The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-12
DO|NGS OF THE POLICE
No Glue to the Identity of Yard
master Hoge's Visitor.
TWO WANDERING WAITS
A Couple OF Little Tots Found AStray
Upon the Streets - Chicken"
Goes Below for 80 Days.
Other Cases.

The police have not yet obtained any
clew or anything that promises clew
to the robber who held up Yardmaster
Hoge in the B., A. & P. yards on Tues
day evening. 1t will be remembered
that about two months ago another man
was held up in that immediate vicinity
and relieved of considerable sum of
money. 1t was believed at that time
that the robber was looking for Hoge,
but made a mistake in the man. The
police believe that the footpad who held
up Hoge is the same fellow who COM
mitted the other offense. Neither Hoge
nor the previous victim could give a
good description of the highwayman,
owing to the intense darkness which
prevailed at the point where the hold
up occurred.
AS is always the case about payday,
the hoboes from all points are heading
for Anaconda. The police are making
especial efforts to keep the town clear
of the undesirable element and have
succeeded pretty well so far. The Off
closely and the hoboes are shipped out
as fast as they come in. Once in a
while, however a fellow escapes the
vigilance of the police and succeeds in
getting into town. People should be on
their guard at all times against sus
picious strangers, and it would be well
to see that doors and windows are care
fully fastened at night.
In police court yesterday Chicken"
was sent to the county Jail for 80 days.
Chicken on Tuesday night asked H.
c. McIlroy for two bits to eat on. Nc
Elroy refused to give him the money,
but offered to pay for meal. Chicken
would not have it that way and, pulling
out a knife, made a vicious lunge at
McElroy. Fortunately the blade did
not reach him. and McElroy escaped
uninjured. Chicken has been on a
spree for some time and when he gets
drunk he is said to be ugly and quar-
relsome.
Marco Krozil and John Pristaus We're
| arrested yesterday for disturbing the
peace by fighting in the Fountain sa
loon in the eastern part of the city.
Officer strom yesterday found two
little girls wandering aim1essly about
the streets The waits We're about 4
years old and were clearly lost. They
did not seem to realize, however, that
they did not know where they were.
and were as happy as could be. One of
them had a doll buggy with doll in it,
and when the officer took them to the
police station she refused to bulge I'M
less the policeman carried the doll
buggy up the stairs for her. &c.,
Efforts were made by the police to
find the home of the children. but as
the little tots could. not tell their own
names the officers worked in the dark
About A o'clock in the afternoon, how
ever Constable Shebat found their
homes and took them back to their pa
rents, who are Austrians living in the
eastern part of the city.
In Judge Bolands court yesterday the
case of the state against Henry A.
Richards was to have been tried but on
motion the hearing was continued until
2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Richards
is charged with petit larceny, the al
legged offense being the theft of a watch
from Mrs. Jennie Merrick.
Late last evening the county attorney
ordered the release of Richards having
come to the conclusion that the evidence
at hand was insufficient to secure a con-
viction.
A man named Sullivan was arrested
yesterday for disturbing the peace. He
is accused of using insulting and abus-
i've language toward f. f. Moore, cash
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