The Anaconda standard., 1899-06-08
CHARGED WITH FORGERY
But the Case Against Him Was
Dismissed.
IN THE POLICE COURT
Several Old Petty Offenders Will Join
the Road Gang-Trouble About
Placer Claim Satisfac-
torily Adjusted.


Timber Saturday evening charged with
forgery. He was an agent for the
Greedy nursey for some weeks in-this
county and had trouble with his en-
ployer, Spear, whom he sued some time
ago in the justice court and secured
a judgment for $50. Wyatt collected
$35 from Ben f. Myers, the proprie-
tor of THE Woodlawn ranch north of
twon, and receipted for the same after
the notice had been served upon him
terminating his connection with the
nursery company. For this he was ar
rested, at the instance of Spear, for
| forgery. The case was tried this af-
| ternoon in Judge Wilson's court,
| County Attorney Miller prosecuting
| and Attorney NJ. r. Wilson looking
| after the defense. The evidence went
| to show that Wyatt collected and re-
celpted for the money in good faith
| and he was discharged from custody.
Wyatt is considerable of a hustler and
| it is thought around the country at
! torney's office that the case brought
| against him to-day was unnecessary
and the person who swore out the war
rant was moved by something besides
love of justice.
| with the justice of the peace attach
| ment, there has been considerable bus
| iness to-day. Both the city and coun-
| ty departments of the court have been
| running and the way the court found
| offenders guilty and inflicted punish
| ment was far from slow. j. Henne-
| berry was assessed $40 for being drunk
and disorderly and will work on the
streets for awhile. James Mckay got
| $40 worth of hard work for engaging
in similar indiscretion and will also
work in the middle of the road. An
| other offender named Smith, was sent
| to recruit the road gang and will do
| $40 worth of work for the city. In the
| justice of the peace court a man named
| Peter Dooley was arraigned for steal
| ing a satchel Saturday night from the
| Opera House restaurant. This individ-
| ual was pretty full at the time os the
| theft, and finding a revolver in the
| grip started to shoot up the town. The
| gun was center-fre affair and was
| loaded with rim-fire cartridges and
| this circumstance prevented him from
| dong any injury when he made the
| attempt to stampede the police. C.
| D. Gibson was the owner of the grip.
| Dooley was givensa fine of $1G0 and will
languish in the county Jail Sor time.
| The grip was recovered.
County Attorney Miller was in Bear
gulch over Sunday, being called to that
| camp by the news of the arrest of three
| men for taking possession of a piece
| of placer ground. The attorney inves-
tigated the case against the men and
| ordered them turned loose. The trial
| was commenced before Justice Alaxan-
| der. The evidence adduced showed that
| the men were guilty of no criminal Of
fense and nothing but a civil action
| would lie under the circumstances.
| A crew of linemen employed by the
Rocky Mountain Telephone company
are in the city and have repaired the
| toll line between here and Helena.
| There are eight men in the crew and
| they will be busy here for several days
putting in new phones and repairing
| the local exchange. which is hard to
| keep in shape on account of the high
| winds. The exchange is now running
| at the full capacity of the switch
| board, the business under the man
| agement of Mr.. SWindlehurst being
| much better, the men say, than could
| be expected in a town of this size.
Mrs. w. H. Poorman is in Bozeman
at the Foster sanitarium for medical
| treatment. She will return home the
| latter part of the week.
County Assessor z. H. Daniels re-
| ports that the county assessment is
| progressing finely and the work will
| be completed by the goth.
John Cornwell is employed in the
| Opera House Palace saloon and will
have charge of the day business of that
| popular resort in the future.
P. c. Mckenzie came down from
! the Park Saturday and to-day began
! work in the office of County Treasurer
| Alex Livingston. He will be employed
| there while Mr.. Livingston takes a
| Well-earned vacation of a month. He
| will go East on private business the
latter part of the week.
| Ed Forrest, one of the old pioneers
Of h, r..
Deer Lodge county, was in the city to-
I day from Springdale. The old-timer is
rs years old to-day.
George Welcome is in town to-day
from Bear gulch. He filed the papers
| locating the Little o. and Baldy pla-
| Ger claims in the office of the county
| clerk and recorder.
| The county commissioners met to-
| day in regular session and began the
| work of the week by checking over the
| accounts of the county treasurer and
| the clerk of court.
| A. B. Cook owner of the Trail Creek
| coal mines reports that the mines will
resume operations the 10th instant, and
! the railroad will be extended into the
camp as soon as it can be built. Work
will begin on the railroad on the 9th,
Word was received here to-day that
T. N Carruthers, the former propre-
tor of Hunters Hot Springs hotel
buried at Wallace, Iowa, on the 22nd.
John Dewing, one of the propretors
of the T. & u. saloon, has disposed of
his interest in that, establishment to
his partner, L. S. Taylor.
From the sheep ranch of Mutual &
| Mayburn, east of town, comes the re-
| port that 80 per cent of the SEQ lambs
| dropped there have survived the fncle-
ment weather of the season.
| Sheep shearing will begin in Park
! county about the middle of the present
| month. The clip will be the largest in
| the history of the county.
Sheriff George T. Young returned
from Warm Springs Sunday, where he
left George Dahl, who was sent to the
asylum. He reports that there are 470
| patients at that institution at present.
Mrs. Braddock of Butte was in the
city over Sunday, the Guestof Mir. and
| Mrs. J. A. Bailey. She viii visit at
the home of NJ. NJ. Black of FridIey
| before returning to her home.
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