The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-12-08

Elsewhere.
It will be remembered that durin'
the past autumns man giving his nam'
as Henderson, and claiming to be al
United States postal inspector, Occu
pied great deal of room in Livings
ton, and by his assumed character o1
United States detective excited a 81 ca,
amount of attention. Rumors of his
criminal character got abroad after his
departure. but in the interests OF jus.
tice it was deemed best not to publish
them. He is now under arrest at
Helena, and from the story of his
career as related in the Herald of that
city. We copy the following:
s. w. Scott, as he last calls himself.
made his appearance in the territory
early in October, passing himself off
as United States Postal Inspector Hen.
derson, and from Miles City and be-
yond for several weeks thereafter de.
ceived and victimized postmasters.
postal clerks, railroad officials, bankers
and business men at every conceivable
point along the Northern Pacific as far
west as the capital. Livingston was
the point where he tarried longest.
and the his exploits of imposture were
practiced with most cum g and bold.
ness, and probably secured him the
greater part of loot anywhere realized.
Pretending there were serious charges
hanging over the postmaster Of that
place, he ordered Mr.. Hazey to con-
slider himself under arrest, and sub.
jected him to deal of annoyance by
sending him off on wild goose chase
after certain testimony in a purely
suppositious case. The present post.
master at Livingston suffered from
representations that things we've de-
cidedly out of shape in his office; that
he was in danger of suspension at any
moment; tnat his reapointmeDt was
out of the question unless matters were
set right and a popular endorsement
was at once procured, ending. as the
story goes, in mulcting. Of the post
master, Mr.. Wright, in the sum of
several hundred dollars. The next
gentleman to fall into one of the many |
traps of the clever rogue was Cashier
Love, of the Livingston Bank, who
fully credited Scott Tor Henderson,
with all he represented himself to be,
and in the way of business is reported
to have extended him accommoda.
tions to the extent Of cashing his draft
for couple hundred dollars, OF some
such amount. He was active in work
ing up cases of dep1edations on the
mails, stating, in connection there.
with, that upwards of 200 registered |
packages had been lost between Bis
marck and Helena within the pre-.
;eding forty days. He had plenty of
work for marshals and sherlffs tor
weeks, as he assured them in strict
and for days kept the local /
authorities in ferment prowling I
bout for imaginary evil doers. He !
obtrudod his presence into t
he mail cars, and was especially init
nate with ex.postal clerk Nicholas,
ecently arrested, and now in the
lewis Ond Clark Jail charged with J
'illaging the mails of money letters. !
From Livingston he went to Helena !
nd there By plausible address Sc.
ured admittance into the inner re-
esses Of the postoffice as bona tide J
fiicer. There. hearing Of the APP a
roach of Inspectors Sey bolt and Bah-
ernan, he slipped quietly away and
rent to Missoula, where under an
ssumed name. he obtained employ. '
rent as train dispatcher. inspectors Y
johnson and tBannerman, who were :
i Livingston and elsewhere in the :
srritory a few weeks ago, were in 8
earch Of Henderson but failed to lind i
i'm out, though the latter says he saw .
nd talked with Bannerman. When :
assistant Superintendent Jameson /
anne through from Portland a few q
ays ago, he saw the looked-for man g
! Missoslla and sent Marshal Hatlla- I
ay after him, who made the arrest s
ithout difficulty. .
Henderson is said to be the sxme 9
laniwho served = term in the Michi. !, I
IN penitentisry fpf getting into the Z