The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
BUTTE NEWS.
WANTS TO MEET WILEY
The Sheriff Is Anxious for a
Little Talk.
BOGUS CHECKS CASHED
The Young Man Is rom Idaho and Has
Been Going a Fast Pace-The
Officers Cannot Find
Him.

Sheriff Regain would like quite we'll
to form the acquaintance of F. Wiley,
a young gentleman who halls from
Idaho and who has been for some time
going the pace in the sporty side of
Butte's society. The sheriff's anxiety
to meet the young gentleman referred
to arises from a desire to give him
an opportunity to explain a number Of
transactions by which he secured
money on checks which the banks on
which they We're drawn declined TO
honor when they were presented. 1t
is suspected by the authorities that
quite number of people have cashed
checks for the young gentleman, but
as yet only two have made the fact
known.
The attention of the authorities was
called to Wiley's dealings by the Pax
son & Rockefeller Drug company when
a member of the firm called on the
county attorney and asked for a COM
plant charging him with obtaining
money under false pretenses. Accord
ing to the complaint Wiley walked into
the Paxson & Rockefeller drug store
the evening of June 16 and presented
a check for IS to Howard Rockefeller
and asked him to cash 1t. Mr.. Rock
efeller did not know the young man
and hesitated, noticing which, Wiley
spoke up quickly and said, rs Mr.
Paxson in?" with the air OF one who
was an old friend of Mr.. Paxson. as
much as to say that Mr.. Paxson would
moi question his check. The fellows
actions and the fact that the check
was for SO small an amount that Mr.
Rockefeller could not imagine a man
taking the chance of getting into
trouble for such a sum was sufficient
Mr.. Rockefeller cashed the check. 1t
was drawn on the First National bank
of Wallace, Idaho. and was sent to
the firms bank in the regular course
of business. and by the bank sent to
the Wallace bank.
Before the check had time to come
back Wiley appeared again at the
store and inquired of Mr.. Rockefeller
II he found his check all right. Mr..
Rockefeller replied that he guessed it
was all right, as he had heard nothing
from it. Wiley thereupon requested
Mr.. Rockefeller to cash another So
check, which he readily did. A day
or so later the first check came back
marked mo funds and was returned
to the firm by the local bank. Before
taking any legal steps the firm wrote
to the Wallace bank to inquire about
Wiley, and received a reply that Wiley
was known there, but it had been
some years since he had any account
at the bank. 1t was then that the mat.
ter was referred to the county attor
ney. A complaint charging Wiley will
obtaining money under false pretense:
was filed in Judge Nichols court ant
a warrant issued.
The second party known to hav,
been victimized was Louis Liennemann
one of the proprietors of the Califor
MIA brewery but he was fortunat t,
enough to get his money back. Som,
days ago Wiley induced Mr.. Lienne
mann to cash S. check drawn on TIL
First National bank of Butte. WheI
the check went to the bank it was re
turned unhonored. Mr.. Liennemanl
said nothing about the matter, but lait
for Wiley, whom he met on the stree
couple of nights ago. He at ono
marched Wiley to the police station
where the young man told such a goo,
story about having inadvertently writ
ten the check on the wrong blank pro
Tossing to have supposed that h
wrote 1t on a blank of the First Ma
tional bank of Wallace, that he con
WINGED the officers and every one els
that he was all right. and upon hi
returning the SIS the matter was drop
ped.
Since that time he has not been see
and Sheriff Regan's deputies have no
been able to locate him. Yesterda
after the warrant was issued. a woma
called at Paxson & Rockefeller's stor
and tried to square the matter by of
fering to pay the amount of the checks
but her offer was declined.