The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-05-18
The gew 9urth.afes!.
The VuliN U0IiU AODOcs'U.
Arrest Of the Treasurer for the COm,uis.
sion Of the Crime.

Arrest Of the Treasurer for the Commits.
sion Of the Crime.
From the Portland Bulletin. April 9Th.
Our readers will rccullrct that some -four
weeks aco the sate"f the Tre,.. urcr Of Walla
Wnlla county. w. r., was opened by some
one. who had stolen the key from the ,x,cke,
Ut The Treasurer while he WAS asle.p. and
somewhere IN the neiyhh0rliOod Of SEQ, 600
taken thcrefrom.
When the robbery became known the
greatest excitement cnsnc.!-,'uring which
the Treasurer. Mr. Kyger. rendered h,s res
ign"t'on. The citizens Of Walla Walln
offered reward ct $1,000 for The arrest and
conviction Ot iheddring thief. and the coun
" Commissioner supplemented the reward
by q similar sum.
The friends Of Mr.. Kygcr. being anxious
~ discover The thief. telcgraphcd 10 San
Francisco To the Detective Bureau of Ans
bro " Co. of San francisco. offering $500
Tor MI officer t. come up and investigate the
ease. and the above named reward il the
mission "f the officer proved successful
Ih0mss Ansl'r0 determined to take the case
INTO his own hands. and accordingly took
the steamer Ajax and came up u Portland
on her
On Friday. the 18Th, Mr.. Ansbro took the
W"lIa. where he arrived on Sunday morn
ing lie was met by the citizens who had
icicgraphed for him. and amongst them was
NJ. kJger. The detective Immediately in.
tervlewed Mr.. kyger and obtained from him
the full particulars Ut how the robbery was
effected. According to Kygcr, he had the
mon IN his safe. which was in his store,
situated somewhere over one hundred yards
from his residence. On the night The rob.
berry WAS committed MI. Kygcr went home
- VocE"k, ANA. feeling quite tired, went IL
asleep. Ills Usual practice has been To place
his p"n'sl'"ns-in the pocket, of which WAS
the Key to the safc--undcr the pillow, hut
on tins night he threw them under he bed.
The front window of the house was open.
ana II was thought the thief entered through,
II. and then finding his way to the room &c
cupicd 10y Mr. K!gcr got hold OF the p,nla
looms and quietly made his exit They were
found IN The store the next morning, where
they wee supposed to have been carried by
the thief.
The detective next pruccedri to examine
the safe. and found that il had comhnu-
ton lock, and from certain things winch he
discovered, he became su isiied that the tibet
was not professional, but Was some new
Beginner. and one who was acquainted with
the continuation of the lock lie then began
questioning kygcr about the people who
had been IN the habi, IF visiting the store.
and IN regard Ia his suspicious. Mr.. K. CAV.
HIM NIL the information he desired. and
mentioned the names of an official and an.
other gentleman engaged in business rs per
sons whom lac believed to be- the guilty
parties.
During this time the detective Ind enlisted
in his services Sheriff McAulff, who rem
dcrcd I'M great dea: Of service. and whose
assistance rendered the work of discovering
the '1''et much more easy than it would
Otherwise have been. II was discovered that |
when the money in the hands Of the Treas
urer had been cOun,edin May last, only one |
County Commissioner ~ present, the other |
having been sent out Ia ascertain from the |
Auditor Tie amount which ought To be on |
hand. and when he returned they told him
they had counted the money during his ~. |
since.
During the cs'igations Ansbro got hold |
OF quite number of suspicious circuns,sn. |
CTS. amongst which may be mentioned the |
fact that some time last Fail. when there |
should have been some $11 900 in the hands |
oil The Treasurer. he put Off two or three |
persona vii" presented warrants. declaring |
That there was no money on hand Snd thai |
tue amounts could not be paid until the |
Sheriff paid s,mc funds in. The. story of |
Mrs. hygcr differed In many points from !
that of her husband, and his story to the |
officer WAS essentially different from WIN,
he had told the editor of the raper aud other
persons. Finally on Tuesday night Mr.
Anshro held ~ consultation with the Prose.
cutting Attorney and told him Whist he had
learned, and The result WIS that on We.lnes.
day morning Sheriff McAulitf took the
treasurer into custody ON charge Of grand
larceny.
The prisoner was taken Immediately lie
fore tho County Judge. who preceded i'm
mcdistcly to investigate the case The cvi
den"e WIS oil pres nied. and SO strong =
case made out that Kyger Was held t. ANS
w.r the crime OF grand larceny before the
District Court.
The arrest Of Kyger created the creates,
degree ut establishment. for he WAS one OF
the most respected citizens nf WaIla Wslls.
and no one had even dreamt Of suspec,iny
him.