The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-11-08
FOR SAFE BLOWING
SHERIFF WILL BRING FOUR PRS
ONERS FROM ANACONDA.
MEN FACE BURGLARY CHARGE
William Burton, Edward Lacey, Will
lam Burns and Martin Sheridan
Names Of the Suspects-Good
Case Against Them.

William Burton, Edward Lacey, Will
lam Burns and Martin Sheridan, now at
the county Jail at Anaconda, will be
brought back to Butte tonight by Sheriff
Furey to stand trial here for safe blow
ing. The sheriff was expected to leave
for Anaconda this afternoon to get the
men.
The suspected men are to be charged
here with the crime Of burglarizing the
store of Mulch & Young, between here
and Meaderville. last Saturday night.
The men We're captured by Under
Sheriff Morgan not far from Anaconda
day before yesterday. They had in their
possession nitro glycerine, giant powder
cartridges with fuses attached, and soap
---everyt hing that is needed to blow up
safe.
How Safes Are Blown.
The safe of Mulch 4 Young was blown
open in style approved by professional
burglars, and the door and combination
were smashed to pieces. The method
pursued in safe blowing is simple, but
effective. The combination knob on the
outside of the door is first hammered off.
This is easy. a muscular man with
hammer finding it child's play
Next, soap is stuffed into the hole in
the door where the knob was and be-
tween the combination and the door. The
soap is nodded into a cupshaped recep-'
tacle, and the glycerine is poured into
that.
The cup is closed with cover of soap
after the fuse and cap are inserted, and
the charge is thus made air tight. All
of the cracks in the door are stopped
with soap then.
This renders the safe also air tight,
and the charge is then ready for firing.
The fuse is lighted: the burglars retire
from the room. the explosion takes place
with little noise and the door falls open.
This is what the officers on the case
saw was done to Mulch & Young's SAFE
and the burglarous material found on
the men named is strong evidence con-
Meeting them with this burglary.
Knives and Buttons.
Under Sheriff McGuigan, who went
down to Anaconda to look at the hats
cuff buttons, knives and other loot found
on the men; yesterday compared samples
of those goods, brought back here by
him, with goods in stock at Mulch &
Young's.
Two buckhorn knives and two mother
SAAS
men, were counterparts of the same ar
ticles in the stock of the robbed store.
There were no cost marks on the knives
blades, however such as were on those
in the store stock, the marks having been
rubbed off. But the two knives were
brand new and the storekeepers and
their clerks did not sell them, to any
ones recollection.
It is believed these articles and the
cuff buttons We're stolen from the store
as the men are unable to explain how
they got them.
Also Mr.. McGuigan compared two hats,
which the men had, with hats at Smith
& Matting1ys store, and all had the
same label and block number
It is remembered by the store people
that one hat was sold to one of the men.
1t is believed that the other one was
stolen by them One of the proprietors
describes two of the men perfectly.
Conviction Is Expected.
The county attorneys Office believes
that there is a good case against the
men, and that conviction can be Sc
cured against them.
They are believed to have robbed a
| place at Deer Lodge but the case against
them there is not 50 good as the one
here, hence their prosecution here.
Under Sheriff McGuigan has prepared
a description of three gold watches stolen
| from Mulch & Young's safe, which will
he sent out to officials at surrounding
| towns, where it is conjectured they may
have been sold by the burglars of the
| store.
The description is as follows:
"Open face gold watch, Swiss move
| ment. Monogram on back. g. w. II.
Engraved on inside, Xmas, 1900. From
| Mother to G. w. H. Louis Stein Helena,
| Montana"
Hunting case gold watch, monogram
on back, IT. H. T. On face, 1901"
| Hunting case gold watch. IA K"
The under sheriff expressed the opinion
| that these timepieces are either at Deer
Lodge or on the road between there and
Butte, in the hands of people to whom
they were sold by the men under arrest