The Butte inter mountain., 1902-07-23
ROBBERlES ARE DAILY COMMITTED
IN BUTTe-WHERE DOES THE
STOLEN PROPERTY GO.
BELIEVE THERE ISA
Fence" IN THE CITY
Thieves Have lnter-Urban Cooperative
System by Which Goods Lifted in
Butte May Be Sent to Other Cities and
Disposed OF to Pawnbrokers, Piece by
Pece--Famous Burglars in Butte.

What becomes Of all the valuable goods
stolen from houses in this city!
Burglares are being committed almost
every night and there is not one that
does not yield the perpetrators more or less
property in the way Of jewelry, guns and
money.
But no one seems to know to GER
,an,y where the stuff goes. 1t is the gen
era opinion that the men who are COM
mitting the crimes are professionals and
do not keep the stolen stuff on hand
longer than necessary. It is claimed that
there is fence in the city and that as
soon as the valuables are deposited there,
they are sent to some other part of the
country to be disposed of for the best
price obtainable. The thieves know that
any attempt to pawn or sell the articles in
Butte will result in their capture and take
10 chances.
Sold in Other Cities.
The stuff is boxed and shipped to Spo-
kane, Great Falls, Salt Lake, Omaha,
ogden, Portland, St. Paul. San Francisco.
Kansas City, Chicago or some other city in
which there are numerous pawnshops-
they are either sent direct to the pawn
shops or to confederates of the thieves op.
Grating in the city to which they are sent
aud sold by them piece by piece.
There is an exchange among the thieves
OF each city and it is believed that many
valuabes stolen in other places are shipped
into Butte to be sold.
A few years ago very valuable seal
skin sacque was stolen in this city and
sent to Kansas City. Before being offered
tor sale there it was made over, but not.
withstanding this fact the brand was MT
removed and 1t was eventually identif ed
and recovered. The goods stolen from the
home OF w. o. Clymo by Burglar Howard
about three years ago were taken by him
to Spokane. Howard did not try to pawn
any OF them there himself, but got a
woman to do it for him He gave her Mrs.
Clymo's watch to pawn and she did it. but
II resulted in his capture. He is now serv-
ing year i'll the peniten,iary for the
crime.
Nailed in Spokane. . .
fle had not been In Spokane more than
week at that time. and when the police
department nailed him they found in his
possession a lot Of goods tnat had been
stolen in that city during his weeks stay.
lie was convicted OF the Spokane crimes
and sent TO Walla Walla for three years.
At the expiration Of his time he was again
arrested, brought to Butte and given a
year in Deer Lodge for the Clymo robbery.
About year ago the police department
got hold of Shad Mcguire another burglar,
IN this city, but Mcguire played a very fine
game and escaped the penalty. After he
had been in Jail a few weeks he was re-
leased on bond of $500 put up by a we'll
known man about town. but before he had
been at liberty two days he skipped the
country. and has never been heard of since.
Maguire paid his bondsman the smount of
the bond as soon as he gained his liberty,
which demonstrated that his business in
Butte had been very profitable. When
searched at the city jail he had in his pos
session 81 keys. There were tools in the
bunch that would fit anything.
How Mcguire Was Caught.
Mcguire was known to be burglar of
the dangerous brand. but he was hard
man to CATCH He had been shadowed by
officers many nights. but always managed
to give his watchers the slip. Finally he
entered the sleeping apartment of man in
East Granite street. The occupant of the
room was not sleeping so soundly as Ma
gIiire thought he would be at that time, 4
o'clock, and the man captured him without
firing shot. Then he rang up policeman
and had Mcguire placed in jail.