The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-26
WILSON, SMITH, COHEN
The Men Who the Police Be-
lieve Are Much Wanted.
FOR MANILA HOTEL CASE
Burglars Enter Hoyer's Drug Store and
Take Away a Slot Machine and
Cigars-A Man and a Gun in
the Bad Lands.

tooy the robbers who held up the bar
tender at the Manila hotel one night
last week. in the persons Of Frank Will
son, George Smith and Joseph Cohen.
who were arrested by Captain Dawscn
and Sergeant Leyden about 3 o'clack
yesterday morning. The prisoners are
three mighty tough characters and the
police profess to have a pretty clear
line on them as having done the Ma
Mia house job.
About half-past l o'clock last Thurs
day morning the night bartender at the
Manila hotel, conducted by A. ]. MuIlin,
at the corner of California avenue and
Front street, was on duty. Two Gus
toners stood chatting and drinking at
the bar. Holdups were the farthest
things possible from their minds wheE
two men wearing masks Wake in the
front door and, with guns pointed at
the occupants Of the barroom. ordered
all hands elevated. The bartender and
his customers We're taken entirely by
surprise, and there was nothing TO do
but comply. While one of the robbers
kept the three men covered the other
proceeded to go through the place. The
obbers secured $50 all told for their
trouble and backed out of he place.
Ihe police were at once notified. Cap
tain Dawson and Sergeant Leyden went
TO work on the case. They were not
able to capture the robbers that night,
but by inquiry got a clue on which tn
work. They learned three men. one of
them a one-armed man, had visited the
saloon earlier i'm the night. From the
officers in that part Of town they learned
that the same three men had been seen
about the locality all the night up to
the time of the robbery. but were not
seen afterwaTd. 1t was also learned
that at about the time the robbery
took place the one-armed man was seen
standing alone in front of tine saloon.
The officers became convinced the three
men did the holdup and that when the
one-armc1 maj was seen tanding in
front of the saloon he was on watch
while his pals did the work. They ron
cluded that IL they could catch the one
armed ma With two others they would
get the 10, SO they laid low n
watched those precincts where the
crooked fraternity hold forth. Yester-
day morning their vigilance was re-
warded. They encountered the one
armed man and his two pals on Galena
street and gathered them in. on the
way to the jail one of the trio tried to
get rid of a sandbag by dropping Ii
when he thought Captain Dawson. who
had them i'm custody. was not looking.
He detected the action, however, and
picked up I genuine old-fashioned foot
pads %sandhag, pretty nearly as deadly
a weapon as a gun i'm the hands of "a
man who knows how TO use il. The one
armed individual is the one giving the
name of Cohen and is known as a tough
citizen. The other two are hop fiends,
who bear a bad reputation and who are
regarded by the officers as equal 10 al
most any ~chicanery. The police profess
to have other strong evidence against
0IAN Hf. -. -
to divulge.
A fourth member of the gang. or a
man believed to be. and who is known
as Billy" McGrath. was arrested a
few days & for v~agrancy. The police
requested Bartender Salmon To call at
the city Jail yesterday to see If he
could identify any of the suspects. but
by mistake he went to the county Jail
and was shown McGrath. who was
as one Of the hold-ups. II
appears the police had no suspicion of
McGrath up to this time.
Hoyer's drug store. at AS East Park
street, was entered by burglars some
night before last or yesterday
morning and a small amount of plum
secured. The burglary was discov-
cred yesterday morning by Proprietor
HOyer when he went to the store to open
up. He found the back door open and a
HihNiliilt IiAiHTlIE. oH I
Investigation he found a two-gallon
demijohn Of brandy and six or eight
boxes of cigars had also been made
with. Mr.. Hoyer notified police
and Detective Murphy and
Charles Ray made an inves-
In an old barn opposite the
irug store the ickel-ln-the-slot machine
found, where il had been broken
10 pieces to secure it's contents. How
the burglars got out of IL Is not
known, but il could not have been
much. A search for the brandy and
cigars was made. but they could not be
There is no clue to the bur
r.. +. Ladd, a young man about town,
lodged in the city Jail at an early
hour yesterday morning on a charge
IF carrying concealed weapons and a
more serious charge may yet be pre-
erred. Ladd went out to do the town
md, among other places. visited a re-
i'm the bad lands. After spending
sum Of money he concluded he had
a his moneys worth. and. draw
ne a rum. compelled the women he
vas visiting TO return his money. so Il
= related by the complainant. 4 police
was blown and an officer hur-
10 the house. but by the time he
.rrived the young mar had thrown his
.un out the window. He still had a
.un holster and a belt filled with cart
idges buCklad about him and he was
AIKEN TO the police station and booked
or carrying concealed weapons. There {