Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-07-14
VERY RIoToUs LIVING
And Bad Associates Cause INC
Downfall of an o"
Man.
He Draws Ten Thousand Doii"rs
as a Big Loan and f1ees
to Canada.

n. TenThOusand Dollars
as a Big Loan and flees
to Canada.
As Usual There is a woman Iii
the Case Who Goes WIN
Him.
woman has been the cause OF
another man going wrong to II tune
Of nearly $4,000. The disgraced man
IL Jobn Rock. a former well-known
and highly respected citizen OF Deli
ance. Mich, a man who at one Time
was looked upon as one who would
| soon make his mark in the world. Is
a fugitive from justice. Rock IS a
Young man, highly connected, oil good
| address, popular among men, n
prominent in business and political
circles. When Major BOothman was
elected to congress, Rock was running
a general store and was a republican
central committeeman. In That
capacity he did much for Boothman'
and when the latter was elected ne
re~clprocated, and used his influence
TO such an extent that Rock was
appointed postmaster during the
early period of President Harrlsons
term of Office.
Rock decided to quit business at
Defiance and commenced to look
around, and finally concluded to go
into the insurance business, and
armed with the best of references
started for Detroit, Mich, to
GET AN AUDIENCE
with C. C. Kelso, Michigan state
agent for the Union Central Life
insurance company of Cincinnati, the
Michigan Office being at Detroit. Kelso
was favorably impressed with Rock.
The company does a large insurance
business, and besides that loans mony
to responsible parties on good security.
Rock obtained a position with the
firm, and the state agent sent him to
Flint, Michigan, and lie became the
company's agent at that place. Hav-
ing a good position and making a
nice salary and commission, Rock
became gay and did a good deal OF
running around. He, in fact spent a
!. good deal of money, and consequently
had some difficulty in making his
| payments.
On the 18th day of February Rock
removed his wife to Port Huron,
about thirty miles from Flint. There
he remained until a few days ago,
Rock made a number of loans for the
company and did quite well. 1t is
: stated that the company learned OF
. his excuses. however and decided Il
: remove him. At the time this decis
!. ion was made Rock was negotiating Z
: big loan and the company decided t.
. let him go ahead with it. Rocl
secured the loan
THROUGH FORGERY AND INTRIGUE
n and with the assistance of n o.
d two other parties succeeded in get
y ting a draft from the company TO
J. $4,000 which was appropriated b!
Rock, who deserted his ~interestin.
is family of a wife and two bright littl'
y children and decamped. He kept III
Is his intrigue with women and it i
D claimed that he became intimat'
e with a young girl not yet out of he
Is teens and accomplished her ruin
Mrs. Rock has returned to her father
p and was seen by a reporter in ref
l. erence to the matter, and she said
with tears in her eyes: 1.-Two week
}. ago today John came home to spen,
If Sunday, as usual. He remained unit
h Tuesday and then kissed the baby ant
1t me, a. was his custom. He said tina
3. he would be back Saturday evening
d l got letters from him during tn
d week-just short notes, sending Low
a to me and the baby. Saturday nigh
It he did not come home, but Their
came instead a note which read:
Pack up the things and you an
d the baby
d 60 HOME TO PAP
3 At once.h We always called fathe
Pap" 81 l understood that h
wanted me to come home here. an,
he would meet me in a few days.
81 expected to get a letter explain
ing every thing when ] got here, bu
lie L have received no word from him
. and have not the slightest idea wher
=, he is, though he would probably got
Mt Canada. He was negotiating a loa,
ic of $4,000 to j. L. Goodrich. John wa
r to receive $500 as his commission fo
NJ the work. OF course, when he wen
be into the Office he had to give a bond
~ which his brother furnished. Abou
$ two months ago DR.. Rock took hi
= name of the bond, and Kelso did no
20 inform John about it, simply allow
10 him TO go ahead and close I'D thi
deal for $4,000. John must have bee
- Informed that no one was on his bono
and that he would probably lose hi
position as soon as this deal wen
~ through, hence when the draft 70
y, the money came he got it cashed, and
be instead of turning the money over {
ne Goodrich, put it in his pocket an
ly left the country"
he a man answering TO his descriptio
le was seen in Detroit with a wOma
ID and it is thought they have gone I
Canada.
10 Mrs. Chamber and Ronsalls
Americans who are travelling i
he Morocco, have been severely ma
S treated in Fee. They were ais
,e glossy insulted by dependents of tn
government. Mr.. BonsalIa wa
Of stopping In the town and just escape
railing a victim to an armed mol
The representative of the Mooris
l. government and Mr.. BopsalI
Of appeared before the British ministe,
"a who, after inquiry, declared tina
they had serious grounds for demand
es ing redress.
h. One of the novel exhibits in Mach
it inery Hall at the Worlds Fair will b
ID a model paper mill. 1t will he i
&c active operation and will show all tn