The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-08
JEW JESS IN M|SSOULA
Rolls a Man for a Check for
Five Hundred.
AND STIRS UP A FIGHT
AS a Result a Good Samaritan Had His
Head Punched and Secretary Hem
messy Has Bullet Somewhere
About His Person.

Missouia, March Jew Jess, the
heroine of many roll, has rolled again
and. as result OF this last roll. one
man Is shy a check for S5S6 and so in
cash; a second man has his head
swathed in bandages and one Of the
/ loveliest faces that ever emerged from
a humping; and third man is a fuei-
| tive from justice, in hiding somewhere,
/ with a bullet hole somewhere in his
! system; while Jew Jess is speeding
away from the town as fast as the
| steam cars will take her.
! It all happened about o'clock this
morning, and for time the atmos~
/ phere of West Front street was lively
A lumberman named Hughes called in
to see jew Jess at her temporary resi-
dence on West Front street late last
night. Jess has not been in town since
she was ordered out about a year ago
until within the last few DAYS when
she came back to the scenes which had
witnessed so many of her operations in
the days when Bobby ShadweH was
her secretary. But she had a new sec
rotary this time. Bobby could not
come on account of restraining in
fuences that are thrown around him in
Silver Bow county. But she had see
rotary. She needed one in her line OF
business. This ones name is Hen
messy. He is the Spike Hennessy Of
Butte. and has appeared in the ring
in this city in former days. lie is
handy with his dukes.
Hughes called upon her last night
and had a friendly word or two with
her. When he left he missed his money
and his check. He at once reported
the loss to the police and officer Lar
son went down to see Jess. OF course,
she had seen nothing of the mans
money. She did not know that he had
any. Larson was going to arrest her,
but Hughes said that he would not APP
pear against her, as he wished for
no further notoriety in the matter.
He said that he would stop the Say.
ment of the check and that he was
willing that the woman should keep
the $40. Then the officer let Jess go
with the advice that she would betl.r
seek the climate of Butte or somewhere
else.
II was supposed that 1t was all set
tied and the officer retired from tho
scene. Hughes, however came up iowa
and told his troubles to saloon MIN.
who listened to them and offered
To so down and try to get the
check back. He went down with
Mr.. Hughes and he called at the
house Of Jess. He did not do n.ucn
business with Jess. however Hen
messy, the secretary and bruiser, vas
there. and he proceeded to forcibly II
press his disapproval of the !ntnrvan-
ton Of any third party in the business
in hand. He landed his left On the
nose Of the saloon man and followed
that up with neat right-hander on
one eve. This made the saloon man
rather eroggy, but he hraeed up
against the wall and as soon as ne
could pulled his gun and let it go. Air
Secretary Hennessy ducked To avoid
punishment and got out of the door
Three more shots were sent after him
and one Of them Is supposed to have !
taken effect in his arm, 1t is hoped /
that II did.
Officer Larson took in charge the sa-
loon man. WHO was conducted to his /
room and n doctor found and then Jew
Jess vas locked M Hennessy hit the
trail and has not yet been located IT I
was thought that he Went up the can
yon with the intention of catching the +
local freight, but he has not been heard T
from. Jess VAS held in Jail till late this +
afternoon, when ii was found that
Hughes would not prosecute her. and
then she was released with the instruc- +
lions to get out of town on the first
train