The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-14
ANACONDA news.
e0OD-DYE TO MIGRANTS
The Police Are Up and At 1t and
the Buns Must Go.
VERY CHILLY RECEPTIONS
Hoboes Coming From Other Cities Find
This q Most Undesirable Place
Sending Them Out OF
Town or to Jail.

Too much praise cannot be bestowed
upon Chief of Police White and Assist
ant O'Brien and the entire force for
their persistent efforts to rid the COM
munity OF the hobo element that has
made or tried to make this city its
headquarters. During these times Of
war and war bulletin excitement the
average citizen gives little thought to
mis- surroundings. and on frequent &C.
cesions be is surprised to hea the de-
sShand: Give me the price of a meal,
mister" The tough man knows what
ne is doing and the advantage he has
over his victim nowadays; ne knows
that when he makes his demands, nine
times out of ten he catches his victim
xpnawares. There have been no re-
ports of holdups or burglaries. but
~euch reports would not come In the ma
ture of a surprise to any one. now that
IL has become generally known that the
town is infested with oboes and
chronic vags. buns and beggars. How
ever. the stay of this class of men Is
made short by the vigilance of the po-
lice force. News from the cities east
and west has reached the department
that hordes of vags were headed this
way. and the a%lertness of the police
has been keener, with the happy re-
suit that the vag are given to under
stand that this place. for them, Is
s"strictly on the hog" When the tour
lists pass this word along the line 1t
will have the desired effect of keeping
toughs out Of the city.
For the past week buns have been
pouring into the city in large numbers
and pouring right out again after brief
interviews with Chief White and Cap
tain O'Brien. In some instances these
men have gone so far as to get within
action of the law and been sent to Jail.
The capacity of the county and city
jails has been tested Of late. and now
there is a large number OF prisoners in
them.
The police docket has been kept hot
by the almost constant bookings of
vags and others OF its pages. Yes
terday four names were written In one
bunch. Their names are John O'Hara
Ed Clark. Frank Burton n William
O'Neill. Each of them were given 30
days. their cases having been disposed
of in Justice Williams court. O'Hara
and Burton said that they had not been
in the city but a few hours when they
were arrested. and that they never
asked anybody for n cent, and other
talk on the same lines. Captain
O'Brien told the court mat they had
proved beyond a doubt before they had
been In town five minutes hat their
mission here was to beg or steal. The
only defense they offered that would
weigh in their favor was that they had
been unsuccessful in catching any
suckers here. They were all booked
for 80 days as vags.
Carrie Davis. an i%tinerant female
yag. was run in for Drunkenness n
for using obscene and abusive language
on the streets. A man named Char
boneau was arrested IN complaint of
William Merryfield. who charged him
with robbery. The complainant yes
terday withdrew the charge and the
case was dismissed.
NJ. Demura, a fortune teller. was ar
rested for not having obtained a Ii
cense to conduct his profitable bust
ness. He procured a license after the
court had cautioned him to do so. and
he was discharged. and Is now doing
business wherever he ran
This has been "A busy month for the
police. Assistant Chief O'Brien said
last night: We don't propose to let
the chronic vags run a little bit Of this
town. We Will send them over as fast
as we can. The people won't be both
cred much longer by the persistent de-
mands of the beggars l don't think. The
police will offer the buns all kinds Of
Inducements to quit town and as fast
as they arrive we will caution them to
move ON. In this way we hope to give
Anaconda a bad name in their way Of
thinking. and | believe hat they will
soon see the utter uselessness Of COM
ing here. We have turned back a
siarge number who have gotten on the
cars, and they never even had a chance
To strike anybody here"