The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-11-23
BOLD BURGLARY ATTEMPTED;
BLOOD TRAIL SUPPLIES CLEW
LUMBER OFFICE LOOT SOON
RECOVERED; SUSPECT is
UNDER ARREST

A new version of the aphorism,
blood will tell" may come out of
the bold attempt to rob the Farm
/ ers Lumber office Tuesday night.
Blood on the office door, blood on
the adding machine, on the floor,
on the concrete walk leading to
the lot behind an implement shed
where the adding machine and
other loot were poorly concealed.
And there was blood on V. A. Lo-
vells locked car, parked before
his home near the lumber office
Surveying the Scene
Opening time at the lumber of
flee revealed a broken door-glass,
which allowed the night latch to
be turned, the adding machine
missing from it's stand, and sever
al mackinaws and other styles of
overcoats gone from their accus-
toned hooks. Other valuables
may have been taken but have not
been missed yet.
The authorities were promptly
notified and two of the best
sleuths, Council and Bannister,
were assigned to the case. They
made a survey of the scene of the
crime and the surroundings and
readily reconstructed the whole
midnight drama The blood stains
supplied hot clew The loot
was soon located. 1t remained only
to locate the william.
A Tough One
Here is what the men from
Scotland Yard" deducted. A
tough or would-be tough bird, Of
the underworld type, having been
attracted to this city, set out to
pull a big job. A lumber office
on a back street was just the place.
Everybody knows there is big
money in lumber So far so good.
But there was evidence that the
wits of the bold yegg were dulled
by too much companionship with
the bottle. 1t appeared as if he
did not know the difference be-
tween an adding machine and
cash register He had broken the
door glass with his bare hand and
received wound. Then allowed
his blood to mark his trail from
there on.
The officers reasoned that with
the loot hidden the thief was prob
ably still in town. He had tried
the doors of LovelPs car but they
were locked Mr.. Lowell said he
returned home about midnight
and noticed man nearby, who
tried to appear like a casual late
passerby. Daylight revealed blood
on the car handle, also on the
Lowell house. If the car had not
been locked the trail might have
been longer.
A Happy Hunch
Council shifted the air and said
to Bannister, let's go this way
first. So they went straight to
Bill Neils rooming house. There
are quite number of rooming
houses and hotels in town but by
a strange chance the first one
visited supplied a suspect. Neils
register was examined and there
was the blood trail, again. In the
kitchen was found a man with
fresh wound on his hand or wrist.
He bore some evidence of being
under the influence" He was ar
rested. He gave several names,
chiefly that of Blair. He said he
lad also been at the Sherman
lotel, and the name of M. L.
Blair (or what looked like that
vas found on the register with
sam somebody (illegible) as
Arraigned before Judge Gordon
he pied not guilty. He was held
Ill larceny charge but no time
las been set for a hearing. He is
leld as John Doe, alias Blair,
whose true name is not known.
His manner in court was of the
iort commonly termed hard-boil-
ID.
He told the officers he once
worked three months on the Ma
,on ferry.