The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-26
AN EAST SIDE BURGLARY
The Residence of j. G. Mccarthy
Ransacked by a Negro.
ONE OF A GANG OF FLOATS
Only a Short Time Before the Robbery
the Thief Had Been Ordered Out
Of Town-A Lucky Combin-
alton of Home Arrivals.

"A daring burglary occurred yester.
day noon, and William Kidd CcoIoredD
of the large band of hoboes ordered
out OF town in the forenoon. was the
Villain In the drama, and John G. Me
carthy, ably supported by his wife and
s-year-ol0 son, was the hero. The un.
derstudy evidently in support of the vii
lain was Ed Walsh. who was STANDING
near the left wing exit while the play
was being enacted. The plot is as fol
lows:
When the hoboes were well across the
tracks, heading towards Butte, the
police escort was returning to the city.
William Kidd N Ed Walsh made a
detour to the right, and the couple. the
black man in advance, made a sortie
OF the neighborhood. hating at the
residence of Mr.. Mccarthy. east of the
FOUNDRY, near the b.. A. q +. tracks.
The negro went into the house and be-
gan his task of foraging. Walsh stood
at a safe distance to the east of the
point of attack. Mr.. Negro gathered
together a nice suit of clothes which
Mr.. Mccarthy wears only on picnic days.
sundays and Fourth of Julys. He also
o a pair of shoes and a pair of pat
ent hair clippers. He was in the act
OF leaving the house, as he could not
conveniently take IL with him. when
Mrs. Mccarthy and her S-year-old son
appeared on the scene and startled Mr..
Negro by their unexpected and very un-
welcome appearance.
Before reaching the house Mrs. Nc
earthly remarked to her boy that the
kitchen door was open. and that she
suspected that all was not as ii should
be, and her suspicious were confirmed
there was a niger in the woodpile,"
and he had under his arm ironclad evil
dence of his guilt.
The lady accused the negro of nav
ing b~urglarized her house, but Kidd
said, mo, marin, Use hone muffin"
When reminded of his burden of stolen
wares he rolled his eyes as only scared
negroes can. and exclaimed: Il de-
clar. how did desc things git under nah
ahm!'
While Mrs. Mccarthy was remons-
trating with the thief happily Mr.. Nc
Carthy returned from his work at the
converter. His particular job at the
converter luckily was finished for the
day, and allowed him to go home at a
lime when his presence was required
more than ever. The dark man turned
pale when he saw that he was sur
rounded, and what could the poor coon
do?" Mr.. Mccarthy hustled him into
the buggy while the boy sat on the
back seat holding the reins. Ed Walsh
was seen HtdI the MUSE DN MTS. NC
Carthy as she drove up. He evidently
at first sight did not think that the
lady was mistress of the house being
burglarized by his pal. and paid no
attention TO her until he saw her di-
rectly approach the premises: then he
hurried forward, evidently hort1g to
attract the negro's attention and give
him the high sign" to vamose But
the combination failed to work. with
the result that both men were hustled
into the buggy by Mr.. Mccarthy and
taken To the court house.
The driver ordered his men to step in
side the court house corridor while he
ran down stairs to the sheriff's office
and called for assistance. Mr.. MCCar-
thy must have exercised a powerful. or
magical. influence over his prisoners,
for they stood stock still in their tracks
while he surroundedS0t, f5nva.. 81
while he summoned assistance from
the sheriff's office beneath the corridor.
The little boy sat in the buggy and
acted as sentinel. on the way to the
jail Kidd told Mr.. Mccarthy that Walsh
vas his pal in the escapade. and was
detailed to watch, and remarked that
he was a miserable pooh Waterman"
The negro took no money and gave
up the stolen goods without resistance.