Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-26
THE MIN FROM yUTr.

] Crocarvtnrn Iron FLcu. Hotel -en, and
 other. Nietim;1e,i---Tuu AcccUn; of the Grimes. and the ERorts of ihc Dctectives to Arrest the Horgrr.
 Alta Cal.Lo-aia-
 1 Detective Neaghcr yesterday after
 noon aruyed from Tucson, AIizJua, ! having n charge 8 mau who -s wanted ! for several fraudulent transactions with | business houses n San Francisco. The ! prisoner states that hls rlgnt name Is ! William \. Wilson. hU. heIs also known under the aliases ef "lrosyy.' Good rich. |" Harm gtur." "Duhnr," "Alieu"
 and Davidson. The detectives ot
 this city had been searching for Wilson
 for nearly two years past, and, after
 vast amount ut paaeut labor and per ! severance on the part ul Cllsi Of Polce
 Crowley, Captain Lees and Detective
 MeagLer, the man Aas beeu finally ap-
 preheuded. The story ot the prisoners
 transactions, as related ug Captain : Lees and Detective A -a-E-r -a-t night,
 is substantially as follows: On the Sd
 0; October, lSsl, geGteel-lgoAlu- man,
 of plausible address, entered t-e s-ur3 ! ot Kane, O'LeHry 1 Co.,, and, after ] presenting himself as N. lf. Goodrich, | stated that he had recently purchased a saloon from John Doing. lu Tomb ] stone, and desired t3 purchase a stCcE ] of liquors for Cash. Re appeared Co a-
 intimate with uumsaT of CLe custom l CTS of the firm iu that si. y, l-C tLIs fact, [ together with his appearance, gained ] for hlm the c c-nhisuCe Ct tLe uTm. D-e Saturday afternoon ha represented that 1 he was short o- ready cash, and as ] banking hours were over he desired Co ] have cashed check for S4o, purpoFtng ! Co be drawn by James A. Gordon in favor Of ". u. Goodrich. LEe money
 was pald him and Goodrich left the stOIe. According tJ has instructions, l hquors t5 the amount Of s2,jUJ were | put up for hln, bat be never returned | to claim the stock, and subsequent events disclosed that
 THE CHECK WAS AEoRGEET.
 A few days be.ore slid transaction. l. ! II. Pearson, clerk of tae Baldwin mo- tel, Daid % a man named John Doing, registering from Tombstone, Sl) Oa forged check on tue AnE.C-C 4iIfOr-ia bank. The description or the man tallied with that of Goodrich, now ealing hIm- srit Wilson. He Was not again heard of Uutll October zA, loSD when he ap- peared iu the HIUJr store of ILmlu,
 Walker & O., corner of California and Front streets, under the name of l.. II. Oliver. There he presented forged let ters Oi introduction from prominent
 iEns n Arizona, WAo trans acted OIsl- ness with tal firm. &ga-u uI, lLsllu- atiug conversation a-L 5lOs' ugh auowi- edge of ell the details us the liquor busI- ness gave LIm the confidence of Go. firm. He also made Ou. DiIu g51ds Le de- sired tJ purchase iI- Cash, and date ll the afternoon pre-al-at !. cheek .u- 2.j on Wells. Fargo c l1.. signed rHg JaiGa- HorrLau- As lE the former casg he oU- Ialued tue money, failed tp return, and the cheek was fOu-i Co not be EYrtL taa paper on which l5 Was written. Wilson attempted tJ try a similar game with another house on California street, bat for some reason the firm refused to au- vance hlIa any a3uey. II ls supposed that he t4su lett Tor tAcgE, where I- Is saiG he carried on als .rlsas --.l.-ac- tons witI business EoIsc5 there Ills presence was ayaiu felt lu iEls c-.s aa the l2tl Ct Ja4.alg oi iuis year, N4au be called at ;. E. Mooney wire works, No. II DrumM street. On t4as 1cca- sion the individual of many names as- sumed the cuguOmru Of Allen. of Irtl- ton, V. J.. and to the gentlemen of the firm stated he was closely related tr g. wealthy wire manufacturer oi the firm of BOubliug G O.. of that place. Large amounts of money for wire cables were against several companies m Virginia City n favor of EoG1liug d G.. and b.. was commissioned to collect iue sane. lis
