The Anaconda standard., 1899-10-13
ROBBED A PAWNBROKER
Former Butte Man in a Canadian
Jail.
HAD A GOOD REPUTATION
His Downfall Began When He Went
to the k1ondike-His Conviction
Is Considered Almost
Certainty.

| 1t will be a great surprise to the wide
| circle of friends and acquaintances of
Ike Hennessy, formerly a well-known
resident of Butte, to learn that in all
probability he will spend the greater
part of the remainder of his life in
Canadian penitentiary for robbing a
Dawson City pawnbroker. Hennessy
was young man who spent 10 years
of his life in Butte and was employed
as a clerk in the clothing department
of the D. j. Hennessy Mercantile COM
pany's store His right name was Ike
Corriveau, but he was called Hennes-
sy, and more people knew him by that
name than by his own He had a very
extensive acquaintance in the city and
always bore good reputation. He
was a genial sort of fellow-one of the
boys-and was very generally liked.
About two years ago he left Butte and
went to the Klondike, where he met
his downfall. A pawnbroker was
robbed last spring and some months
later the crime was traced to Corri-
veau. He is now awaiting his trial,
with, 1T is said, almost a certainty that
he will be convicted, which will mean,
according to the way justice is dis
pensed in the Klondike, long term
in prison. A copy Of the Klondike
Nugget of Aug. 26, paper published
at Dawson City, contains the following
account of the young mans difficulties:
"A sequel to the robbery Of Uncle
Hoffman's jewelry store last spring,
when between $4,000 and $1,000 worth
of watches, gold dust and jewels were
carried off, eliminated in a sensa tional
manner on Wednesday of this week,
when Corporal Wilson of the town po
lice arrested Ike Corriveau on charge
of having in his possession. with gull
ty knowledge, two articles from among
the stolen goods One of them con-
| sisted of a ring with a Maltese cross
setting made up of 80 diamonds and
valued at about 5000; the other was a
solitaire diamond stud. The articles
were fully identified by Uncle Hoffman,
even before they had been shown to
him.
"Corriveau, until few weeks ago,
was a clerk in the N. A. T. & T. Co.'S
store, and was dismissed soon after
the return of Captain Healy from the
states. He has made his home for a
long time at the Spokane rooms and
the fact that his clothing and other
effects were located by the police in
Helen Holdens room would indicate
that he made his headquarters there.
On Thursday morning he was arraign-
ed before Colonel Steele and his hear
ing set for Monday next. He was then
remanded ito jail without bail. Corri
veau had borne good reputa ton
about town, and had been able to bor-
row considerable money. One of the
several whom he owes is Tom CHS
holm, who lent him tS4O0. ,a
''At the time of the robbery last
spring, many people Of suspicious dis
positions We're inclined to doubt the
genuineness of Uncle Hoffmans re-
port, owing to the fact that much of
the stolen property included articles
left with him in pawn. The discovery
of the ring and stud in the possession
of Corriveau leaves no room to doubt
the robbery, and the skeptics will have
to admit their mistake.
THE case against the prisoner is a
strong one, and he will undoubtedly
be held for trial at the territorial
court"
A report has come out that Corri-
Veau has been convicted and sentenced
to so years imprisonment, but there is
no means of confirming the report. ana
it probably emanated from a statement
made by Frank Durand of Phillips
burg, who just returned from the klon
dixie and who told some of Corriveau's
friends that the young mans punish
ment would probably be 80 years, ac-
cording to the custom of the Klondike
authorities in Furnishing such offenses.