The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-14
He WILL STAY IN JAIL
Overton's Father Will Not &c,
Him Out.
TO ARREST VERNON
He Blames the Advance Man for All the
Troubles Which Have Be;allen the
Black Bostonians-Wm Look
Out for the Women.

+. {. overton. father Of Harry G.
Overton. the young Black Bostonian
manager. arrived In Butte yesterday
morning from Des DIN to- investi-
gate his sons affairs. and will return
to his Iowa home to-day without max
ing an effort to get his son out of Jail.
and will leave that To the men who put
him in. Mr.. Overton. ST.. will take his
young daughter-in-law back with him
to Des Moines, because Butte is not
a good place for a young and friend
less woman. Mr.. Overton said last
night that his son had not been fairly
dealt with by Vernon, the advance
man.
vernon has been holding me up for
money right along. and when he oun
he could get no more out of me he had
my son arrested and thrown i'm Jail"
said Mr.. Overton last evening. The
company has been playing to a losing
business ever since they started out.
Al st. Paul vernon represented that
they would make up for all lost ground
just as soon as they struck Butte. and
! gave them considerable more money
then. After they came here he wanted
more money and i refused To give IL.
and then he had my son arrested. Ever
since the man has been in jail
Vernon has been sending mn tele-
grams. offering to settle for a money
| consideration. Each demand he made
was less han the preceding one. Yes
terday he heard ! would be i'm Butte
this morning and he and his wife
packed up and left town on the first
train. l telegraphed to the chief of
police to arrest him, and l understand
that he was arrested at Logan last
night. but for some reason which has
not been explained to me he was re-
leased and is now out of the state.
To-day I received a telegram from my
wife at Des Moines. telling me that she
had this morning received another Of
fer by telegraph from Vernon To settle
for $50.
THE telegram was apparently sent
to her from Butte, though Vernon left
the city. I am sorry for the unfortu-
nate people of h company who were
brought out here under the misrepre-
sensations of Vernon. He tool I'm all
the money for their performances last
week. and ! understand they have not
received a cent. have assisted them
some to-day and will probably arrange
to have the women of the company
returned to Chicago. am i'm no way
responsible for their claims and had
nothing to DO with the snow except u
humor my son and advanced him sons
money on the venture. but | felt sorry
for them and VIII do what ! can fol
them. AS for my son, ! car do nothin,
for him, and he win have to remain IL
Jail until. the court releases him.
am convinced that he has no money
for as soon as l heard of the trouble
he was in here | started out over tn
route of the show and visited ever!
town where the company played.
learned Just what the receipts from
every house were and I know what tn
expenses were. and therefore ! ais
know that the young man was brok'
when he struck Butte
Mr.. Overton said he knew that Yer
non was afraid to meet him and 70
that reason left town. Overton and hi
daughter-in-law visited Sutton's the
alter last evening and saw the Blacl
Bostonians. Young Overton will re
main i'm Jail until the court takes "a
his case. and i'm the meantime his ex
penses there, amounting TO 20 cents
!. day. are being paid by Nernon's at
torneys. Campbell g. Parr. Overto
and his son had "A long conference a
the jail yesterday and discussed III
young mans troubles The father sal
that without more positive evidenc
{ than what he had he was not incline
to believe all that had been said abou
4 his son and the coiored girl. Maud Ma
Y palmer