte police in a
manner which nettled him a good deal
out he restrained the impulse to break
through the partition and contented
himself with thoughts of the satisfac-
tlon he would have in arresting the pair.
'NNhN IT'S NAA SiuSd W a hIOl mole IN
the partition for two or three hours
and was well rewarded for his pa
thence. He heard the fellows admit
their guilt time and again and also
learned that they were not the only
ones who were implicated in the safe
cracking.
The room was watched closely after
It's occupants dropped off TO sleep and
the officers were ait their heels again
when they left the room yesterday
morning. Moore invested in a new $l3
suit of clothes and bought a SIG watch
out OF his share of the booty and still
had money left. The officers watched
both men closely until about l O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, when they were
arrested. Moore was taken into Gus
tody on Main street and Mckenzie was
taken out OF the room which he and
his partner had occupied the night be-
fore He refused to open the door
when the officers demanded admittance
and the landylady's pass-key had to be
USED Mckenzie gave start OF sur
prise when THE officers entered. but ala
not have a word to say. Moore was
turned over to officer Anderson after
his arrest, and as he was being taken
TO jail he dropped a pearl-handled re-
VolVer which, In a general way. an
swered TO the description of the one
that was stolen from the safe. The
eNh Nao piSheu UP bN some DyStand-
eis and has not been recovered. Thirty
dollars in bills and so cents i'm silver !
was found on Moore when he was
searched at the Jail. After McKenzie's |
arrest the room was thoroughly |
searched and tobacco sack full 81 |
nlckels and dimes was found hidden |
away in the bed. 1t is supposed that |
ohe or two other fellows who assisted |
In the robbery got away with the rest
OF the money.
F. Marshal Mccain came over from
Helena last evening after the prison.
ers. On examining the bills that vera
taken from Moore he found that they
correspondent with some OF the stolen
money. He is certain that the prison
ers are the guilty men and that tbev
are destined TO spend a long term i'm
Deer Lodge. ~
Moore is the fellow who arrived In
butte two or three weeks ago and
tanned TO be trailing three fellows
VINO, he said, had held him up i'm TIA
sorna. The police regarded his story
IS being little fishy almost from the
lrst and kept pretty close track ~
am. He claimed to know what the
'rooks proposed TO do and he told ssyn,
u the Butte policemen on outside hears
'nly few nights ago that there would
soon be job of safe cracking done In
suite The next day he went over 10
Helena and IL is alleged was the Ieade.
II tne safe robbery there