The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-27
ANOTHER PHASE OF IT
Morton's Money Was Found in
Whatleys Cafe.
STORIES DO NOT AGREE
Morton Says He Was Not in the Res
taurant = Henshaw Insists He
Found the Money on
the Floor

The $207 check and the greater part
of the money which Thomas Morton
insists he was robbed Of in Casino the
alter at an early hour Tuesday morning
was found yesterday, and in connection
herewith is a train of circumstances,
the story of which c"llides with some
violence with Norton account of how
he became dispossessed of his wealth.
During the day Chief of Police Null
holland was made acquainted with the
fact that Morton's money and check
were in the possession of John Hen
shaw, proprietor of Whatley's restau
rant in Main street. Chief Mulholland
went to see HenshaW, who told him
that a man much bedragged and very
drunk came into the restaurant Tues
day morning. He took the fellow for a
hobo and ushered him out the back
door. A short time later he had occa-
sion to go through the hall, which leads
from the rear door opening on the al
ley to tier of boxes, and lying on the
| floor of the hallway he found sack,
which was found to contain about $2IO
in money and a check made out to
Thomas Morton for SPOT. 1t did not
| occur to him at the time that the sack
was the property of the man he had
| fired out.
This story differed materially from
! the one that was heard by patron of
the restaurant This person. while eat
| ing, heard the matter discussed. and it
| is said, heard a waiter say he had been
! the first to discover the sack. He at
| first thought it was a mouse, but on
| looking more closely, discovered what
| ,.1l. I -1rI,f
| for the money, but IienshaW declined
to give it up to him. A messenger was
sent to Morton's cabin to get an order,
and in the meantime Chief MulhOlland
went to see the county attorney. Ar
irving at Mr.. Connolly's office, he found
Henshaw had preceded him. Hen
shaw told MI Connolly the story he
! had told Chief Mulholland and offered
to turn the money over to him, but MI.
| Connolly declined to accept it.
When the messenger sent to see Nor
ton returned with the order, it was pre-
scented to HenshaW, who then said he
had taken the money to bank and 1t
could not be had till to-day.
Last evening Morton was able to be
out He visited police headquarters
and rected again his story of the al
legged robbery. He insisted that he was
robbed at the Casino theater. He said
that Ruth Lamont was with him in the
box, that they had drink and she was
very affectionate.0 AS soon as he took
the drink his brain became muddled
After a time the woman left him. He
waited for her to return, but she did
not come back. He CHANGED to put his
| hand in his pocket and discovered he
had been robbed. He went to the bai
and made complaint, and as always
| happens in such cases, he was lmme-
| diately jumped on. He said two men
| Jumped him at the same time and beat
| him nearly to death. When asked how
he reconciled his story to that of the
! man who found his money, Morton
| said:
1T is not true. I was not in What
! ley's restaurant at all; but admitting
| for the sake of argument that | was
there | carried my money in pocke'
of my trousers and over them wore a
pair of overalls buttoned tightly arount
| me so that the pocket was covered up
| How could the sack have fallen out OF
| the floor when ] was led through tina
| hall, as it is said | waS?"
| Whatever We're the facts the finding
of the money had the effect of securing
the release of the women implicated
as it was manifeStly impossible tt
| prove case against them. Dan
! O'Donnell and Dick Carroll, who were
| also arrested in connection with the
| robbery, were held and will be prose
cuted for the assault on Morton, who
whether he was robbed or not, was
| need