The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-01

surm:se Was correct and that his home
had . invadeh. and without walt
ing to face the. burglars he fired two
shots through the heavy door. the bull
lets sinking into the wall OF the par
ior. The IRE %was at once returned
through the dQor by the burglars Tor
no one knowar how many were In the
Job. and imuediately the door was
thrown open and two more shots were
nred At thes millionaire. n passing
through hts,head and another through
mis- heart. He fell dead. still ~clutcning
his revolver. and the intruders ned
from the house.
Servant girls and two little grand
children of Mr.. Smell sleeping on the
upper .door were awakened by the
shots, and screamed in terror. but we're
afraid to make any investigation and
retprned "a their beds. when all be-
came quiet again. The shooting wes
not heard on the street by the police
or belated pedestrians. owing to the
noise made by the departing guests
oof the neighboring reception and the
muf1ing effect OF the heavy walls OF
h mansion. n the body of h dead
man lay where II fell until z o'clock
In h morning. when h hostler came
from his room In the stable. found the
back Zoo open and rushing into III
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his master.
Then came the sensation. The police
began too late the search for the u
derers. The widow offered a reward
of 5000, which was increased to &c.,
900 and later to $4,000. Suspicion fell
upon William b. Tascott. a disreputa-
BILE young nan who disappeared imme-
diately. The police arrangements were
In the hands of John Bonield. who
died recently. n he vigorously push
ed the search for Tascott. The man
whose d-isappearance caused such an
immense sensation was but % a.
old and at one time was elevator man
In the city hall. Later he claimed to
be q newspaper reporter and frequent
where many detectives became well
acquainted with him. Then he devel-
oped a penchant for petty crimes. pass
ing forged checks and the like, and
was frequently arrested. He was OF
the class described by the police as
well now thieves" n in a few
years came to be looked upon almost
as an outlaw by the police.
He had beer seen often in the neigh
borhood Of the Smell mansion. and
when the police threw out the dragnet
as usual to bring In all the known sus-
picious characters and make them give
an of their whereabouts on the
night Of the murder he could not be
found. This directed suspicion to MIN
at once and a search began, which, 1t
was thought, would soon result In his
arrest. But as the weeks went by and
he eluded arrest and as the reward Of
fered by the widow and family of the
dead man became larger n larger,
something OF a national interest was
aroused in the case. Circulars con-
tanning descriptions of Tascott were
sent to every police chief and sheriff
in the country. advertising the large
reward offered. and in a hort time
''Tascotts'' were captured all over the
country by ambitious sherifs. Every
man who could not give a good account
of himself for the next few years was
arrested as "Tascott," and Chicago Of
fcers went on wild goose chases all
over the country, up to Winnipeg. out
10 the Pacific coast and every place
else a suspect was arrested, the dis
lance raveled a~ggregating $1,000 miles.
but the right nan was never caught
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