The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-19

sion-Men Whose Places
Had Been Robbed Iden-
tify Goods-Bloom
Denies Charges.
Eyes; 1 know who stole the goods. but
I won't give him away. l think man
who would peach on a pal would do any
thing" was the declaration of Charles
Bloom, one of the three men arrested for
the various fur store and tailor shop rob-
berries which have occurred in this city
recently, when asked by Chief Reynolds
this morning to tell who stole certain
pants patterns found in valise which
he carried when arrested and which were
identified by Gus Leese. who runs
tailor shop on East Granite street, as his
goods.
Bloom, S. S. Holmes and ]. c. Falcon
were arrested on Saturday night as con-
federates in the robberies named. and
last night Falcon confessed to his part
in the robberies and incriminated the
others in his confession, especially
Bloom.
Falcon and Bloom were arrested in the
Eiva block by Detective Murphy. Cap
tain Evarts and Chief Reynolds. Bloom
was taken >Ito custody on Park street
by Officer IecNally.
Information obtained by Special Officer
Robson led to the arrests. The latter
had watched the men for several weeks,
during which time they had roomed at
the Elva block. their actions having be-
come suspicious to him. The men occu-
pied room IS and room % in the block.
A woman also directed the attention Of
the officers to the men.
Rooms Were Searched.
When the men were arrested they were
searched and the rooms they occupied
overhauled. The stolen goods and the
Burglars implements found in this in
vestigation will go a long way in con-
victing the men. In the valise carried
by Bloom, who was arrested on a
charge Of peddling without a license,
there We're two pants patterns which the
tailor Leese identified as his property
and a beaver cape identified as the prop
erty of Rauh & Richter, the North Main
street furriers.
On Falcon, who is a youth Of 90 or %,
was found bunch Of skeleton keys and
a pistol. A pistol was found on Holmes,
and in the room in which this pair was
arrested and which Bloom occupied
with them was discovered two iron
jimnies. one of which fitted into
the marks made on the back door
of the fur store of Froelich, the Academy
street furrier, on the night it was robbed
recently.
The police have information to the eff
feet that three trousers patterns were
sold by the arrested men to an Arizona
street tailor named Sam Rehfish, who
has passed under another name and who
Is not very highly regarded by the au-
thorities The tailor Leese lost an SIS
suit pattern, and one of these is sup
posed to be this.
Besides the stolen goods found in the
valise, suit of clothes and two hats
were found in the room in the Elva block.
The police feel confident of tracing sew
eral robberies to the door of the arrested
men.
Falcons Confession.
In his confession Falcon stated that
he and Holmes came from Minneapolis
together, and that they Joined hands
with Bloom in the burglary and sneak
thief business at about the time the
street fair was held here. He says tina,
Holmes and Bloom proposed that he
should act as the stall pigeon In the
sneak robberies and hold the storekeep.
ers' attention while the others sto
things.
ne dlSO Stdteu tHdl biOoH cOmmltteO
robbery at Wallace Idaho. in which h
secured $500 in silver, and that being un
able to carry the silver out Of the plac
he had buried it.
Chief of Police Reynolds believes tina
Bloom is Minneapolis fur thief Tn
chief has notice from the police Their
of fur robberies which took place in tina
city, and information that Bloom is from
there, There is a. very strong lkelihOO,
that that is the case.
Last night and Sunday-Bloom refuses
20 talk at all. This morning he wa