The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-02
POLICE WILL STOP IT
Grating Has Become Too Bold a
Profession in Butte.
THEY WORKED THE WIRES
Chief Mulholland Ordered Them Cut-A
Horde of Grafters Have Floated
In for the Races The
Forvoley Case.

The alleged a lands robbery on
Thursday in which Frank Forvoley OF
Silver Star was relieved of $3.50 n
subsequently recovered s571 OF the
money has stirred the police to a de-
termined effort to put a stop to the
"touchdowns." as robberies in the bad
lands have come to be styled, and
which have been of extraordinary fire.
quency sine the rag-tag element
which has nocked to the city to prey
upon the innocents during the race sea-
son began to arrive. Chief Null
holland yesterday deprived the graft
ers of Galena street of the principal aid
to their operations n proposes 30
make a rigorous crusade against the
element that is responsible for the high
handed proceedings. Grating i'm the
bad and never thrived as 1t has re-
Gently, prior to the advent of eX-King
Maloney. whose career. though short,
was remarkable for the SUCCESS with
which he aided and abetted touch
downs" and helped the grafters out of
their difficulties.
Maloney fitted M a saloon i'm East
Galena street which he christened the
Turf Exchange" and then set to work
u 'plidi di ~ DuSlhtSS VI the SlIttt
by connecting every crib" on the
street with his saloon by call bells. \
wire was run to each crib" which con
nected with an ~annunciator at the sa-
loon. The ostensible purpose of this
arrangement was to enable the occu-
pants of the dives tn ring for drinks
and have them served without the ne
cessity of going after them, and while
ii served this purpose its real object
WAS "A dppDpr one and strange 10 S1N
IL never occurred to the police what the
wiring of the cribs was really done
for till 1t was suggested by Deputy
Attorney Connolly in the case against
the CRATER. Edith Sommers, i'm the dis
trict court a few days ago. Mr.. Con-
Jolly asserted the belief tina. these call
bells were intended for nothing more
or less thar a means to enable the
grafters to signal headquarters when
there was something doing. when a
"~strong-arm boy or some woman
would be sent To creep for the one
who gave the signal. Mr.. Connolly's
assertion set the police to thinking and
an Investigation convinced them he
had hit the truth.
Maloney left town between two days
a long time ago. but Pete Hansen. one
of the men accused of robbing For
voley, succeeded him as king of the
street and kept the Turf Exchange GO
ing. and the systematic robberies have
steadily on, only becoming more
frequent when the tough elemen re-
Gently increased i'm numbers. The po-
lice learned by their Investigation that
the innocent looking call bells were in
reality What Mr.. Connolly had char
acteriZed, that while a single rms
meant a waiter was wanted to serve
drinks. there was an agreed number
of rings which meant a sucker had
been gathered in N someone was
wanted to come in n relieve him Of
his money while he was kept engaged.
The arrest of Hansen himself for being
implicated in one of the robberies de-
Chief Mulholland. and yesterday,
accompanied by an electrician. he went
to Galena street and cut every wire
connecting a crib with Hansen's motor
joint. Officers on beats i'm the bad
lands were also given orders to keep a
strict watch on the grafters, as II is in
tended to suppress them if possible.
The police "A another arrest yes
terday i'm connection with the alleged
Forvoley robbery. August Johnson.
commonly known as Broken Nose
Johnson, because his ~nroboscis bears
evidence of having been at some time
answered the description
Forvoley gave of the third man AL
TO have been implicated in the
IOhbtIN Ilt WIS ldhtI ~ 'uSA'hN
and sent to the county Jail. where For
voley was taken to see him, but the
could not recognize him as the
man. Josie Bowers. the woman For
voley called OF just prior to the time
claims TO nave been robbed, and who
was arrested early yesterday morning
and given a sweating by the police in
the hope of making her confess, stuck
to her denial of any knowledge of the
robbery. and as Forvoley was much
cnamored of her n told the police
she had nothing to do with the Ease
had counseled him to put away his
money i'm a safe place, she was let so
with "A $40 ane i'm police court. For
voley wanted to pay her fine out of his
in the hands of the police but
was not allowed To do so. Her friends
to her rescue and she was re-
leased. A complaint charging Hansen
and James Kelly, the other man ar
rest. with robbery was filed in Justice
Traps court yesterday afternoon and
he prisoners will be arraigned to-day.
In the meantime they are locked up at
he county Jail.