The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-20
IN THE POLICE DRAG NET
The Officers Earned Their Salary
Yesterday.
MADE SOME GOOD HAULS
vags Fiockine to Butte in the van Of
the Snow etorm-Rhone Robbed
Dummy-A Woman and
Her Jag.

Yesterday and last night the police
earned their muniicent salaries. and II
the administration does not give them
an increase Of wages they will surely re-
ceive q reward on the other sd of Jor-
dan. The FIRST to receive recognition were
Onicers Neville and Walsh, who picked
from the horde OF uncertain characters
that are coming to the city with the first
big snowstorm three of the best-looking
specimens OF the real vag that nave been
given shelter in the city eii in a long
time. They gave the names OF John Nor
man. from up the pike: Dave Cassidy.
from the Bowery OF New York. and
Charles Nelson. from the slums of the
lower strata of the universe.
Next cam word from the sherin's e
nee in Anaconda TO arrest Fatty Bell
and Herman Bender. who arrived from
that city on the 4 o'clock fast mail. They
are wanted for working the badger"
game In the pool room there on Emil
Hansen 10 the u of Sass. When arrested
Bell had on his person S275 and Bender
had 81. Detectives Murphy and Ray and
Oficer Walsh nabbed the men I'm short
order. The prisoners take their capture
In the nature OF a huge joke on some one.
Later In the evening ]. II. Rhone. real
izing that winter Is here In earnest. and
while the snow was being driven into his
face by a chilling blast from the high
Rockies. denuded a dummy in front of
Frank Boucher's clothing store of a SIS
overcoat and made haste down the
street. He was pursued by one of the
clerks. and when Onicer Torpey saw the
flying jay he Joined in the chase. He was
by Officer Dougherty. The thief
ran into the basement of the Grace Nc
Ginniss mansion. but flew out again and
Torpey. who is something OF a Splinter
himself. gained on the fellow and finally
caught his man. The coat is a beauty, but
Rbone VIII not wear II this season unless
he be turned loose and the coat present.
ed to him rs a reward of merit.
Before Rhone had time to select his
cot In the cooler in came a weeping dame
and told the jailer that she had beea
robbed of her gold watch In the Anaconda
saloon at No. So East Park street. She
had not told a thousandth part of her
troubles to the sympathetic Sol Levy be-
fore Officer Barry entered with two men.
The woman jumped to her feet and ex-
claimed:
You are h man who knows where
watch is"
The men were Martin Harrison and
Charles Anderson. They laughed at the
woman and declared that they knew
nothing about the robbery. but the dame
was positive that they were the men.
oh. you beat! Didn't I josh you up
agin the bar about yer red necktie. telling.
ye that II would keep ye warrum? Oh, ye
thief.'
The woman lives in walkervi.ls and
down town loading up with metropol-
itan Saturday night booze. The woman
locked up to give her an opportunity
to sober M so that she could walk to
VAUDEVILLE.
Jailer Levy engaged Anderson in con-
versation and drew from him a confess
sion. The fellow 'coughed II all up" He
said that he would go with an officer
and show him where the watch was
cached. Sergeant Leyden accompanied
the man TO the basement water closet of
the Little Chief saloon. Tucked away in
n dark crevice the watch was found. An
derson said another man put Il there.
but that part of his story il considered
In the light of a pipe dream. Anderson
has been accused OF being IMPLICATED in
rather shady transactions OF previous
record In this city.