The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-21
ANACONDA NEWS.
P|GG0TT A P|CKPOCKET
Was Arrested in San Francisco
a Few Days Ago.
WAS KNOWN IN ANACONDA
+ Came Here Last Summer During the
Races and He Cut Quite Dash.
He Is Charged With
Grand Larceny.
WAS KNOWN IN ANACONDA

John Piggott. who was arrested IN
. San Francisco last week charged with
being pckpocket, is a young man who
is very well known in this city Fls-
gott came to Anaconda few days be-
fore the opening of the races here last
summer and he remained here for more
= than one month after the races mad
closed. During his stay here he cut
quite a dash and was renowned Tor
his good clothes and his wel-bred man
ners. The San Francisco Examiner
has this to say Of his arrest:
'Trouble is accommodating for John
Piggott, the Artful Dodgcr, who the
police say is a pickpocket with
large-sized pull While the nimble-
fingered youth sat in Police Judge Ora
hams court yesterday afternoon lis
tening to the impaneling of jury to
try him for vagrancy, the grand jury
indicted the dodger on charge or
grand larceny. He was arrested a few
days ago for picking the pockets of Z.
Henrioulle, a wine dealer. on a Mission
street car. If they fail to convict him
on the vagrancy charge the police are
confidant of landing John Piggott on
the grand larceny finding.
The dodger has been arrested on diff
ferent occasions, but the pull of which
he boasts was strong enough to insure
him immunity from punishment. There
was always someone to go to the front.
but this time the Dodger seems to have
been neglected to the extent of getting
bail. Heretofore his troubles were con-
fined to the police courts and bonds
men We're numerous. With the grand
jury on his trail, however, the outlook
is more serious and the Dodger does
not look so defiant as of yore
Five jurors were secured in the va
grancy case, the arrest in which was
made by Policeman B. Harter in the
latter part of January. The complaint
stated that Piggott roved about the
Tenderloin at all hours. and not being a
California Indian the act of roaming
was declared to be. illegal. He pleaded
not guilty, was admitted to, bail, and
later ran afouIs Mr.. Helirieul1e. The
Dodger and a companion are said to
have taken two purses from the wine
dealer. One containing $50 was dropped
on the floor of the car by Piggott. The
contents of the other purse, $780, were
found in the Dodgers stocking after
his arrest. II NJ "a e TaE ~
"The five jurors thus far selected are
Fred Bronson of 2.940 Howard street;
S. E. Bogart 511 Cole street: John Err
. lander, 1850 Broadway: Henry Schroeder
179 Corbett avenue, and E. ", Hollings-
worth of 9311a Howard street. A venire
of forty names developed but little jury
material, as the majority of the men
summoned was not on the assessment
rolls. As a rule, this question of eli
gibility was legitimate, the last SO that
much valuable time WAS consumed.
Hollingsworth, the last juror accepted,
said he was strongly prejudiced against
the prisoner on account of what he had
read in the papers. The juror had given
his occupation as that !ofparter with
out property, yet he was the only one
in the venire to whom the assessment
roll question was not put Attorney
Mack. for Piggott, challenged the juror,
but the court denied it.