The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-24
w. Mcdonald Charged With
Burglarizing a Room.
A SUSPICIOUS TOOL BAG
Interesting Chase, Capture and Develop
ment of Incidents in the Case-Posi-
lively Identified by Manus as the
Man With Whom He Fought.

him. n for having burglars tools in
his possession and the other for bur
glary. The former will probably be dis
missed.
The story of McDonald's capture and
his identification with the burglary is
somewhat complicated, and 1t is here
told as the vents developed. To begin
with, Mcdonald has been in town for
a week or more. He put up at the Mon
tana, where his name appears upon the
register and his address is given as
Seattle. He wore good clothes and APP
peared as big as any of them. He oc-
cupied room S5 at the hotel. Early yes
terday morning a guest arrived at the
hotel and asked for a room. Night
Clerk Ellis looked in the case where the
tags are kept which indicate the rooms
that are occupied and those that are
not. The case showed that room IS,
McDonald's room. was not occupied.
and the clerk sent a bellboy up to that
room with the guest. The boy found in
the room a small satchel which stood on
the noor and a hair brush and comb
upon the dresser. The boy brought the
articles down stairs and delivered them
to the clerk. The clerk opened the grip,
which vas not locked, in order that he
might put the brush and comb inside.
Upon opening the bag he vas aston
ished to find that the grip was full of
drills, chisels, mallets. wire, electrical
apparatus, cards, dice and other ar
ticles of a suspicious character. How
ever, he put the grip in the baggage
room, as is usual.
At about 2:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing Mcdonald came in and asked for
the key to his room. His room, he said,
was No. So. Upon investigation the
clerk found that the tag in the case
showing that room IS was occupied had
fallen upon the floor, and was there
fore not visible when he had assigned
the other guest to room IS. The clerk
told Mcdonald he would have to put
him in room sc, Inc explained how the
error occurred. Mcdonald was very
angry at this change and made consid-
cradle fuss about il, but finally he took
his grip and went to the room.
When he went off duty the clerk no.
titled Manager Reynolds of what he
had seen in the grip. Chief of Police
White was notified and Mcdonald was
arrested at noon yesterday. The grip
was taken to the sheriff's office. 1t con-
tanned one steel drill about two and a
half feet long, another about eight
inche long and a box full Of small
drills that look as though they might
belong to a dental lathe. There was a
bracket saw, which went through iron
without difficulty; two socket firmer
chisels, one half an inch wide and the
other an inch and a half wide: a wood
en- mallet. a rachel brace and a breast
brace, two electric push buttons, two
cells of dry battery, a quantity of cleo
trio light cord, a piece of wood evident
ly sawed from some window sill, any
lumber of bottles containing liquids
n powders, a box of dice and about
10 packs of cards. Upon McDonald's
$500 80 Fa,,-l QnDa " --. II
was locked up in jail and ii was deter
mined to file a complaint against him
charging him with having burglars
tools in his possession.
He told the officers. when arrested,
that the property belonged to himself
and a man named Davis, whose where
abouts he did not know. He said some
" the tools were used in making Dice
and that Davis did the work while he
furnished the money. He also said that
the drills, wire, batteries, cards, etc, he
had bought to use in connection with a
gambling house which he intended to
open here. In fact he said he was one
of those Who had tried to open a faro
game in Anaconda a week or so ago.
The rooms were to be connected with
electric bells for various purposes, to
give alarm of the approach of the po-
lice, for instance. The drills were ia
he used to pierce holes through the
walls to accommodate the wires.
Now comes the Second division of the
story. Yesterday morning at 4 O'Clock
Jonathan G.. Manus, who occupies room
20 in the Delmonico house on lower
Main street, reported to the police thai
he had just had a tussle with a bur
glar. who had entered his room. II
seems that Manus has a partner whc
rooms with him, and he left the door
unlocked in order that his roommate
might have no difficulty in getting In
he came home. Manus was
awakened at about 4 o'clock by a slight
noise, and upon opening his eyes he say
a man going through his trousers peck.
cts. Manus sprang up and engaged tbs
thief. The two men fought from th'
room to the hall, and dow the hall 4
the head Of the stairs. The burglar haC
a stick or club in his hand and strucl
Manus repeatedly. but with little effect
As the struggling men neared the TOT
OF the stairway the burglar gave a sud
den Jerk and sprang toward the stairs
at the same time Janus let go with
chair. which he believes struck the THE
on the arm. At any rate the fellow
made good his escape. During tn,
progress of the struggle the robbie
made repeated efforts to throw a mack
intosh over Manus head, but the latte
avoided 1t.
Upon returning to his room Manu-
found that the burglar had left hi
macintosh, a black SLOUGH hat. two o
three watches and a quantity of othe
things. apparently 'swag." Manus a
once notified the police. who searche'
the city, but without finding N trac
OF the burglar.
After MCDonald's arrest Manus wa
taken To the county Jail 10 see, IL h.
N chance. Mcdonald and the burgla
were n and the same person. As 500
a. Manus saw Mcdonald he exclaimed
Why, 81 course. that's the man; Ir
positive Of e."
Manus then went TO the county at
torney's office and related the Circum
stances to County Attorney TTippe'
who filed a complaint against McDonal
in Judge keunedy's court. The com
plant charges Mcdonald with burglar,
Judge Kennedy set the a~rraignment 10