The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-04
WANTED IN SALT LAKE
Trouble Is in Store for John H.
Miles.
BELIEVED TO BE IN BUTTE
Three Charges OF Embe zzlement Against
Him and the Officers Are Anxious
to Get Their Hands OF
His Coat Collar.

Maize. a "palnist and scientific card
reader" who is located a. lis West Ga
lena street. has a husband named John
w. Miles, who is badly wanted in Salt
Lake by the Woodmen of the World. who
accuse him of embezzlement of the lodge
funds. The Herald has the following
about him:
There is mighty serious trouble in
store for John II. Miles, former clerk Of
Camp 33S of the Woodmen of the World,
if he can be found. He is wanted on
three charges, the embezzlement of
watch belonging to H. G. Bptton. the
ENLIGHTENMENT of $500 belonging TO Mrs.
Mary Carroll and of $50 belonging to
Camp 35S A warrant was sworn out yes
terday afternoon charging him with the
embezzlement of $500 and deputy sheriffs
are in search of him.
But Mr.. Miles is not in town and he
has not been heard of since Wednesday
afternoon He has gone, some of the
members think to Butte, and others
don't know where. And it is believed
that he has gone without very much
money, for Notwithstanding his alleged
embezzlement, he has been spending mon
ey quite freely and is not believed to have
any left.
These things are the elimination of
Mr.. Miles troubles, for once on a time
he had a small jewelry store on Main
street. He managed that for NJ A.
Miles, though it was generally under
stood that he owned the place. In fact.
an attachment suit was begun in the dis
trict court yesterday by Attorney Hutch
inson for Theodore Schroeder & Co. of
Chicago, in which it was alleged that NJ.
A. Miles and J. H. Miles are one and the
same person. Schroeder & Co. want
s799.37 and interest for goods they claim
were delivered
"Mles failed some weeks ago and his
effects are to be sold on Dec. T. Since his
failure he has made his headquarters at
the Miller Tailoring company on First
South street
His wife, who is known as Maize. the
palmist, left here some time ago for
Butte. Both ends of Miles family work
ed. Mrs. Miles, under her fetching
Dseudonym, told fortunes and predicted
the future at 81 a fortune, while the hus-
band sold cheap jewelry and mended
broken breastpins in his little shop on
Main street. But in going away without
warning he has left his children in des-
titute condition. There are four of them.
a grown daughter and three younger chill
dren, who live down Grape street. They
were left without anything and were
found half starving by friends and men,
bers of 4e Woodmen order. The lodge to
which the father belonged has furnished
them with food, Notwithstanding the
charge it makes against him. 1t will like
ly continue to do SO until other provision
for the children is made.
"Miles has been clerk of Lodge No. 23S
since January. 1898. having been re-
elected last January. 1t has been his
duty to collect dues from lodge members
and to turn them over to the treasurer.
lie he has fpil aI TO Io
this to the extent of $3.50.
But there is a more serious charge
against him, During the first part of the
year a member of the lodge Mr.. Carroll,
died and there was coming to his widow
Mrs. Mary Carroll, the sum of s2.o00 She
did not get this money at once. for pro-
test which delayed the payment had been
entered. The head of the camp at Dem
Yer. after considering the matter, came
to the conclusion that she was entitled
to the money and sent her a draft on the
Commercial bank in Miles care. Now it
Is said that he held Mrs. Carroll up for
$500 OF this amount. According to the
story, he went to see her, having the
draft in his pocket at the time but he
said that if she would settle the matter
for $1,000 she could secure the money at
once; If she refused the compromise it
might never be paid. He also thought
that the additional $500 might be had in
time.
Mrs. Carroll said that she wanted to
consult her mother
- NO. Miles is alleged to have said
I'm not doing business with your moth
er. You may accept this now or proba bly,
never l must report to the head camp
at once
Then. 1t is charged, he induced her to
sign several papers, among which was
the $1,000 draft which he cashed. and of