The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-08
He APPEARED ERRAT|C
Phil Harrington Detained at the
County Jail.
WAS ABUSING HIS WIFE
And at the Same Time Breaking Up the
Furniture at His House-Will Be
Examined Relative to ,-
His Sanity.

Phil Harrington, formerly a we'll
known saloon keeper in North Main
street, and who failed in business day
or two after his saloon was alleged to
have been robbed of a large amount
of money, was taken to the county jail
yesterday for detention under a sus-
picion that his mind was becoming i'm
paired. For some time Harrington's
conduct has been, to say the least, very
erratic. Yesterday afternoon a tele-
phone message came to police head
quarters stating that he was abusing
his wife and breaking up the furniture
and dishes. officer Schmid was sent to
the Harrington home in East Quartz
street. He found the house literally
strewn with broken dishes and the wife
covering in a corner, utterly terrified,
while Harrington stood in a towering
rage, cursing and disappearing in the
widest manner. Officer Schmid at
tempted to enter and quiet Harring-
ton, but the latter seized cudgel and
threatened to kill him. Seeing that il
he took the man he would have to club
him into submission and not wishing to
do that, officer Schmid decided to get
a warrant of arrest and assistance.
Returning to the city hall, Officer
Schmid procured warrant charging
Harrington with disturbance and, ac-
| companied by another officer, went
| back When the two officers put in an
appearance Harrington was induced to
| submit peaceably and was taken to the
| city hall He demanded Of Judge Sulli-
van to know the amount of his bonds
| and talked wildly and incoherently Of
his inability to get justice in Butte.
| His manner was so frenzied that Cap
| tai nd Ind a ha1 q
consultation and concluded it would be.
unsafe to allow Harrington his liberty
| and it was decided to send him to the
county Jail and call the attention of the
county authorities to his case.
Since he retired from business Har-
rington has been drinking very hard
and it is thought the unsettled condi-
ton of his mind is largely due to the
| excessive use of liquor.
| Patrick Leggat, a Dublin gulch sa-
| loon keeper. was arrested at an early
hour yesterday morning and lodged IN
| the city Jail for running disorderly
house. Leggat's saloon has for a long
| time borne a very unsavory reputa-
| ton and, being situated in close proX-
| unity to a number of miners homes,
| has been a great nuisance to the resi-
dents of that part of the gulch The
police have received complaints of the
|
derby men and women and Leggat had
been repeatedly warned that arrest
would follow unless the place was more
properly conductedfg Friday night an
| other big debauch was started and
i kept up till a latS hoursa and the police
i were asked to "aTfstethe proprietor.
| Leggat occupied 7a-cell at the Jail till
yesterday afternoon when friends APP
peared and gave bonds for him.
| Joseph Murray was arrested yester
| day morning as the reeult of row in
| down town saloon in which a gun play
| figured. Murray went into the M. &, NJ.
saloon with friend, who bought drinks
| till his money was gone, and then tried
| to run his face. When Bartender Will
lam Ash declined to furnish any more
| drinks unless the money was forthcom-
| ing, Murray reached over and struck
| him. Ash got a gun and went after
| Murray, but friends interfered and pre-
| vented clash. Later Murray went
after Ash again and got arrested.