The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1896-04-10
CLARK A PRISONER,
.giIbank i ABSTRACT Nan in Custody
Near Vera Cruz. Mexico.
- Paul Globe. Apr.. :.

( SEQ. Vi. tlark. until IAN. last prom
/ ileut bushes. man al Ml.uana, >. D.,
] H4eFr Le had all abstract once, t.a We'll
as being DIaEyl age4l for james y.
Blown y Co.. d New York investment
ar4l. Mas Arrested uy Plukv: tons aseucs
te,LeT<.4y ia the slate If Ella Cruz.
where lie anu lIs alte We!e living under
the la14- OF pe.tl5.
] Oa Jan. IS. Sup. G. NJ. Weber, Of the
/ 81 PaQl uIll4e OF tie PlLAeE.Ol aaeucy,
) Mas lLIuguel iAat L5arA had aueGuuue4
By Henry t.. lls0L, member Of lie
firm 81 Brown i Co, " AU was tAeL 4t
-uI I4uaaa Ilyestl gang Ctarh disappear
aace. Mr. Nilsson also stated IN his
+ letter thai C4ars Aaq QetraQuef the tim
1 out Ut $4,000. e4ll sl1l-. Weber Yes
/ teraa.:
! George II. Clark had beea a.er; for
James y. Brown / Co. al MllDauh tor Il
I QuMUeg IF years He had married al
estiHao.e .au. u Nj bans, aal had one
child, !. daughter - two years. lie
James \. Brow u 20. Is firm dong
! business al G2 Cedar street, New 1orA
| city. Clars, IL INJUNCTION with being
their Representative, had SCI OF ALL
stract looks Of Grant county, south Da-
kota, which brought him a considerable
Income.
~ hen CLARK forwarded to the James
\ Brown i Co.. at their head office in
New York cay, certain securities, aGyls-
Ing them 10 purchase the same, it was
presumed by tue company that tie
securities We're all right. They would
forward aim the money anu purchase
tuem oa his . X. Ice company had
no suspicion, whatever, that Clark Was
dishonest.
.sOa the morning OF Jan. 9. at a. m,
CLARK iefl M.lbank, stating that lie was
EoiD. to take a trip out Ut town for few
days Several days later his wife disap-
peaFel with her child, leaving no trace
.behina either Of Them. To where ehey
were gong or when they would return
Alter they had been absent some ten
DAYS the firm sent a repr-sen alive ro
Milbauk, who found. hy investigation,
that Clark had disposed OF all MS pro-
petty, and, apparently, had arranged TO
be gone indefinitely. They then ex-
amiued Clark's accounts and reported
that lie had detraldad Janes n Brown
i Co., u the extent Of about $4,000. by
having them cash school and county
warrants On three different counties in
the state, all Of which were forgeries and
worthless. 4 further investigation
showed that Clark on several occasions
had gone TO the county officials and ask
ed them TO loan him several llsnk county
warrants to forward to the firm that lie
/ represented. showing to them the man
ner OF securities he desired the Ii 70 in
vest in These warrants We're marked
/ Cancelled by lie officials. By chemicals
i he would remove these cancellations and
! fill these warrants cut for certain
Iam9uns. In Minneapolis and st Paul
/ liz had forged seals made. with which lie
would stamp them. alter which he would
send them On to lie firm. and the firm
/ advanced him tie money on tie same.
"IhIs agency requested him IL run
/ CLARK down AMI apfreAena him at any
/ expense. Immediately tie best nen III
! the agency we're placed Upon This work.
. IAey iound that ltark hal left Nlibanh
on j Jlu. j, had driven to an outside
station aua boarded !. train at Aberdeen
gong south. His wife left day later,
Lahlng another route. Every clu. was
/ followed up that would lead to The loca
ton oi these people. lhe detectives
Tinally found that Clark aud lis wife
met a. 81. Joe, Mo, where they had
changed their baggage, buYlHg new
trunks and changed tneir appearance as
much a9 possible. to thtoN every one off
their tracks, leaving their old trunk 5
aud baggage DenIaI them and had start
ed out anew together, under another
name. The delectly es traced them from
point t. point and finally landed them
at Laredo. Tex Here they took another
name, had their baggage transferred to
I Nuese Laredo. Mexico. where they
1 boarded train and went south to tne
/ City of Mexico, nhele they again chang
| ea .tAeir name and went TO San Luis
po'osi. Hare they again changed their
/ names AMI Clark stated 10 parties with
/ whom lie cstu4e 10 contact that lie Was
1 from the state of Washington. They
/ had considerable means, ana for the
1 benefi. ot nis and lis wlfe's health he
! had concluded 10 emlgrate 10 warmer
! climate an par:aase 4 coffee plan a5lon
1 Unfortunately for james n. Brown A
4 60, Clark tell IN With an eX-crlminal
4 from Missouri, who had aDsconded from
Missouri, after deffaualng sn invest
meat company out OF 4 large amount Of
money, and when this party was APP
proacnei ~ tne detectives Who were Oh
/ Clark S trail, be did everything 10 throw
them of the track OF CLARK, but the
detectives moving that Clark had gone
ILlO lie interior, llu LuL give Up TIE
hunt. They male one rip OF eight days
on horseback III tie lnlerlor, Without re-
suit. they came back and started III
another direction, and alter considerable
work. on tile 9th Of March, succeeded in
locating Clark and his wife uns.er tile
name OF G.. a. peltis. on 4 ranch near
Santa Lucrecia Canton, Minatltlan, state
Of Vera Cruz, Mexico.
: The detectives immediately advised
me as 10 The location Of CLARK. aud
nassrs Brown l. TO. at once took tue
! proper steps IT, have him extradited .
! TIE papers being nreparai. Sheriff VII