The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-30
IN The POLICE DRACNET
A Varied Assortment of Butte's
Petty Offenders.
CASE OF HORSE STEALING
A Bold Piecs of Work-The Animal Was
Stolen From Under the Owners
Nose-An Experience With
an Independent Beggar.

The police records yesterday bore evil
dence of varied assortment Of offenses
committed Saturday night and Sunday.
The small book contained an entry
of complaint of horse stealing, which
is said to have lost James J. Eager a
valuable saddle horse and which was a
very bold piece of work. Mr. Eager is
an employee of the Parrot smelter. Sat
urday evening he was out on his horse
and had occasion to visit the Centcn-
NAL saloon at South Butte. He was
gone but very few minutes, but when
he came out the horse was gone. Mr.
Eager stated to the police that he made
inquiry of a railroad man. who happen
ed to stand near, if he had seen any
one take the horse, and was told that
man had come up, united the horse
and, jumping on his back had ridden
rapidly away. The railroad man rot
knowing the horse did not belong to
the fellow, had paid no attention to tie
man, as he supposed it was his horse,
and therefore had not taken sufficient
notice of him to be able to describe tie
man, and did not remember which al
rection he took. Eager said his horse
do d Sl,UuV DHiHS d tQOrOuGn-
bred mare, and said he would give 500
reward for the capture of the horse
thief and the return of the mare.
Eager stated he had looked the town
over and had driven as far south as
the Nine Mile house and west to Thorn
ton Springs, but had found no trace of
the animal. 1t appearing that the thief
had left town with the horse, Eager
was referred to the sheriff and the au-
thorities at other points were wired to
keep a lookout for the horse and rider
Chief Flannery of the fire department
had quite an experience with an i'm
pudent beggar yesterday morning.
While walking along Broadway, he was
met by man, who asked him for mon
ey Chief F1annery took the EEL
low for professional beggar and de-
clined his request, whereupon the fell
low turned loose on him with perfect
TRADE of abuse, which exhausted about
the whole vocabulary of foul epithats
before he had finished. Chief Flanncry
regarded the attack as very much I'M
called for and concluded to teach his
impotence a lesson. He made lunge
for the man, who. however, was as
nimble as he was saucy and got out
of the way with the result that the
chief missed and the fellow came back,
diIlllllS d kHoChOut SWING lOF the cnlSI S
jaw, but he landed in the same place
the chief did and then there was a mix
up, in which the. chief had the coat of
his uniform torn down the front.
Things were getting interesting when
Officer Radmilovichcam to Chief Elan
nery's assistance and arrested the
pugilistic beggar.,. At the station he
gave the name of John Kennedy.
Ed Suprenant. night bartender at the
Lemp saloon in West Park street, was
arrested at an early hour yesterday
morning and booked at the police sta
tion for carrying, concealed weapons
1t is said Suprenant was drinking and
attempted to start something" at the
Imperial theat2r. He had a dangerous
looking billy in his hand, a good GLOW
from which would fracture the skull of
an OK, and was threatening seriously to
use it, when officer Curley arrived on
the scene and took him into custody.
George Lewis was arrested Saturday
night on a charge of petit larceny by
Officer Smith. The officer found Lewis
on the street with a black overcoat in
his possession which he believed to have
been stolen, and took the possessor of
the garment to the station. The coat
awaits identification.