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BUTTS, Nov. 0.-Chas. Dauisls. the
young man arrested Wednesday evening
ON s charge Of having defrsuded . num-
hy agreeing 60 hsrni.h them with sn-
ploymeut. was brought before Judge
NeWkirk to-day. Chas. O'Donnel1 and
wm. Grice appeared for Daniels and ~
tn workingusou who had been vicsinAiseSi
u Ere without money and theeeeore unable
to>pay . lawyer M. Ed. =. Booth Rener-
ously agreed 20 prosecute the case. Mr..
1poth had an important engagement i'm
Uelena hut cancelled Il i'm order that he
Hight defend the mems interests. Mr..
Sjury. veuire was issued accordingly
asid made returnable forthwith and In u
very short time six men were sworn I'm "a
Jurors. Mr.. j. A. Lewis. general agent
iels had not made or attempted to make
any arrangements with his railroad for
transportation OF mon ~ Bear River,
Utah, any other placc.
John Wilson said the prisoner, Chas.
Daniels, promised him q Job Of work at
Bear River IL the Witness would pay 500
into the National Employment Bureau"
of which Daniels was clerk. Daniels told
witness that the train 20 carry the mon to
Utah would leave ON Thursday morning
Daniels say that he knew that
McCanelless, who was proprietor
of the 'Bureau." was deserving the men
from whom he Was taking money ON the
promise OF securing them employmens.
The witness had also heard Daniels AL
NIT that he knew wiien he tDanielsD was
taking the men's money that tho agree
ried out. and tina, he was eieceivinv the
men who were seeking employuent. The
Witness knew that there was work 10 be
Daniels and the men who wero conduct
hlg the "National Employment Bureau"
hSd NO authority to to-, employ ,, IN men ,, Tor the
| arrangements for transporting the men
- the work. The witness prs,tiucel u re-
| ,R,on paying the application fee of 81. The
| eceipt stipulated that the owners OF tho
National Employment Bureau would en-
! tlcavor To procure a situation for tho man
| who paid the money as an application fee.
Il specified that n situation would not be
| guaranteed: was signed by Chas. Dam
| Mr.. F. Pincus, who is the authorized
agent Of the contractors ut Bear river,
4 swore that there was no ono in Butte, ex-
| cept himself, authorized To employ mon
/ for that contract. This closed the case
Mr.. O'Dnnnell then asked that the case
be taken from the jury. as there was no
levitlence To show that Daniels had been
| lenses. Daniels had not made any repre-
sentations to the complaining witness cal
|
iy acted as a clerk for the man who was
| employing the men. The prisoner had no
knowledge when taking the mems money
that his employer. Mccantlless. would not
carry out all agreements made with
the applicants for situations: Mr..
nD;ns an s,So ~Sish Sla,eh banei. iec' n ss
| held was improperly drawn mp, i'm that II
did not specify i'm what manner Daniels
Daniels had been instructed by his e1n
ployer to tell men applying Tor sit'intionr
certain things. Daniels; acting as G am eIn. m
authority. Mr. O'Donneii asked that ths
prisoner be discharged and the case taken
Mr.. Booth. for the prosecution, ably
pleaded that justice bs' done 70 poor mci
sentations OF these men. The court ruled
that there plenty of evidence agains,
jury. The case for the defense was ther
Charles Daniels. the prisoner. said he
Miles City ON the :sOth of last October. A
first he was employed in Butte in obtain
ns weeks ssa hs saw s"s aSc ss
at the National Employment Bureau
He applied for work and got il from Nc
| Candiless. His agreement was that IN
: was to get a commission on all positions
. which he found vacant and when he coult
Meek ee prM aTo Mscaniess &C M @ empioys.i him on.
salary. His dutics were merely clerical
, L He had no interest in the business excep
: to earn his salary by doing as McCandlcs
!. told him. He settled with Mc(andles
4 every night by turning over all none
: |, which he had collected during each day
One night when the witness came int
\ Mc(andlcss' office the latter held up
. large card upon which was writte
j, "wanted, several hundred men to wor
at Bear River" McCandless said to wi
, ness: "I've got good scheme to max
money. That man who just went out
l Fisher, agent of the contractors ut Bea
| River. He wants me to get him all I'll
men can. Now you rustic and get 9ans
. Well make q lot of money out of il IL "
can get the menu McCandless then CAV
the witness instructions To what he wa
20 tell the men when employing then
,: The men were to be employed AT ce
tain rate Of wages; they were to he prom
l. ised free transportaiion TO Bear Rive
they were to he charged ~ apiece Tor Il
IT | situation. The prisoner said he followe
u. mitteti that he had knowledge that M
6 Candless was in the habit OF lying abo'
!, his business TO his ctistomers.
Here q long and bitter war of words ~,
lS waged between Mcssrs. Booth and O'Do
3, nell in which Mr.. O'Douuell lost his teu
per and gQt the worst of Il.
= +. D. Sprae,e, owner at the hoti
1 whrre McCandleAs conducted the "Er
. / ployment Bureau" sworss that McCandle
70 claimed to he sole owner of the institutis
D aud that he claimed Daniels was only b