, 1889-02-07

or aside he related that HE friend Armour
AZ he had often done before, had re-
bealed to him some secrets In regard 10
the business deal which had called him 60
suddenly out of the city. And there ives
AN opportunity to clean up q line sum II
hs had the necessary funds with him.
Would the banker like to advance him
10000 for this purpose and share In the
proiitsp About this time the banker re.
ceived word from his cashier 10 Spokane
Falls that Wadsworth had misrepresented
the facts and that he bad not made the de-
posit he claimed 10 have made in this city.
VANISHED LIKE A SHADOW.
The note received from Armour was In
reality written on letter paper bearing
that genteman's name and place OF ousi-
ness ct its head. And the statements he
made as TO having made the deposits we're
also backed up by entries In pass books
from each of the Spokane banks. Inc
wedding had just taken place in the par
lors OF the Sherman house when the banker
received teleRraphic information "a to the
falsity Of these entries In the pass books
and be hereupon stepped forward and gave
Mr., w sdsworth to understand that he
had been detected In his rascality.. Here
upon the scoundrel vanished ike q
shadow.
Much speculatiou has been indulged In
az 10 where Wsdsworth went next to ply
his trade as an accomplished villain and
the REVIEW has been anxious to Rratify
this curiosity. The growing West where
everybody and yet nobody 10 . stranger 10
q fertile field for men of Wadsworth's g
mold (,f, indeed, he is not sui Reneris) and
II has therefore appeared natural IN
theory that he returned westward from
Chicago, instead Of going to New fork,
a. he pretended was his intention. Where
would he most likely gop Not into lda-
no or Montana. because these territories
Mexico or Arizona, as there is not activity
and thrift sufficient to entertain his large
schemes. Not TO California or any OF the
older states or communities, as they are
too conservative. Dakota, with its vast
territory and growing cities, would afford
him q good field and he might most natur-
ally be expected TO turn hif talents In that
direction.
Not long since the REVIEW obtained in
concerning q prominent figure
In that territory who in some measure
answered the description Of A. b. Wads.
worth. The person referred to was known
received was meagre, but the REVIEW at
once sent kilograms TO various POINTS in
Dakota, describing minutely A. B. Wads-
worth and calling for q description in re-
turn of General A. b. Ward. This ex.
change of description soon revealed aim ost
beyond question that A. B. Ward and A.
B. Wadsworth we're identical. By our
In Grand Forks General A.
B. Ward 10 described as follows:
THE pAKoTIAN's DESCRIPTION.
"He came TO Grand Forks December,
1887, from Bismarck. In appearance he
10 an elderly gentleman, of slim appear
ance. He has grayish hair, which Ia worn
and no whiskers or beard. Upon arriving
in Grand Forks he represented himself as
\ lawyer by the name Of A. B. Ward. He
has naughty, dudish appearance and was
we'll received here in the best 90.
ciety. He claimed to be from Prov
idence. Rhode Island. and was
looking for a good location for the
practice of his profession. He seemed
to be short OF funds and was without
furniture. He obtained new books and
opened out in his possession with aattering
prospects. He was an eloquent speaker.
in manners and related many
Of travels in Europe. 1t hav-
ing leaked out that he was suspected of
being A. b. Wadsworth he disappeared
last Monday and has not been heard from
since. He lived in grand style
and without regard TO cost. When he first
came here he borrowed $50 from lawyer.
but he afterward received $1,000 from some
source. There is much doubt here as TO
his identity as A. b. Wadsworth. He
owes many debts, and there is much dis
cussion in regard TO him."
Another dispatch from the REVIEW di-
rected our Grand Forks correipond.
ent to interview the girl-wlfe
and obtain any particulars in re-
gard to her absent husbynd
that it was possible to obtain from that
source. To this the REVIEW is in receipt
of the folio wing telegraphic reply.
1.-The young wife of A. B. Ward or
Wads worth denies that her husband was
ever in Spokane Falls. She SAYS her
maiden name in Bismarck was Miss Perry.
A gentleman here claims to have recoR.
nized Ward as Il. b. Wadsworth. New
cases of Indebtedness on his part are con-
stantly coming to light. The $1,000 he re-
ceived soon after coming here was soon
in extravagant living"
Other kilograms received by the Re-
VIEW yesterday and last evening throw
some further light on the subject.