The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-12
HOWARD ON TRIAL
MAN CHARGED WITH A ST. PAT
RICK's DAY BURGLARY.
ACCUSED OF R0BBING W. CLYAAO
Said to Have Got Away With 500
Worth of Jewelry-Mrs. Clymo3
Was Viewing the II
Parade. II

The trial of Tommy Howard Oh q
charge Of burglarizing the house of p y,
elmo on March II, 1899, was begu4 in
Judge McClernan's court this morning.
The charge sprang out Of a St. Hat
rick's day burglary. The trial hegaQ at
1890 o'clock and was still in progres$ at
noon. ~
Howard was accused of breaking INTO
the ClymO house in the daytime, Whie
Clymo and his wife were absent, and
looting the place of $500 worth of jew
elry. 81
Assistant County Attorney Mackel
stated to the court that it would be
shown that one or two witnesses saw
Howard leaving the house, and that a
part of the stolen property was found on
Howard's person at Spokane, Washing
ton, and a part in a pawnshop there
where Howard placed it.
Howard Brought Back.
Howard was brought back from
Washington to stand trial on the charge
several months ago, he having just fin
ished term in the Washington state
prison.
When the trial opened Mrs. Clymo
took the stand and said that she lived
at 504 Nevada avenue in the southern
par VI LIE tOWH VII A1dl Cll -, 1919.
She went UP town at 10 o'clock to see
the st. Patrick's day parade, and at ,
o'clock her husband came to the house
of a friend she had visited and told her
to come home.
What did you find when you got
homer" Mr.. Yancey asked.
II found that the drawers Of the
washstand, the dresser and the secretary
had been gone through" she replied.
Then she described the property stolen
as two gold watches, one silver watch.
a gold breastpin, several rings, pearl
handled revolver, a silver bar and other
jewelry.
Locked Botn Doors.
Mrs. Clymo said that she had locked
both doors before leaving the house,
and Mr. Clymo testified that when he
came home at O'Clock both doors were
unlocked and partially ajar.
Mr.. Clymo, who went away early jim
the morning, said he came home att 2
o'clock in the afternoon and found the
bureau drawers in the bedroom rif1ed.
Clymo testified that he recovered HIS
gold watch chain and his wife's gold
watch and chain at Spokane, through
the fundamentally of Chief of Police
Warren of that place. This jewelry was
cred from the Washington Loan office,
where it was soaked by Howard, Mr..
Clymo said. .
Mrs. Katrina Policy lived in one-half
of the house occupied by the Clymbs
on the eventful St. Patrick's day lin
1899, and she testified that she saw How
ard in front of the house three times on
that day, and that the last time How
ard was leaving Clymo's front door and
passing down the steps.
Had His Collar Up.
She said: Il saw that gentleman
indicating Howard-"in front of the
house. He had his coat collar up and
his hands in his pockets and took par
ticular notice of him. He went away
twice and came back again and looked at
me through the window. After he went
away the second time I heard Mr..
Clymo's front lock rattle and I opened
the door,
Mrs. Policy then said that when she
opened her front door, which was close
to Clymo's, she saw Howard leaving
Clymo's door. Howard went down the
street and she followed him as far az a
neighbours house. suspecting something
wrong. Mrs. Policy was on the witness
stand at noon.