The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-08
CAUGHT HIM IN THE ACT
William Brule Under Arrest for
Robbery.
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY
He Protests His Innocence-Two Men
Are Positive in Their Identif1ca-
tion-How the Trap Was
Laid

well known about town, was appre-
hended yesterday morning in the act of
robbing the City drug store at 259 Ea st
Park street, and was arrested and lodg-
ed in the county Jail. charged with bur-
glary.
The Noble Drug company. which con-
ducts the City drug store, rents from
C. L. Mayo, who conducts a feed store
in the adjoining building. The drug
store is a one-story building and has a
skylight in the roof Mr. Mayo had
had some saddles stolen and had ex-
perienced so much annoyance from pet
'ty thieving that he had decided to lay
for the thieves and try to catch them
Accordingly he and d. NJ Clark, the
clerk in the drug store arranged to
sleep in the rear of the feed store to be
prepared for any further visits from
thieves, and this circumstance led to
the capture of Brule.
About 2:30 yesterday morning Messrs.
Mayo and Clark were awakened by the
crash of glass breaking, and a moment
later they heard a sound as of someone
dropping from the skyIight in the drug
store to the floor. They ran out to the
rear door of the drug store and could
see a man going through the cash reg
lister. They tried the door and found it
locked, but they broke in the door and
made as though to capture the burglar,
who made a feint at striking at them
with something he had picked up, and
when they lodged he improved the OPP
portunity to run out the front door.
Mayo and Clark Were both we'll ac-
quainted with Brule and being sure of
their man they looked up officer Jack
Gray and went to BruleS room in the
Lynch block, across the street from the
scene Of the burglary, where they found
Brule in bed and arrested him. He pro-
tests his innocence and insists Mayo
and Clark are mistaken in their identi-
fication, but both of the gentlemen as
sert that they saw the burglar plainly
and that they are so well acquainted
with Brule that they cannot be mis-
taken.
An examination of the store revealed
that all the burglar secured was about
IS which was in the register. Brule,
when searched, did not have the money
in his possession.
Another burglary, the facts in con-
nection with which have been with
held by the police, was committed
nearly two weeks ago. The |. A. He'll
bronner wholesale cigar house in West
Broadway was broken into and 11,00O
room is the Heilbronner printing es-
Establishment. The burglars effected an
entrance by breaking the glass in the
rear door of the printing office and I'M
boiling the door Then a hole was
bored through the thin board partition
separating the WarerOOm and printing
office and an opening sawed out. 1t
was comparatively little, trouble then
to remove the cigars. They are sup
posed to have been put into a wagon
in waiting in the alley and hauled
away. The loss to the company is 500
or $500.
The purpose of the police in keeping
the matter quiet is supposed to have
been that they thought they would
stand better chance of capturing the
burglars by keeping it secret. If this
was the real purpose, it does not seem
to have served the police to any great
advantage, as they have not found any
trace of the burglars, ithstandlng
that the brand Of the cigar was
stamped on each cigartand that every
dealer handling this particular brand
is known, making it. as it would seem,
not a very difficult matter to ascertain
if the cigar was offered for sale by I'M
authorized agents. Had the facts been
published it is possible it might have
aided the police, as persons to whom
the cigars were offered for sale would
doubtless have notified the officers,
whereas they would be less likely to do
so and lose what they paid, after be-
coming innocent purchasers.