The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-03-24
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4 Wiscensan sAeri3 Here for N exc
County Treasurer.

WaDcODotD sheriff Here fer m exc
County Treasurer.
After search OF three months Sheriff
We ! 1o"s Is. A ,1ao, Of As...hcE county.
c. Berg. who IL alleged 10 have embe1xsed
Qs-s@. Sheriff Malone arrived yesterday
morning ard viii visit Gov Rogers today
10 secure from him extradisSon papers.
Police departments az the West have been
looking FOR Berg for some time and Sheriff
Malone has been able 20 find him with the
assistance Of Chief Reed and Detective
Meredith
Berg was arrested some days ago by the
sheriff cf Mason county. At Shelton. The
Post-Inte.agencer told Of his ares, At the
time. He was found q. Shelton in the en-
pioy OF mill company, c0nfented, and
Was satisfied that he would not be sIscov-
cred. But he had made . mistake that
criminals Of experience avoid. He was in
correspondence with his wife at Warsaw.
He wrote TO her and she answered. Tn
fortunately for aim. he permitted his let
tiers TO be addressed in his real name The
postofnce Was watched. and q soon IS
his address was learned photographs OF
him and copies OF the indictment and the
complaint with . warrant were sen. to
Chief Reed These were forwarded 10 the
sheriff Of Mason county. who made the
arrest. Previous 70 that time Detective
Meredith had traces Of Berg in Seattle,
but having no evidence or warrau: in hb
possession. could not make an arrest.
Berg was county treasurer for four years
having been elected In 1SS2 and reelected
in 1884. 20 that he served until lsss He
was the Democratic nominee.
Prior TO his entrance into politics he was
lumber man and mill man at a small
town in Marathon county. Spencer There
he built up small business and had .
good reputation for honesty and steadiness,
which added materially to his strength an
q candidate. After his election he moved
TO Warsaw with his wife and family Of
four children.
Though the books were In a muddied and
involved condition after he left office no
examination of them was made until last
fan. when experts after much labor, dis
covered a shortage OF $i3500. Before the
official report was made and before q war
rant was issued Berg left town. Upon the
exneris' report warrant OF arrest was is
sued.
One OF the remarkable questions invoI-
we'd in the case Is. what did Berg do with
the money! said Sheriff Malone at police
headquarters yesterday afternoon. We
cannot find that he spent any large amount
He neither gambled nor drank, nor did he
associate with fast women. There Is no
woman .at all in this case, so far as we
can ind Mr.. hager, the banker who was
one OF the bondsmen, believes that he sfiil
has the money or such part of ii as he has
not used for legitimate living expenses
The wife and family still remain at War
saw without any visible means OF support,
though they live well. Berg never was a
rich man. for he made no more money in
the lumber business than was necessary for
his expenses.
THE county has not lost very much
money through the shortage. The bonds
men. e. ]. Zimmerman. C.. W. Hager.
Frank Fellows. Mr.. Hanswick, John Miller.
John Gardner. Edward Greed and others,
were on the bond for $4,000 They com
promised with the county for IS cents on
the dollar"
Sheriff Mal5he uhdsTstands that Berg is
willing to return TO Warsaw and face his
accusers. but the sheriff win take no
chances He has with him a rsquistion
from the governor Of Wisconsin upon Gov.
Rogers Of Washington. He will secure ex-
tradition papers today and then proceed
TO Shelton for his prisoner Unless Berg
should change his mind and decide to fight
the extradiior. in the courts the two will
leave for Wisconsin over the Northern Pa
cIflc on Friday.