The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-06-14
AN EX-SENATOR WANTED
l.. h. Olds, Formerly OF Madison county
Runpoaed to he In Canada.

L, h. Olds, Formerly Of Madison County
Supposed to Ie In Canada.
Many Helena people will recall l. =.
Olds. senator from Madison county In the
legislature OF 1889. moro recently . resident
Of Bozsmau, and for several yea,s engaged
in the mining business. A week ago yes
terday Mr.. Olds was In Helena and regis
tered at the Grand Central; to-day no 70
supposed TO DO In Canada. Just . week
ago Marshal McCann received . telegram
from Butte requesting him to keep track OF
Odds. The telegram arrived after AZ. Olds
had left the city. There Was NO tnstruc.
ton given Marshal McCann 40 10 What
Mr., Olds vac wanted for. but the follow
ing. from yesterdays Butte Miner. tells shs
In all probability L. b, Olds Il nov :
resident Of the queens dominion. for which
he 10 supposed 10 have headed immediately
after his work here was discovered. 20.
Gently much light has been thrown on sue
transactions Of Mr.. Olda. and II only ns!I
that has been said 10 true the gentleman 10
featherod sharper In Montana must 40
knowledge that his equal has made IT. ap-
%pearance.
j. E. jackson, a member Of the ors-pur-
chasing firm of jackson d Co.. Kansas Ctty'
ia one OF the men who would like 20 lnsef-
view Mr.. Odds about 5000 worth. M;
jackson arrived in the city last Friday: ana
it was only BY Q queer coincidence while on
quite from Hs,ena here that be became
aware Of Olds' doings. II seems that the
ors-purchasing firm OF which Nj. Jackson
10 . member owns . MINING c'a'.u
near Basin on which II desired TO
perform some development work. and
given the superintsndency OF the 1on.
which consisted Of driving a tunnel. Olds
| placed the work in the hands OF a compa-
tent miner, who entered into a contract 10
do the job at Sc per foot. but the Willy 90.
perintendent Informed his employer snst
it was $13 and they paid IL. In this way
Olds is said to have swindlsd the company
out of over $6.0 0
Whsn jackson was on his way to Butte
he met on the train the man whO was dtiv-
ing the tunnel IN struck up 4 conveTaaSion
with him. The man did not know who
Jackson was. n in the course OF ms con.
versation he mentioned the fact thas ne
was doing the work IN tho claim and get
ting only Sc Q foot for 1t. This was thu
q. st intimation Jackson had received OF
Olds' crookedness. AZ soon rs he reached
Butte he started In to round mp Oids. bn'
the latter had been notified Of his approach
and skipped toward the north. de wai
in Helene, but tarried there only . fsw
hours. Learning that he had been seer
there Jackson started for Helena last Sat-
urday, but when he arrived There his man
had gone to join the American colony II
Canada and grow up with the country.
Odds 10 wanted not only BY the kansal
CITY company. but BY about ten people In
Bozeman. who he 10 said to have also done
up for $4,000. About a year ago HI
foymed a syndicate comprising the number
stated to work the Kittie Morris mine. To-
Gated about q mile west of Missoula gulch
this city. Each pat $4,000 into the devel.
opment fun and permitted Olds to per
form the work. With the $4,000 he sunl
about LEO feet Of q shaft and ran levels OF
tho vein. from which he extracted abou
S12, 900 worth of ore. This ore was sold a
one of the smslters and Olds got til,
money and kept il. Hs still has il. ant
also the bulk Of the $50, 900. but the entir'
ten are after him.
While in Butte. which was from the tim
he secured . lease and bond on the Kitti'
Morris more than q year ago until the mol
as suindlsd got On hts trail. he lived prett!
, high, yet he was not sxtravaaant. He hat
his family here with him until about W.
months ago when he sent them away. n
| one knows where. Whom at Bozeman b
l lived in a So 600 house. but when he too
up his abode in Butte he in . very peculia
way mort9aged the $1,000 house for $1,000
! and forgot to redeem the mortgage.
. Butte banker was caught by air on tn
mortgage racket to the extent of 81. 200.