The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-18
five COMPLAINTS MADE
War of the Liquor Dealers on
Grocers and Druggists.
BEEN GETTING EVIDENCE
The Detectives Have Been at Work
for Some Time Accused OF
Selling Liquor Without
License

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the Retail Liquor Dealers association
against the grocers and druggists Of
Silver Bow county who are selling liquor
under their general licenses as grocers
and druggists without a special liquor
license, five complaints were issued yes
! terday by the county attorney for the
arrest of five drug clerks on the charge
| of selling liquor without a license The
county detective and his assistant have
for some time been gathering evidence
and yesterday they brought to the court
| house about a dozen bottles of liquor
| they had purchased from the parties
who We're named as defendants in the
| complaints. One of the complaints was
| made against Jennie Doe Stephens, the
pretty clerk at Newbro's drug store,
| who is accused of having sold a bottle
of rock and rye to Constable Rhoades,
who appears as complaining witness.
Another was issued against w. E.
Webb, proprietor of a drug store in
Meaderville. Three other complaints
were made against as manyxJohn Does.
who are employed as night clerks at the
Fair drug store, Noble drug store and
| the City drug store, Constable c. c.
Rhoades appearing as witness in all
| these cases.
|
against Martin Ginnoti. proprietor of a
! saloon and dance hall at No. IL South
| Arizona street. He is also charged with
selling liquor without a license. The
accused drug clerks will have their
| hearing before Justice Nichols and Gin
mott before Justice Of the Peace Har
rington.
IT was stated yesterday that a num-
Der of complaints would next be issued
against score or more of grocers.
Judge Lindsay held another session
| or court in the United States court
room yesterday and heard the report
of the special administrator of the
estate of A. c. White and the objection
of Executor Britton to the report. The
hearing on both matters was concluded
and taken under Amusement
The petition of Emanuel Richie for
letters of administration on the estate
| of Frank Proulx was partly heard and
will be taken up again to-day
In the case of James larry against
| c. S. Jackman, administrator of the
estate of Sarah larry, deceased, an ac-
ton in which the plaintiff seeks to get
possession of some property which ne,
alleges he had decided to his wife in
| trust before her death, and in which
suit the administrator had permitted a
| default to be taken. a stipulation was
y
and allowing the administrator to an
| sWer. In his answer, both for himself
| and William larry, the minor child of
the plaintiff and the deceased, the ad-
/! lninistrator says he has not sufficient
| knowledge or. informal ton upon which
to found belief as to the matters and
facts set forth in the PLAINTIFFS com
| plant and therefore denies every allie
| cation except that c. S. Jackman is adj
ministrato of Mrs. Tarry's estate and
that William larry is a minor.
Last evening Judge Clancy heard the
plaintiffs proofs in the matter and or
dered judgment for Tarry. The latter
testified that he had decided the prop
erty to his former wife in trust and
that on her death bed she wished to
/ deed it back to him again, but he had
| some delicacy about having her do it
| at that time. He said he was married
i again and with his wife and son was
| living in the Bitter Root valley and
wished to sell the Butte property and
| invest the money in a farm for the
i benefit of himself and son.
Mrs Graves testified that she knew
the former Mrs. larry and the latter
had told her that she held the prop
erty for her husband and wanted to
deed it back to him again before she
died.
In the injunction suit of the county
against John A. Leggat and others to
stop them from blasting in the shaft
on the Thomas lode adjoining the court
house, motion was filed yesterday by
Leggat to strike the complaint from
the files on the ground that it has not
been properly verified.
County Physician Sheeran yesterday
filed complaint against Robert Elber-
ding charging him with insanity. Elber-
ding will shortly be examined before
Judge Lindsay.
In the Silver King mining case of J.
ID. Maloney and others against Silas F..
King and others, Judge Clancy yester-
day made an order extending the time
in which the plaintiff is to make sur
vey of the Silver King mine to Oct 81.
Under Sheriff Murphy yesterday
made complaint against Peter Harring-
ton. charging him with insanity, and he
will be examined this morning.
The guiding torch to wealth is adver-