 PRETENDED CoNNEcuoS wITE MINING
 COMPANIES
 Deceived Hr. Mooney. The olI story that banking hours had terminated and that his purse was depict d was once more recItsd and t.c firm Was yIeJim- lzea to the sum us S.A. March le.. io--, Wilson visited Prescott, Scott G Co., TOundrymen, and ordered machinery t. the amount of several tl1u,aad dollars. It was again Saturday afternoon 8 thc gentleman was out ri casb, des1r,a tp be shaved, Co bathe, drive tp tis l.iI. etc. He deposited hs s4trsaii ".vt o. drafts' iu Rae foundry oi.ir. and Ub- tained S- on another forged ec.. The enterprisiug Wilson. encouraged h, ! his success, uu. l-eamc bold 2, lA. .n the latter part 0- J I.s, lso2. caused . a letter written iE GIuselt ,u be l1 4.lcs . from mes D, AuZ'G8, tB b- cent Co .Ag . firm oi HluchEeE, cri-- d. Hayes, EIn. ] merel ants ll tlIs ci-y. tb5 letter E.- . -i-ntd GitiI the La.e Dl I. B. Gage, . superintendent 70. tAa Grand Ceuira | mlnc, Tombstone. aud introduced tn . the notice .f Jaa firm. @. Crosby. ra- spoIs.a,e dealer. "A day or two alter rhe receipt uf the letter of introduction Mr. Cru-ty Wilson, entered the office ot Hiuek ay. Splers c Hayes. and a.ter . a general conversation stated that b desired Co purchase S1,NsO worth or ma chmerv. Mr. ",r0sIs' became exceed ! Ingly intimate Vita 1Ir. HucEle-, and 1. the two on s,vefai occasions drove out . .o the Park. A'tle end Of one of the e . pleasant CccUTryuc s. "Cr0 by' blrrrw- :. ed S>), which uez5 day disappaaIe. ! with the borrower. Wilson then leit the city, and his whereabouts were un- ! known uu,Il Ee was
 DISCOVERED IS ARIZONA.
 Immediately after the Kane, O'Leary c Co. transaction aue of the attaches of ! she firm reported tae matter to the . Chief of Police. vLo caused search to foe l made for rhe man, but without ayalI Circulars were then issued t1 all 7gu. . d.alers iu tle city and throughout the . principal towns of the State. Informing them of Wilson and his transactions. His description was miuutely given and his mode of transactions described. Ie 1 tac circular was attached that he be-Ge- talnea if he called at ILc.r place oi bust ness. At tbe commencement of the prisoners career !u California tautau Lees became convinced that the uasl- a. Wilson's operations was carlire8 G. A-lzCua, and he communicated witt Deputy Marshal B.agE8url of Tucson on November 5jth. l-St, and ou tlg lltL and lGth Oi December ui the Eal. year. Letters were also sept to Air Paul A roaey ol the sane el-v, wLols a pe!sul-. friend of Captain 4r,s and who was ll one time connected wltl the Grand Sa- loon of this city, and ,, now proprietor uf the Cosmopolitan Hotel cf Tucson. The correspondence eiiCitCd nothing at that time. On tde I5:l of iass August. Lees agaIn cOmmunlcatedL wlth Black burn and Mo-OuEy concerning Wilson. From facts subsequently azce!tained, lt appears that about this time Moroncy began to suspect a man named David son, who was stopping at his hotel Co be
 THE MAN THAT WAS WANTED
 In this city. He consulted with his son on the sahiec5. and after considering the matter, they concluded that tLeIr guest was Wilson, and turned him over to officer EoNclmc. On the Gtu instant. the following dIs patch came from iuc-pu q, uslirr IaadruarfaFs-