Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-07
THE CIGAR THIEF
Sheriff Regain Returns With
Him from St. Paul.
REAL NAME MIDDLETON.
He is Accused of Having Served One
Term in PriSOn-Other
Legal Notes.

Sheriff Regain returned yesterday from
Minneapolis with Dick Middleton, allaSj
Kenneth Haviland, who is wanted mere
for the burglary of Heilbronner's cigar
store. When arrested the prisoner was
| sailing under the name of Kenneth TAFT.
1t is alleged that he is a natural born
burglar. being a member of the class of
thieves that can no more resist Tie
temptation to "make a haul when OPP
| portunity offers than partake OF a meal
when hungry. He formerly lived in CAL
latin county, and it is claimed has al
ready served a term in the penltentlary
for burglary. Unlike many of his class,
however. he worked occasionally and was
in the employ of Charles ]. Schatzlein at
the time he robbed the cigar store. A
few days after the robbery Middleton
offered some of the cigars for sale and
his arrest followed. His bond was liked
at 81. 900. and Mr.. Schatzlein and Mrs.
Mary Butler, believing in his innocence,
guaranteed the amount. When the time
for the preliminary hearing arrived Mid
dleton was missing and his bond was de-
clared forfeited. This left Mr.. Schatz-
| lein and Mrs. Butler responsible, and as
| they did not care to put up the amount
| of the bond, Mr.. Schatzlein took imme-
date steps to lave the renegade cap
tured. He sent descriptions of Middle
ton to the chief officers of every city in
the west, and with the descriptions was
the offer of a reward for Middleton's ar
rest. AS the state was insured against
loss and the officers had performed their
duty in making the arrest prior to the
giving Of the bond, the matter was viz
tually out of the latter's hands, but not
withstanding this they, in conjunction
with Mr.. Schatzlein, took steps to cap
ture Middleton. In the course of a few
| days word was received from Gallatin
county that Middleton had been there
and would likely visit his sister in st.
Paul. This information resulted in an
exchange of messages between the sher-
iff' $ Office and the chief of police at St.
Paul, and Middleton's arrest followed.
In speaking of the matter this morn
ing the county attorney said he did not
care to state just what action would be
taken in regard to recovering Judgment
on the bond, but intimated that if the ex-
pense Of landing Middleton here was
/ borne by those who guaranteed his pres
ence in court, they would not be sued
The amount, he thought, would be some
where in the neighborhood of 5000 or $4oO.
Justice Nichols fined w. F. Johns $500
and costs today for drawing and exhibit
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manner a few days ago. Johns was not
we'll enough fixed financially to pay the
fine; so he was sent to serve it out. He
is one of the men that impeded the
wheels of justice last week by refusing
to allow an officer to enter the saloon OF
Con Murphy after the custodian had beer
out of the place by Murphy.
On Saturday the justice sentenced Vic
tor Erfurt to six months and imposed {
fine of $500 for having beaten his wife.
Charlotte May Heating has instituted
divorce proceedings against her husband
Michael. She alleges in her complain
that Mr.. Heating and herself We're unitet
in marriage in this city on May q, 1896
and lived together until October 8 of tina
year. He then deserted her and sine
that time has contributed nothing toward
her ppo In addition to a decree O
divorce she asks the court to permit he
to resume her maiden name, Chariot,
May Goggin.
Sarah Boland, sued for divorce b,
Thomas BOland a few days ago. has FLEE
an answer and counter complaint to tn,
action. In his complaint Boland accuse,
Sarah of intemperance, but Sarah say
Thomas has been guilty of not ~treatin.
her with that degree of humanity which
is supposed to be thrown in with ever,
certificate of marriage: that she has beer
his wife since May Is, 1897, and since thel
he has treated her cruelty. She furthe
alleges that he is possessed of a violen
temper and when he becomes angry h
beats her and applies to her indecent an,
filthy names. One day last March. sh
alleges. he knocked her down and kicke'
her, called her bad names and accuse,
her of being untrue to him. She was 8
badly injured on that occasion, she says
she had to call a physician and for polio
protection. Two weeks later he repeate,
the dose. The plaintiff further says tina
Thomas, While drunk, drove her from tn
house and forced her to tax refuge a
the residence of a %neighbor: that he one
drove her away and kept her away 81
weeks and then begged her to return
About the middle of June he again drov
her away and since that time they hav
been apart. She asks for a divorce, SIS
month alimony and 500 for her attorney
County Attorney Connolly has decide
to not prosecute the following persons
T. j. Burns, charged Jointly with othe
men with having received stolen prOpert
knowing it to have been stolen; Clar
Ward, accused of having stolen some ar
ticles from the Will house; Thomas Will
liams, charged with having been a part
to the robbery of the candy store in Yves
Park street, for which offense Eugen
Thornton and Jerry Sullivan were con
victed in a justice court; Ed O'Donnel
charged with assault in the second de
gree.
Informations were filed against the fol
lowing: Earl Bond. for the alleged burg
larry of the Boston & Montana company
warehouse on May s. The prisoner plead
ed guilty and Judge Clancy sentence
him to 60 days in the county jail.
Fred BOySOn. charged with assault |