The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-01-05
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EVERYWHERE
Officers Find Goods Hidden And
. Stored Away All Over
Premises.
WOMAN ARRESTED IN THE Cash
Another Cache Is Found Under Va.
cant Building on Central
Avenue.

Avenue.
Ever since the police made the
raid on the Italian quarters last
week and unearthed the box car
robberies that have been going On
SO Systematically for some time. new
discoveries have been made every
day. The farther the officers look
ed the more plunder they found.
In the first raid they only got
what was handy about the house
and shed, which amounted to about
$4OO worth of all kinds of articles
such as gloves, shoes, socks, lace
mans, eggs, chinaware, corsets belts,
laces,an etc. The last batch cap
tured contained IA dozen eggs.
Out of curiosity a farther search
was made and it seemed that every
where they looked stolen articles
were found hidden. 1t was found
In holes in the ground carefully COW
cred up with a wood pile, in out
houses, under the floors and
between the walls. In the little
house on the corner of Second
street and Kalispell avenue that
has just been erected this past sum-
mer, Officers Greiser, Hotter and
Metcalf pried off some of the wall
boards and out dropped some ladies
belts. Some more boards were pulled
off and they found an arm full of
bolts of laces that had been cached
there, evidently for safe keeping.
The last find was a large quantity
of snuff, mittens and eggs.
Saturday the woman who had
been keeping house for this gang
was arrested and taken to Kalis-
pell where she is lodged in Jail on
the charge of receiving stolen goods
and concealing same. 1t is thought
she could give some very important
information that would implicate a
number of others if she would talk,
but when questioned in regards to
this matter she just shrugs her
shoulders and don't understand.
The one who is supposed to be
the chief of the gang, and left for
the east so suddenly last week with
several large trunks has not been
apprehended. A message was sent
to the authorities in ST. Paul to try
and head him off, but they failed.
He has been traced to Chicago and
1t is felt certain that he will be cap
tured there. About 25 suits of fine
mems clothing disappeared here a
short time ago and it is believed
that these are in his trunks.
, These roberies have been going
on for long time, but they have
been carried on with such precis-
ion that all efforts of the Great
Northern officials were baffled in
even getting faint trace of the
goods that were continually disap-
pearing from ther cars.
To Night Watchman Mohon is
due the credit FOR the capture of
these looters, as he had suspiciOned
them for a long time, but kept it
quiet until he was sure of it and
then informed the Great Northern
detective and the day police force,
, who secured a search warrant and
made the raid, which resulted in a
rich haul of plunder and thieves.
ANOTHER CACHE LOCATED.
While Water Commissioner Grei-
Ser was scouting around in the rear
of the building on Central avenue,
formerly occupied by the Oriental
Trading Co., for something to cover
up a water hydrant with, he discov-
cred something that aroused his
curiosity, and upon investigating
found eight fine woolen blankets,
all brand new and never been used
that had been hidden there by the
same parties it is presumed, that
have committed the other depreda-
. tions.
Detective Harmann of the Great
NOrtnern mas Deen working dlngent-
ly on the case for the past week
and finds that members of the same
gang are scattered all along the
line, from Columbia Falls to Eure-
ka, and as soon as he can gather up
the proper evidence will have a
few more in the county Jail on the
same charge.
The residents of Poison are 60
ing strong after the county divis-
ion. They want to cut off the part
of Flathead county that was form
erly the Flathead reservation and
have Poison for the county seat
They propose to call it Lake county