The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-02
IT'S BREAK" OF TRUST
Thornton Gets the Worst of Be-
friending Butterfeld.
HE WANTS HIM ARRESTED
Says He Helped the Fellow When Pow
erty Was Staring Him in the Face,
and All He Got Was Some
Bills to Pay.

HE has been guilty Of a break of
faith. and he ought to be brought back"
said owen Thornton To- Chief Deputy
County Attor ley Connolly i'm telling
how he got t.ie worst . il IN tying to
befriend one Edward Butterfield.
Thornton is a character in Butte, but
an honest and hardworking man. But
terrified lived in one of his houses and
was out of work, had nothing for him
self and family to eat and no bed to
sleep in.
Their poverty stared me in the face.
it did, the dirty big brute. and | bought
some furniture, went good for his
his meat and gave him eggs Then
what did the big, overgrown thing do
tn me. a poor old man.? He sells the
furniture, leaves me to pay for his meat.
and skips out owing me for the rent and
for the ggs."
Thornton said he bought a lot of fur
niture n let Butterfeld have il. trust
ing to his honesty and gratitude TO pay
il back. He went security at the grocer
and butcher. n a few days ago., while
Thornton was away from home, But
terrified sold the furniture and left town.
Il heard he went To Idaho, but /
think he went to Utah To live with his
mother-in-law, the big worthless thing"
said Thornton. He wanted a warrant
for the mans arrest and have him
brought back, but Mr.. Connolly told
him he could not make a criminal
charge stick against Butterfield, and
that the only recourse the old man had
was through a civil suit.
"A poor old man like me and a big
young man like him, and no case? Why.
! have been in this town for II years
and have never been in Anaconda or at
the race track
Thornton wanted Butterfield arrested
for larceny because the amount he got
away with. including the furniture, the
meat bill and rent due, exceeded $50.
Mr.. Connolly said il could not be done,
as different petty acts could not be com
bined into n action.
Multiply" said Thornton, and put
everything together"
There is no such multiplication i'm
law said the chief deputy, humoring
the old man.
IT'S a break of trust. anyway and I
say it's larceny. too. If l owe a man 81
for beer and $40 for w~hiskey." aid
Thornton, giving the proper proportions
of the two beverages as he would prob
ably use them, Il owe $50 for liquor,
don't II"
MT. connolly COuldn answer mat ar
gument.
"A poor old man like me being good
to a big brute like that continued
Thornton. He didn't pay a dollar IN
that furniture, and | don't see that it
was his to sell. If one nickel would
take him to heaven or to hell he couldn't
raise it. And | hope he'll go there"
The chief deputy again told the old
man that he could not make a criminal
case against Butterfield, but Thornton
insisted on having him brought back
and have an example made Of him for
the benefit of thousands and thousands
of others in Butte just like him"
He took the furniture away under
false pretenses," he said. Cant | make
a case again his brother-in-law and sis
ter-in-law?'
II am afraid not"
You think it's a bad case?'
Il do"
And / gave him six dozen Of fresh
eggs. Is there no case in that. either?"
~ am afraid not
And am out?"
Yes"
Bad luck to EN-"