The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-22
WATCHED THE BURGLAR
Servant Girl Saw Him Loot
Campbell's House.
BUT SHE GAVE NO ALARM
The Burglar Got Away With 900 in
Money and Property A Cheeky
Piece OF work-No Clue to
the Housebreaker.

A burglar who displayed an unusual
amount of audacity paid Lawyer a. J.
Campbell a visit yesterday morning.
or rather. two visits. and carried off
about 800 in money and property. 1t
was about the checklist piece of bust
ness reported to the police in a long
time. 1t seems almost needless to say
that the fellow got away and no trace
of him has been found.
Mr.. Campbell lives at 81 North Ex-
celsior avenue His next-door neigh
Dor on the south is Lawyer ]. X. Nc
Donald and in the north Lawyer Frank
r. Corbeft. About 2:SO o'clock yes
terday morning the servant girl i'm the
Mcdonald household got up To put
down her window. which overlooks the
rear of Mr. Campbelrs residence. She
saw a man come out of the back door
of the Campbell house with a bundle
under him arm and Coolly walk away.
She thought nothing of the matter at
the time, as Mr.. Campbell had but re-
Gently moved into the place and she
did not know but the man belonged
in the family. That. in fact. was
what she thought. but her opinion
changed when, about ten minutes later,
the man came back and. re-entering
the house. proceeded To strike a light
and go rummaging about. From her
window she could follow the light as
ii went from room to room and finally
upstairs TO Mr.. and Mrs. C~ampbelrs
sleeping-room. 1t does not seem to
have occurred to her to arouse the
household, but instead, she sat watch
ing the proceedings through the win
dows of the opposite house.
During all this time no one in the
Campbell household was aware of the
presence of the unwelcome visitor I'M
til Mr.. Campbell opened his eyes and
saw the burglar examining his shirt
front by a window. evidently looking
for a diamond. Mr.. Campbell was some
what startled n yelled for the fellow
to get out. With as much c~oolnes as
he had manifested all along he replied,
I'm going" and shot out of the room.
taking with him Mr.. Campbelrs coat
and trousers, which he had previously
laid where they could be grabbed han
Oily, should he be called upon to make
a hasty exit. Down the stairs he
went and out the back door as fast as
his legs could carry him..
Mrs. Campbell was awakened by her
husband yelling at the burglar, and
jumping out of bed threw up a front
window and screamed at the top of her
N'ANNs AA'lAAtS W "AAAA'l III aAltiAAiblA
Of a policeman, should there be one
within hearing. Mrs. Campbells
screams aroused the n~eighbors. Eugene
5. Macdonald. who lives with his
brother, heard the screaming. mingled
with the racket the burglar made get
ting out, and surmising burglars were
the cause Of all the connection. seized
his gun and ran to his window and fired
two shots, his thought being also to
attract the police. Attorney Corbett.
also hearing the screams, raised his
window and inquired the trouble on
being Informed, ne went to his tele-
phone and notified police headquarters,
and Captain Dawson and Sergeant Ley
den jumped in a hack n drove rap
idly out. When they reached the scene
of the burglary il was too late to find
any trace of his b~urglarship. They ex-
amined the premises and found where
the burglar had taken out a screen at
one Of the kitchen windows, and. rails
ing the window. had effected an en-
trance. He had then unlocked the back
door to make his exit convenient and
easy.
1t was found that the burglar had
taken Mr.. Campbell's coat and trousers,
$50 in money and his watch from Mr..
Campbelrs sleeping room and a new
coat, hat and pair of shoes belonging
to Mr.. Campbell's son Roy. whic had
been purchased but that day. on fur
Their investigation il was found the fell
low quite obviously liked a good feed.
He had taken a beefsteak and a chick
en- he found in the harder and had
drunk up a quart Of milk he found in
the pantry. The coat, hat and shoes
belonging 10 Roy Campbell and the
beefsteak and chicken are supposed to
have been contained in the bundle the
burglar carried away on his first visit,
from the fact that they were all on the
first floor, and that he drank the milk
at this tim also. Doubtless the ease
with which he got i'm the first time
without molestation caused the burglar
to think he was foolish not to go back
and see If there was not something
more valuable he could get his hands
on. The dark lantern the burglar car
ried to find his way about the house
and BY the light Of which Mr.. MacDon.
AIDS servant girl followed his move
ments, consisted of a tin tomato can
with a wire around it for a handle and
a candle set inside. The makeshfft for
a dark lantern was found on the floor
where the burglar dropped It when ne
made his hasty exit. After firing the
first two shots and getting no response
for some time, Mr.. Macdonald fired
two more, but no policeman put i'm an
appearance till Captain Dawson and
Sergeant Leyden arrived. Officers Fo-
garty, LOwney and Neville. who were
on duty in the west side. say they
heard the shots but were unable TO To-
cate them. The eTvan girl at the
Macdonald residence said yesterday
that the man she thought she saw was
a colored man, but Mr.. Campbell
thought differently and thinks he could
identify the burglar. The police are
working on the case, but thus far with