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The River Press
Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana
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In San Francisco, William Bastain, a respected jewelry businessman, confessed to years of robbery and was captured by a pet bull pup while sneaking through a backyard, leading to his imprisonment.
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San Francisco, Oct. 27.—For five years William Bastain has been accepted by business men of this city as a responsible citizen with a profitable wholesale jewelry business. His property investments have been numerous and large; thousands of dollars have been sent by him to support his mother in Germany and his young sister has had the best educational and social advantages.
Today he is in the city prison, a confessed robber, with a record covering many years, captured by a pet bull pup, who penned him in a corner as he sneaked through a back yard in the night.
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San Francisco
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Oct. 27.
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confessed robber with a record covering many years, captured by a pet bull pup, now in city prison
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William Bastain, accepted as a responsible citizen with a profitable wholesale jewelry business for five years, made numerous large property investments, sent thousands of dollars to support his mother in Germany, and provided his young sister with the best educational and social advantages; today he is a confessed robber captured by a pet bull pup who penned him in a corner as he sneaked through a back yard in the night.