The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-11
IS WAITED IN SEATTLE
Charge of Embezzlement
Against Fl. r. Kirk.
USED THE FIRMS MONEY
1t Is Said That He Travelled Fast Gait
and Spent 81 500 of
His Employers
8 Money.

Herbert R. Kirk, a young man from Sc
sattle, is in Jail here, as is alleged, for
eulbezzling the funds of his employers
an insurance firm of the Puget Sound me-
tropolis 1t is stated he is being held
awaiting the arrival of requstion papers
when he is to be taken back to Washing
ton.
Kirk was secretly arrested several days
ago at the instance of Chief of Police
.Laveu and has since been held without
any criminal charge being filed against
him. Just why so much secrecy has been
observed it would be difficult to say.
Kirk, it is said, was bookkeeper for
Crawford & Conover,7 insurance agents at
Seattle and in that capacity was in
trusted with the firms money. 1t is SAID
ha travelled a fast gait and as is not I'M
common in such cases. at length began
drawing on his employers resources AT
length finding himself about $500 in the
hole he decamped and came to Butte.
1t is stated that the federal authorities
were the first to locate Kirk here and,
suspecting him of. being a member of
gang of counterfeiters, had him placed
under arrest, but subsequently became
convinced he was not what they suspect
About this time Chief Lavell received an
inquiry from the Seattle authorities con-
corning Kirk, who was said to be wanted
there for embeZZlement, and he was re-
arrested. Since his incarceration, kirk
has confided to some of his friends the
story of his misfortunes. and expressed
desire to get to work and pay back the
money he embezzled of his former en-
poyers.
The following from the Seattle Times,
which was able to publish the arrest of
Kirk ahead of the local papers, may ex-
plain Chief Layells purpose in keeping
the matter so secret. There seems to have
been no other occasion:
Herbert R. Kirk, the defaulting book
keeper for Crawford & Conover, who is
now in custody in Butte, Mont, stands a
good chance of not coming back to this
city for trial He is wanted here for en-
hezzlement and the chase after him has
lasted over month. The other day he was
arrested in Butte on suspicion of having
been implicated with counterfeiters, but
tho evidence was weak, and when the po-
lice of Butte heard that Kirk was wanted
here they decided to have him extradited
But there was a hitch in the pro-
sramme Chief of Police Laven of Butte
is apparently possessed of a very large
cesire to see the beauties of Puget Sound
for himself, and he has practically made
it a condition of Kinks being brought
here that he himself shall be the officer
to bring him here. That is the only in
ference that can be drawn from the tele-
grams Lavell has sent Chief of Police
Reed and Sheriff Van de Nenter.
1.-The local authorities want to send a
man after Kirk. They say they have
plenty of good fellows in either the po-
lice department or the sheriff's office here
who would like to make the trip to Butte.
Sheriff Van de Nenter has about made
up his mind to telegraph Sheriff Reagan
of Butte to take charge of Kirk and hold
him until an officer from this city can
reach there and take charge of him. The
last telegram from Butte indicates that
Kirk is willing to come without eXtradi-
ton papers"