The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-14
masked MEN
ROB A SALOON
THEY HOLD UP A BAR TENDER
AND RIFLE A CASH
REGISTER.
With Drawn Revolvers Two Desperate
Characters Hold Three Men at
Bay While They Work-secured
$40 in Coin-supposed to
Be Dublin dulch
Toughs.

Saloon robberies at the point of the
pistol are becoming very common in
Butte. Another took place at half-past
o'clock this morning ON the outskirts of
Dublin gulch, and the two robbers wh3
figured in it are supposed to be Dublin
gulch touchs.
The place held up was the saloon Of
M. Canton & Son, at ITO East Copper
street, known as the Anaconda saloon.
At the time of the robbery there were
three men in the saloon-Emmet Can't
lon, son Of the proprietor, and wins
was in charge of the place, Paddy Kelly
and Mike MCGOWAN.
They Had Guns in Their Hands
They were sitting in one corner Of the
saloon when the robbers entered AMI
covered them with pistols. The robbers
same in by the front door. One was
short and the other tall, and they were
masked after a fashion with handker-
chiefs. They threw their revolvers down
on young Canton and his companions
and ordered them to throw up their
hands. The order was complied with.
and then the short robber walked around
back Of the bar and began to pound the
keys of the cash register.
The register has a combination lock-
and 1t Is necessary to strike two certain
keys at once in order to open it. Ac-
cording to the barkeeper the robber did
not spare his muscle, but hammered the
keys as If, he were beating carpet.
The Rifling Of the Till.
While this was going on the tall rob-
Der kept his pistol leveled at CANTON.
Kelly and MCGOWAN. Presently, grow
ing weary Of his confederate's failure to
get the register unlocked. he said:
Come up here, bartender, and open
this TILL"
Canton started for the bar at the
command. but before he could reach it
the short robber landed on the right keys
and the drawer opened. He then rifled
the till. He got $40 in coin, leaving a
balance of three nickels in the drawer
The robbers then left the saloon, keep
ing their weapons leveled on the three
men all the time.
Young CANTON says the men on the
ore cars from the Stewart mine, Nos. So
and SIS. saw the robbers pull something
from their faces near the door of the
saloon, and the supposition is that they
tore off their handkerchief masks.
Description Of the Bandits.
The tall hold-up wore black clothes
one wore a light coat and brown hat.
The tall fellow weighed about 1876 pounds
and the other about 40. The barkeeper
was enabled to take minute descrip-
ton of them.
He stated this morning that he was
pretty sure Of their identity. No war;
rant had been issued for them this fore
noon, up to which time no complaint had
been preferred by the Cautions. ii
Young Canton said this morning that
prior to the robbery, in the early part
of the night, the short and the tall man
who committed the hold-up were seen
in other saloons in Dublin gulch. and
that, at those times the tall man wore
the light coat and brown hat and the
short man was dressed in the black coat
and hat.
Dublin oulch Youths Suspected
Before committing the robbery they
had exchanged clothing, according 10
this story. The barkeeper would not
give the names of the men he suspected
of the robbery. but said they were tough
youths who live in Dublin gulch.
If his story Is correct it would seem
that there should be little difficulty in
fastening the crime on the two individ-
uals who committed it.
The Anaconda saloon is a favorite
place for robberies. apparently. About
six months ago it was held up in much
the same manner as 1t was last night.
On that occasion the robbers overlooked
a man in the saloon who had $3.50 in his
pockets, and got only $14 out Of the till.
They fired a shot at the man with the
money. however. because he would not
hold up his rands. and the bullet hole
is to be seen in the wainscoting yet.