The Bessemer indicator., 1894-09-01
WAITE ARRESTED.
CHARGED WITH VIOLATING THE
MAIL LAWS.
The Govsrner Together With several City
OnAciAis Of Denver Are Charged by
Ex-folice Matrun Likens with Having
withheld = Letter Addressed to Her.

Denver. Aug 20.-Governor Waite
was arrested by the United States
marshal yesterday on the charge Of
having violated the postal laws. He
was arrnigncd upon charge of un-
lawfully secreting and embezzling =
letter directed and addressed to ex-
Police Matron Sadie NJ. Likens. I'M
plicated In the charge with him are
President Dennis Mullins of the fire
and police board. Chief of Police Ham
ilton Armstrong and Police Matrop
Kate Dwyer.
When the governor was arraigned
before Commissioner Hinsdale the dis
trict attorney Mt first suggested that
bail be fixed at $500. Governor Waite
said he would give no bail. and that
they could take him to jail He was
nizance.
The history OF the case which cul-
minated in the charge yesterday dates
back to July 90 the first chapter being
located in Denver and tie second In
Pueblo. On July 2, It Is said. ex-Po
lice Matron Likcns Inserted an ndvef-
tissment in II local paper concerning
the employ men, OF a woman domestic
This advertisement elected an answer
from Jesse Parr, n steel worker hi
Pueblo. The answer was received in
the Denver post office on July 4, and
runs as follows
''123C Elm Street
Pueblo, Colo, July z, 1894,
"Matron Likens-In answer to your
nd. in The News yesterday l Will say
l would like very much to have Il
bousekeeper. | am an engineer nj the
steel plant In this place; been here 3
years, and am getting very tired liv.
Ing In Boarding Houses.
II am an old Batchelor 81 years old
blue eyes, dark hair smooth shaven
face, weigh $50 lbs and do not drink
liquors of any kind or gamble nor
chase bad women
II would be q good friend to the
right woman. Respectfully,
JESSE PARK"
The address on the envelope read:
"Pol!ch Matron. Denver. Colorado, City
Hail." written in Father crnmpcd
hand with a weak quality of ink.
1t is claimed by the federal authorl-
ties that they have evidence to prove
that the letter has lain in the posses
sion of one or the other of the accused
parties SINCE Its uellVery from tHe Den
yer post office. The charge is not IL
very lengthy one, and Is brought under
the federal statutes $40 and 1892.
To reporter for the Republican
Mrs. Likens said:
Il would hardly have mixed myself
up with the subject of this letter but
for the persistent manner in which
friends of mine kept telling met of the
talk that was abroad. and of a certain
letter which II was claimed some peo-
pie had rejecting on my personal char
acter.
''At first | attributed this talk to po-
litical feelings, but my friends contin-
ued to tell me of 1t so frequently that
| was forced to take notice of 1t.
then went TO Post Office Inspector Me
Mechen and told him II any one had II
letter belonging TO me that | would
like to get 1t. The result of the lnvcstl-
CATION by the inspector wis. I suppose,
what occurred to-day"
Mrs. L.ikcns further said that the
woman in whose interest she had ad-
vertised was resident of Denver for
thirteen years. and benrs an IRE
proachnble character.
Both the Republican and News take
the ground that the prosecution is only
for political purposes and will amount
to nothing.