Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-05
We're Lined Up Before Judge
Kennedy Last Night.
THEY CAUSED DISTURBANCE
In Front of the Margaret Theater--
One Will Go to Reform School
and Others to Jail.

Seven more Of the Anaconda bad boys
We're lined UP in the police court last
evening charged with disturbing the
peace in the vicinity of the Margaret
theatre the night before. The witnesses
against them were I. c. Williams. door
keeper at the Margaret theatre and the
entire night force of police including
Officers O'Brien, Power. ingalls,. stlh-
bens, Mayhem and Gardner. The tes-
tinlony of all the witnesses was in sub
stance the same. namely that the Defend
arts and other boys had repeatedly given
annoyance at the Margaret theatre by
congregating at the entrance on show
nights and made things hideous by yell
ms. whistling. singing, jumping, laugh
ing, running in and out of the entrance,
slGmning the doors. climbing the pillars
of the veranda II jumping down on
the sidewalk. annoying the d~oorkeeper
and in trying to gain admission to the
theatre and particularly the gallery. They
had also committed nuisances on the
steps leading to the balcony and gallery.
All kinds Of appeals had been made to
the boys TO be good but without avail
for it seemed as though the more devE-
try they could commit the greater their
pleasure.
Chief of Police White said the boys
made a living HI in that neighborhood
and when chased by the police the Off
GERS We're given the horse laugh at a dis
lance. Mickey O'Connor of Carroll. the
smallest boy. said he was waiting for a
street car and that was how he came to
fall in with the other boys. Now
Mickey" said Judge Kennedy. the
cars don't run by the theatre but as
you seem to be the only penitent boy in
this batch l will let you go but remem-
Der you must be good in the future. and
yCu must stay at home nights"
Lee Barnhill said he was II years old.
He was often arrested and twice escap-
ed the reform school. In 1896 he knocked
a young man down at the race track and
stole his watch, which he sold to a bar
bel for S.. He was arrested, taken to
Deer Lodge. then the county seat. and
would lave been sent to the reform
school but his mother interceded and
promised to make him mind
About a year ago a man gave him 81
to rush the GROWER but he skipped to
Butte and did not come back until
brought by an officer. He escaped the
reform school this time also.
well Lee said Judge Kennedy, you
have a bad record for a young boy. No
wonder the youths of Anaconda grow
tough with such companions and l un-
derstand you are the leader OF this
gang
Night Chief of Police O'Brien said Il
was true.
County Attorney Duffy was present
and urged that Barnhill be sent to the
district court from whence he would he
sent to the reform school, which was sc
ordered. John Brennon said he had been
arrested before for beating a Chinaman
without cause. James Long had also
been arrested before for cutting q an
cy Gle tire for which his parents had to
pay and he was released under promise
bad to lear him tell it, but he. Long and
Brennon We're sentenced to Is days each
in the city Jail. Bat McAndrews aged
10 and James McCord aged II had neves
been arrested before and were discharg-
ed with a reprimand. "Remember.' "a
the judge, the police will watch got
both and if You ever ppea before this
court again as long as l am here yoU
will not receive any mercy. I want u
say to you boys and all other boys r.
this city that this disturbance on the
part of the boys of this city has got4e
stop and the sooner it becomes know
and thoroughly understood the better
Mrs. Titcomb-What makes you 81
quiet. Timothy? You haven't said a wore
since I gave you DR.. Chargeemup's bill
five minutes ago
Mr.. Titcomb-I'm thinking how histor,
can pronounce Ludwig of Bavaria in
sane when he only killed his PHYSICIAN
World.