The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-19

close the door from the outside. Mr..
Fitzgerald was unarmed and could do
nothing.
Immediately the door closed on the
robber Howell and Fitzgerald set up a
shout for the police. Howell's boy had
aroused the few persons who still lin
gered about the station. n excitement
ran high for n few inutes Con Mu--
ply. who runs n saloon acros the
tracks from the station. hearing. nan
out n discharged a "a into the air
to attract the police. but IL so happened
that mons were near The police station
was at once notified by telephone. and
Captain Dawson and Sergeant Leydsl
drove rapidly 20 the station. Officer
Loughrin soon followed them. but they
were all too late. The night had swal-
lowed up the robber Officers Wilson
and Dougherty were at the station
when the train pulled out and imme-
diately started for South Butte. The
robber evidently piped them off n
waited till they were well out OF the
way before he started I'm. A fog GO
dense one could not see 10 feet ahead
prevailed at the time. and even II the
officers had been close by Il would have
been hard for them to have followed
the h~ighwayman.
The exact amount the robber secured
is not known. as the cash had not been
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close to $500. Fitzgerald got a good
look at the robber. He describes the
man as about five feet 10 or II inches
tall. slim. weight not far from $50
pounds, and dressed in lark clothes. He
wore a handkerchief over his face for
n mash The description tallies so
closely with that of the recent Rocker
hold-up. as well as with the lone high
wayman who has dom so many Jobs.
that the officers are of the opinion he
was the aame man they nave been after
for weeks. The whole police force was
put on guard within a short time Of the
robbery. but as yet there Is no trace OF
the highwayman.
About the same time that the r.. a.
A. & y. railroad station was held up
and robbed last evening. a second bold
job was attempted. but IL was not at
tended with as good results. IT was
a few minutes after $3.50 o'clock that
John Hannifan. the 19-year-old son Of
Mrs. II. Hannifan Of No. s DuSan ave-
nue.. had occasion 20 go into the front
room OF his mothers residence. To his
establishment he came plump upon a
burglar in the act of going through bis
mothers trunk. As the young man
made his appearance In the room. the
burglar leveled a gun at him n told
him to keep his mouth shut. The hoy
fuIlll Gu anu Nnt bufSidi bt'hti 'Ih
OF the room and disappeared.
Young Hannifan informed his mother
and then hurried to the city Jail to mo-
tlfy the police. He said the trunk had
been broken open and he caught the
burglar in the act of ransacking it's
contents. Had he been a moment later.
the fellow would nave been success
full i'm his mission. az money to the
amoun Of $500 was deposited in the
trunk. which ne would have secured
with a few mute more time. As IL
was, he got nothing. Young Haunifan
described the burglar as a tall nan
dressed in dark clothes. He wore n
black mask. which looked like the or
binary mask worn in a hall room. with
the curtain removed. The burglar had
found the front door unlocked and had
no trouble effecting an entrance. The
police began an investigation OF the
case. but have no hone Of capturing
the burglar. Young Hannifan is The
boy who informed the police Of the Da-
ly murder the morning following cleo
ton.