Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1897-03-25
EMBEzzlEMENT.
Assistant Agent Doud OF the
500 at Courtenay Pleads
Guilty Friday.
Agent Atwood and Express
Messengers Exonerated
Of All Blame. .

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Of All Blame.
Albert Doud to Serve the
State Three Years and
a Month.
Albert w. Doud, formerly assistant
station agent for the 500 railway ct
Courtsnsy. vas Friday arraigned before
Justice Bigelow for embezzlement He
plead guilty to tho charge and will b
sentenced by Judge Glaspell tomorrow.
The minimum sentence 10 ono year.
In tho complaint it 10 charged that Mr..
Dond took . package containing $1,000
from the 500 railway st Courtenay. hs
being clerk in the employ OF the station
agent, the package belonging to the
Royal elevator company. T. J. Atwood
was then the agent OF tho 500 railway
and also Of the Royal elevator company
and suspicion was directed toward him
and also messenger on the road who
had the handling Of this package. The
loss occurred Oct. 18th. last, but has
been kept very quiet since then. Both
Mr. Atwood and the express messenger,
it is said, lost their positions on the road
in consequence OF the theft Of the money
and Doud q short time afterwsrd left
Courtenay. The bond company, how
ever, who went surety for Douds
honesty and fidelity while in the employ
Of the railway company, kept their eye
on him and finally determined be was
tho ono who had stolen the package. He
was traced to Missouri where but two
weeks ago hs purchased news run on
the Ft. Scott and Memphis route, run.
ming out of Joplin.
Ronald Stewart, president OF the
Western Express company which does
the express business on the 500, came
to jamestown March 10Th, svore out q
warrant for Doud's arrest and Sheriff
Severn was armed with tho necessary
authority BY Gov. BriRgs to effect his
return to North Dakota. The sheriff
loft this state the 18th and proceeding
direct 70 Missouri secured the honor OF
the extradition papers by Gov. Lon. V.
stephens. Doud was captured easily
and without any trouble; though 1t tho
time be wore heavy revolver. A few
minutes after his arrest he inquired
what the charge was and when told
showed little surprise. He was allowed
to put away his trunks and taking h,s
eatohel came along quietly. When
searched only email amount Of silver
was found on him.
Sheriff Severn arrived this morning
with his prisoner and Immediately lodged
bim in jail. The sheriff says Doud was
not talkatlve on the way back and said
but little. On the way, as the train
passed little Missouri town, Doud
called the sheriff's attention and point
ing out the window, said his folks lived
but five miles away. Joplin is located
in the extreme southwestern part OF
Missouri and but three miles from the
Indian territory and six miles from
Kansas. Had Doud gotten the least
notice, bus few minutes would have
been sufficient for him to have placed q
state line between himself and his pur-
suers and might have gotten away.
President Stewart accompanied the
sheriff.
At the preliminary hearing it was
learned Doud has paid back about $500
OF the money, though he claims to have
paid back all but $32. Some 5000 vas
found in two,of the banks of Kansas
City and he confessed $500 was with
sister IN Mexico. Doud is a young man
o: about thirty and says he has been in
the employ OF railroads since he was
eleven years old. He has roamed over
the country from Mexico to the Cana
dian line and says his parents, like
himself, are without permanent place
OF abode.
The confession OF Doud removes the
ClOlu WuICu ud6 Ocou uouklu8 OvCA AVA
Atwood for months, to the great pleas
ure OF his many friends. The express
messenger has been reinstated it is said,
but till 4 short time ago Mr.. Atwood
had not been reinstated.
Albert W. Doud was arraigned before
Judge Glaspell Saturday, plead guilty,
and without murmur or the wink of an
eyelid, received his sentence Of three
years and one mouth in the state penl-
tentisry for the embezzlement OF $1,000
from the 500 at Courtenay. He was
taken to Bismarck Monday morning.
Since the theft last fall Doud has
shown remarkable ooolness. President
Stewart hes had him in the ''sweat box"
for days ct time, has subjected him to
the closest questioning and watched bis
every action and finally gave him up -
innocent. He was 10 constant commune