The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-05
WHOLE FAMILY IN JAIL
The Mother. Mrs. Kinder. Is
Charged With Shoplifting.
STOLEN PROPERTY FOUND
The Husband Is Charged With Being an
Accessory The Officer Didn't
Know What to Do With
the Children.

The whole family of ]. w. Kinder, a
man who claims to be a member of the
legal profession. is in Jail at the county
building. Mrs. Kinder charged with
shoplifting, Kinder with being an aces
sorry, and the children. two boys. aged
Z and 3 years. because the authorities
did not know what else to do with them.
In the home of the family at 6l5 South
Colorado street was found a quantity
or stolen property. embracing almost
everything carried in a big dry goods
store n ~aggregating fully 81, 900 in
value which had been stolen from the
NJ. j. Connell store. From the quantity
n variety Of the goods il was appar-
ent the couple did not intend purchas-
ing anything in the dry goods line for
some time to come.
The arrest of the couple was the re-
suit of an indiscretion on the part of
Mrs. Kinder at an early hour yesterday
morning. Mrs. Kinder had formerly
been employed as a clerk at the NJ. J.
Connell store. Yesterday morning about
1880 she entered the store and. remark
ing to Ed Maloney, one of the clerks,
that she a to go TO the second floor,
proceeded there. Mr.. Maloney thought
the circumstances rather singular at
that hour and had not vet dismissed
the thought from his mind when a girl
working on the second floor came to
him and said she believed Mrs. Kinder
had taken a silk vest while looking at
some goods i'm the underwear depart
ment. Mr.. Maloney at once went TO
Mrs. Kinder and accused her of the
theft. She denied the theft and made
a show of indignation that a former
trusted employe should be suspected,
but when Mr.. Maloney informed her he
would have to summon an officer she
took the vest from the bosom of her
dress and handed X over. As IL was
not supposed she had taken anything
else, the woman was allowed to go. A
piece of cloth had been missed a night
or two before and this circumstance,
taken in connection with the discovery
of Mrs. Kinder's act. was the means of
starting an investigation to see If any
thing else was missing. Ii was soon
found that a number of articles could
not be accounted for, and Mr. Maloney.
accompanied by an officer, went to the
Kinder home and accused Mrs. Kinder
of taking a boa and a bolt of lace, which
were among the things missed. When
she dug them up out of a drawer she
was placed under arrest and taken to
the county Jail.
Shortly after Mrs. Kinder's arrest her
husband appeared at the store and told
a hard luck story Of the family's strait
ened circumstances and asked that his
wife be let off. The management was
seriously considering dropping the mat
ter when, a few minutes after Kinder
left, a pair of shoes was missed. Mr..
Maloney went to the county Jail, where
Kinder had gone 10 see his wife, to SEQ
II II was possible he would be wearing
them. Sure enough, Kinder had on the
shoes, and he, too, was arrested. 1t was
then decided to make thorough inves-
tigation and Mr.. Maloney, accompanied
by officer Barney McGillic, went to tine
house and made a search. They were
.astounded by what they found.
In drawers, trunks, everywhere any
thing could be concealed they found
goods fresh from the store There were
lace curtains Of the finest kind i'm great
variety, underwear. silk hose some of
them worth $40 and 500; lace worth $40
to SIS a yard, cloth for mems suits,
mems and boys clothes. a high-priced
smoking jacket, a valuable cape half a
dozen fine ~parasols, silk ties, handker-
kerchiefs, ostrich pines, passementerie.
IN fact, something of almost verifying
kept i'm the Connell stock was found,
and in every instance II was the very
finest quality carried. Two trunks
full of goods were recovered and car
ried to police headquarters, where en-
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and identified all the property as be-
longing to the store, except a couple Of
fur boas. Mr.. Maloney roughly esti-
mated the value of the property at
81, 900.
Mrs. Kinder worked at the Connell
store for eight months up to July 1,
when she was let out. and the knowl-
edge she acquired of the stock doubtless
facilitated her in making her selections.
II is thought by some. and it appears
probable, that she had been Carrying
away the goods by piecemeal all the
she worked at the store. The mys-
terry of the case is how Mrs. Kinder,
who is slight of build, could have con-
cealed and carried away such bulky
things as a pair of lace curtains, a bolt
cloth and other such bulky articles
as were found in the cache.
Kinder processes to be a lawyer and
at his house a beautiful law library
IF all new books. He is a confirmed
morphine fiend, and If he has any legal
ability he is not known to have had any
When the couple were arrest
I'd il was necessary to take their two
children to the Jail also, as they could
not be left alone and u]nprovided for,
there was no other place to take