The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-29
HABBED O'KEEFE
The Department Made q Mighty
Good Capture.
REeKING WITH JEWELRY
Burglarized Four Rooms In the South
ern Hotel-Identinsd ss the Man.
He was Loaded With All
Kinds OF Plumber.

The police made a mighty good APP
ture yesterday In nabbing Bill
iy O'Keefe. who is identified
several rooms at the Southern
hotel on Saturday. Rooms 20. "a.
20 and Is OF the hotel were all burg
larized on that day. all the jewelry
that he rooms contained having been
taken. Charles Markson. who occupies
a Don at the Southern. entered his
room during the afternoon and saw a
stranger STOPPING over a valise. As
Markson entered the stranger said:
Excuse me. / must have got into the
wrong room" He then made a hurried
exit. Markson found on h floor a
pair of colored spectacles and a little
memorandum book. in which was the
named Billy OKeefe. When II was as
certained hat four rooms In the hotel
had been ransacked. the police were no.
titled and the memorandum book turn
ed over to them.
The police have been on the lookout
forO'Keefe ever since. Yesterday MORN
ing Detectives Murphy and Ray saw
O'Keefe coming out Of a joint in China
town. where he had been trying to dis
pose of some articles. He was immed-
lately placed under arrest and taken TO
the city jail. There he was searched
dilu was lounu " NC MI thii
with jewelry and other stolen articles.
The following is a list of the things
found on him: Two 3S-caliber pistols,
one blackjack" billy. three gold rings,
one marked with the initial "P:" seven
charms, one A. o. u. w, and one
heart; n pair solid gold horseshoe cuff
buttons. one solid gold brooch, old
fashioned and set with turquoise n
garnets: two gold scarf pins. W Ia
dies gold chains. two gents chains.
n ladies' silver watch. identified by
Mrs. Campbell. 40 West Granite street:
one silver thimble. several old coins,
one small jewelry box. one meerschaum
cigar holder. one meerschaum cigarette
holder. M gold pen with pearl handle,
one pair ladies' gloves. one white cam
brio handkerchief. one ring box. mark
ed from Dorothy with a kiss" Is skele-
ton keys. one satchel marker. engraved
Harry w. Burt" one heavy magni-
flying glass with three lenses. one jew
elry box. marked &C. II. Jacquemin g.
Co.. gold and silversmiths. No. 3 North
Main street. Helena, Mont one gents
gold chain, one gents gold chain with
onyx charm. one ladies' breast. pin with
diamond setting. n %souveni o Of
Butte City. six pairs of gents N but
tons. n gold lead pencil, one scarf
pin. two h-ounce bottles and n one
ounce bottle of morphine.
Markson VAS brought over from the
Southern and at once identified O'Keefe
as the man he had surprised in his
room. There are a number of articles
found on O'Keefe which do not belong
to any of the m at the Southern
and there are some articles which were
stolen from the Southern which were
not found on O'Keefe.
O'Keefe has the reputation among the
police of being one of the cleverest
snea thieves in the city. He served
five years in the penitentiary for kill
ing a man named O'Neill in Anaconda
IL years ago He was arrested last
yea on suspicion of beng concerned
in the murder of Paul Kroeger. but no
case could be made against him.
Young O'Keefe is the son of the late
James O'keefe of Anaconda, who built
one of the first hotels and lodging
houses in that city. at the eastern cor
ner of Front and Main streets. Twelve
years ago young O'Keefe shot a boy
named O'Neill inc served a term in the
pen. For the last two years he has
been living in Anaconda. working &C.
~casionally as bartender in some third
class saloons in Anaconda. Last sum-
mer he tended bar for his brother
Charles O'Keefe. for a short time. He
apparently conducted himself all right.
After his fathers death three years ago
he came into possession of a small bit
of the estate. He is a morphine alb
sorber. rapidly developing into a fiend.