The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-02-16
Charged with Stealing x17, 200
from the Great Northern
Railway Co.
ALSO MIXED IN OTHER INIQUITIES.
Revival Of Mining in an Old
and Famous District
of Wyoming.

'0''''s''t Wv "NAi hhoN IL SlulIll
agent of the Great Northern road
whose jurisdiction extends from
Minot, n. d., to Blackfoot on the
main line, and the Montana Central
road from Havre to Butte, was ar.
rested Sunday last at Havre and
brought through this city yesterda,
on the west bound passenger a pris-
oner under the charge Of Deputy
Hoss of Helena, who took him to
that city to answer some very serious
charges made against him by the
railroad company. These are no less
than forgery and the embezzlement
of large sum of money, exceeding
it is said, $4,000.
Great Northern Detective Chinook.
who came into Great Falls Tuesday
and has been working up the case,
was interviewed by Tribune repre-
sentative in relation to the matter
and confirmed the story of his arrest,
but declined to 60 into any partcu-
lars. From other reliable sources it
is learned, however, that the com
pany became suspicious of Mr. Smith
some weeks ago and placed the
matter in Detective Chinook's hands
for investigation. In the course OF
his inquiries he soon learned that a
vast number of claims had been sent
into the department at St. Paul for
injuries to stock belonging to cattle
men who had no existence, and that
Mr.. Smith had received the checks
for these alleged losses and forged
Endorsements and vouchers COVERING
the transactions, pocketing the
amounts thus obtained. Up to date
about 300 such claims have been un-
earthed calling for sums amounting
in the aggregate to $1,000, which
have been paid by the company and
discovered to be fraudulant. There
are over 100 such claims allowed
and paid to parties residing in Cas-
cade county whose names cannot be
found on the tax list and who are not
known at the postoflice where they
are alleged to reside.
On learning these facts Detective
Chinook put man on Smiths track
to shadow him and he was kept
under close surveillance. On Satur-
day last he evidently got some wind
of the suspicion against him, for he
took the train stating that he was
going to Glasgow. He was followed
by the shadow, who tclegraphed d
back to the detective that his man
was trying to escape, having taken
the west bound train this side of
Glasgow evidently heading for Shell
by Junction. On learning this in
structions were sent to Havre to ar
rest him at that point which was ac-
cordingly done. 1t is not yet decid-
ed whether Smith will be tried in
Lewis & Clarke, Cascade or Choteau
county, his offenses having been
committed in numerous instances in
all these counties. Smith, it will be
remembered, was arrested here
about two years ago by detective
from Kansas City, who tried to take
him to Missouri to answer a charge
of obtaining money under false pre-
lenses in that city some years prior
to that time. 1t was alleged that he
obtained from widow woman, with
whom he boarded, and to whose
daughter he was engaged to be mar
ried, some seven thousand dollars,
under plea of investing it for her.
Instead of doing this he spent it, it
was charged on frail woman with
whom he was connected there. The
detective was not on to his job very
well, however, and his prisoner was
taken away from him under writ of
habeas corpus, while the tables were
turned on him by his arrest on a
charge of kidnapping. for trying to
take man out of the state without