The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-20
The Montana Kid Intends to Do
Things to q Bartender.
HE OlSALLOWEO A BILL
The Bartender Presented a $3.50 Wine Ac-
count Which the Kid Says He Does
Not Owe-His Title to a "Bonan-
ga King Called in Question.

ing the genuineness as q klonulke DO
nanza king of Dan Agon, the Mon
tana Kid Familiarity known as Dan
Egan. who arrived home in Butte last
Friday. bringing a bride, and. as he
says, a comfortable fortune. The story,
which Egan says was evidently vim
spired by one of numerous individuals
who tried to get next" to his roll, and
failed. reads:
The brow of Rome Harris, the enterpris-
ing ''m~ixologist,' is corrugated with
thought. For days he has been trying to
figure out whether or not Dan Egan, the
Montana KID" who arrived from the
Klondike nearly a month ago and has
since done things on a large scale, Is
really a blood in a financial way.
Harris has a wine bill against the Kid
! for $3.50. and he has worn out much shoe
leather in journsying to the international
hotel, the old Bella Union and other
places In vain search of the gilded miner.
Moreover, Mr.. Harris is aware that others
have sought Mr.. Egan in a like manner
for similar purpose, and with equal Ill
| success.
For the doughty miner and recent bride
groom has disappeared, and with him
have gone his bride-she hat was Miss
Lettie Levine of the old Bella Union
several loads of trunks and the klon-
diker's skin clothes and sleeping bag.
1t was known that the ex-pugilist and
gold digger had intended to leave in a day
or two for Butte, and the gentlemen In
terested in his movements nave Deen
thoughtful enough to watch the Oregon
bound trains. But on none of these has
he been discovered. Now they are won
dering whether Daniel has played II low
down on them by departing in the middle
of the day on a way. train. only TO eaten
the Oregon some distance from the city.
When Dams sudden marriage to the
vaudeville actress, Miss Levine, TOOK
place Tuesday he ostensibly removed
from the International where he had
been stopping, to pa Taylor street. the
home of the bride. Neither Egan nor the
lady were there much, however.
There was a story at first that the ex-
p%rizehghter had brought out of the grim.
silent, white land of the north a bag OF
s14. 900 in yellow dust and nuggets. But
this story was measureably reduced when
the mint receipt proved II to be but 1891 As.
True. Mr.. Egan deposited $500 in the safe
of the international when he arrived, but
this melted away rapidly under the ire
quent S25 and $50 demands which he made
upon il for the dealers in soft goods,
hackmen and other purveyors of JOY.
"Egan told me he had $4,000 with the
Alaska Commercial company and had
drawn ii out and deposited II in the HI
hernia bank" said one of the hotel pro-
p%rietors. II asked him who identified him
III lie Stll IAbiAlI N'NH
didn't. else he would have got that $50
AT the office of the Alaska Commercia
company ii was stated that Mr.. Egan had
: no money on deposit there.
Mrs. Kearney, the landlady at 2A Tay-
/. lor street, said the erratic groom and his
bride had taken all their things away in
the afternoon.
/ Miss Levine had my keys" said Mrs,
Kearney, land she agreed to return later
! in the afternoon and give them to me,
4 but she never came back. l guess theS
have gone to Butte, where Egan's mother
lives"
\ Egan was greatly incensed yesterday
when shown the foregoing article, anc
4 declared that when he returned to Sar
Francisco, as he intends doing shortly
he will convince the mixologist referred
to, that he has not forgotten the tricks
that enabled him to put his antagonist
i'm the prize ring to sleep in the day!
before he became a capitalist with gol'
mines to sell. The Kid looks ampl!
able to do what he says he will, and /
Harris does not make himself scare
when Egan gets back to the bay, he WI
doubtless keep his promise and fix hin
plenty"
THAT article was simply inspired b.
Harris, with whom / spent a wad o
money when | was in Frisco sal
Egan. Il don't owe him or any on
else in San Francisco a dollar, and l.
is simply making a roar because h
tried to do me for $3.50 and / didn't lie
him. I'll tell you all there Is to hi
claim" Here the Kid took out of hi
pocket a statement made out in lea
pencil on a piece of yellow paper whic
were enumerated a dozen or 10 item:
wine $50, hack $3.50, meals 81, win
$40, etc." and so on down a list |
which wine appeared more ~freQuenti
and for larger amounts than arythin
else. the bin totaiing $3.50 to
nicely.
Harris came to the train just as W
were leaving Frisco the Kid Sor
tinued, and presenting this bill, a
ed to know If / was going to pay /
Everything / got in his place ] signe
for. | looked for my signature on III
bill but found none, and / knew he wa
simply trying to work me-, as a lot {
other guys had done, and l refused
pay the bill. | had settled for all IN
abs before, and this was not pr
sented, which was another evidence ii
bill was not right. / had been dor
out of a lot of dough in the city. Or
fellow got to me for 81. zoe, and I didn
propose to be beaten any more. i u
not owe the bill, and l didn't pay
and that's all there IL to 1t. II he ca
show me a signed tab for any item
this bill when get back to the eli
I'll pay, but unless he can | won't, al
I'll make that fellow eat his word
He's a gun man and I'll give him a Ii
tie of his own game. I'll go after IN
fellow with a gun"
About that insinuation that '
skipped" continued Egan. lit dor
look much as If they didn't know Y
were going when Harris came TO q
train to see me. And about the mon
I brought out. / never told any one
brought s14, 900 or any amount mo
than $4,000. ] did bring that niue
About s., 200 of II was in nugget
which / sold at the mint. h cth
$1,000 deposited in the Hibernia bar
never represented l had any mon
with the Alaska Commercial compan
got done for quite a bit OF money
the city and spent a lot more. but L
got some money left and / guess I'll
able to get back all right"
Speaking of the claims he represent
himself as owing, Egan said: