Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-22
JACOB HAD MONEY.
Claims to. Have Been Robbed in a
Galena Street Joint.

Minnie White was arraigned in the
police court this mornins on a charge
of being an inmate of one Of the East
Galena houses. but as the arrest was
made for an alleged robbery of $l6O from
Jacob Holland. the woman entered a plea
Of not guilty, and her case was set for
5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
There were some unusual develop
ments in the case last night at the time
Of the arrest. and Holland ~endeavored
to conceal from the police that he was
carrying 1915 on his person.
1t appears that while he was in the
house occupied by the woman he ac-
cused her of robbing him of $3.50, and
threatened to call a policeman If it was
not returned to him. He failed to do
so. and Minnie blew the whistle. OFF,
GERS Curley and Matthews answered. and
both Holland and the woman We're taken
to Jail. The woman said that she re-
Gently came from Colorado. where her
husband had obtained a divorce. Hol-
land, who is a tailor. charged her with
robbing him of $3.50. and he was told
that he would have to put up a Dond
for his appearance as a witness against
the woman.
Holland said that he did not AVE that
much money. and Capt. Leyden decided
to search him. Holland objected to the
proceeding. but it did not stop the search.
Money was found in several pockets, and
when it was counted up the total was
1915. The circumstances surrounding the
affair seem to indicate that the woman
is innocent. and her argument is with
out question one Of the best that could
be offered by a woman of the bad lands.
"Why!'' she said with amazement. III
I had robbed him l would have touched
him for the wad. If l was going to be
hung at all I might just as we'll be hung
for killing a man as killing a fly
Judge Sullivan was impressed with her
innocence this morning and let her go
on her own recognizance to appear for
trial tomorrow afternoon. Confinement
in the city Jail is not pleasant, and that
Minnie has a fast friend is shown by the
fact that one of the girls shared her
Imprisonment last night for the sake of
keeping her company n cheering her
up.
Margaret Allen. who was arrested yes
terday because Ike Kuntz said that he
had lost $50 to her. appeared in the police
court this morning and told the judge
that she was guiltless of the offense.
Her case was set for 3 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon.
sadie Fallen and Lizzie Hill. who are
accused of assessing Ollie Larson $50
when he was not looking, were arraigned
in the police court this morning on a
charge of being inmates of East Galena
houses. They were somewhat in doubt
as to the location of their residences.
and told the judge that they would like
to lave time to look up and consider the
matter. His honor told them that he
would be attending to business at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, and if they
wished to save their bail they should
be on hand at that time.
O.. Eagan was arraigned on a charge
of brutally striking a woman who. for
the purposes of the prosecution. was
designated as Mrs. Doe. He told the
judge that on the evening previous he
had strolled into the Woman's resort and
she had put her hand in his pocket with
out any invitation from him, and he
had used no unnecessary force to re-
pulse her and to incidentally a V the
change he was carrying. The court said
that he had investigated the case and
knew that Eagan told the truth. He dis
missed the case and released the bond
the had been put up by the defendant,
Six DRINKS made their seedy appear
ance before Judge Sullivan his morn
ing, and as they failed to explain in a
manner satisfactory to the court why
they had burdened themselves with un-
usually large packages, they We're asked
to contribute S. apiece to the city treas
ury. One of the men, John Smith, was
very hard of hearing, and it was hard
work to make him understand what the
charge against him was. When the
judge said hat the fine would be SIS
MI. Smith had no trouble in hearing what
was said