The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-28
HAS THE SAME TACTICS
A Deaf Mute Worked His Scheme
in Spokane.
Is WANTED IN ANACONDA
Unable to Understand Signs and Is a
Fake-There Appears, However,
to Be Two Sides to
the Story.

Another of the deaf mutes who re-
| Gently worked Butte has arrived in
| Spokane and the. same tactics worked
here are pursued there. The Chronicle
| of that city has the following about
| him:
! II hope that your children will never
| suffer from the same affection That
| is the way in which deaf and dumb
| boy is appealing to the people of Spo-
| kane this week and is working some of
| them.
He comes into the office and presents
| his card, asking you to buy court
| plaster for 10 cents and help him at
| the same time. This card explains that
| he Is deaf and dumb and is suffering
| from kidney troubles.
| Now this young fellow is working a
| clever game, or else he brings infor-
nation with him that is quite interest
ing.
Thursday morning of last week a
| deaf and dumb boy named Willie Black
| was started out of town by the police
| after spending night in the city JAIL
| The young fellow who is now begging
few pennies on the strength of his
| affiiction, says that Willie Black Is
| fraud and that he is still in town.
| James Roche is the name given by
| the yloang fellow who came this week.
| 1t Is not at all improbable that Roche
is trying to work his graft here and
| be given some recognition by the au-
| thorities on the strength of informing
about Willie Black
Roche says that Willie Black is want
| ed in Anaconda, and that the chief OF
| police of that city wants him to keep
| an eye open for the boy.
| Roche was not at all slow in COM
municating his information to the po-
| lice and also went to the trouble of
| going over to the sheriff's office and
| told the deputies what he knew. The
| following communication was held
| with one of the men in the sheriffs Of
| flee:
who is William Black?"
| To which the deaf mute wrote:
'he was arrested By the Police and
| let go again. he is wanted in Butte and
| Anaconda. Chief O'Brien of Anaconda
| asked me If l was to Spokane. l told
| Him yes then he told me to inform
| the authorities about him.
| ''he is also fraud he plays off deaf
| and dumb. But he is only a fake IS
he can't understand any signs at all
| which all mutes does"
| Where is your stopping placer"
James Roche, 924 Sprague avenue"
Roche made two visits to the sher-
| offs office. Yesterday morning ne left
the following note for the deputy with
whom he was talking the day before:
| will you please tell him the other
| mute is in town yet"
| And all this Is the story that Roche
tells. If Willie Black is in town he
| is keeping shady. for the police have
| orders to take him To- the station in
case they find him. And besides, the
| lad certainly left Spokane a week ago
| yesterday morning headed for the
| iy n RI I'M in ba
Sound cities by this time.
| But all the facts in the story told
| by Roche do not match well. He gave
his address as 1924 Sprague avenue"
| A visit to this number took the report
| er to the hardware store of Cautield
| & Hollingberry, and the office man said
| he knew nothing of the deaf mute.
| James Roche says that Willie Black is
| fraud. If he is so, he is a clever
| pretender and succeeded in passing
| himself off as a mute before the MEM
bers of the police force. In riding down
on the car after he was arrested at
| Natatorium park, close observer
could note that he paid no attention
| to any noise about him, but a bright
| light seemed to attract his attention
| He walked down Howard street about
s o'clock in the evening when the
| shooting gallery south of Front ave-
| nue. is crowded and with its music box
| HldheS d HOlsc iIdt CdIl DS IOI a
| block or more. The boys attention was
caught by the bright lights in the win
| dows along the street, but he did not
| turn his head as he walked within two
| feet of the entrance to the shooting
| gallery.
| When Black was searched at the po-
| lice station an employment ticket was
found on him, which was good for
| transportation to Cascade tunnel. 1t
| seemed somewhat out of the ordinary
| that lad of his strength and deaf
mute should be sent to work in tun-
| mel, but inquiry at the employment
agency developed the fact that he did
not secure the ticket himself. Another
man paid the dollar and got the ticket
which would take them to Cascade
| tunnel
]. Spiegel, ladies' tailor. Ladies' and