The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-19
William \. liu"ilmrr. Partner in Il
Collection Agency in Nebraska
city, Arrested Here.
He IS WILLING TO CO BACK.
charge Is Given ~ t.rnh"zzi"m"nl,
buI He SAYS II Is Mr."ly u IBIS
puir CONCERNING Ills Com
missions on COLLECTIONS.

is be came out # his office yesterday
afternoon "y Detective IS MGR al the -
quest OF Tire omaha. N,H.. arr ~1oriti,~.
According To Bu"tJncrs own story. his
trOUll" IS the uu.grovlh az u!-uu'" with
Clients # the Omaha Collection AgUucv. %
witch h" MAS formerly counsellor. relative,
10 the aIUouu' of ms commissions On money
collected by him. The charge Is more N
the nature Of It breach Of trIs, than ON
bo&zl,nout. although II is given out from
Omaha that en.hczzIemeut IS the accI!.i-
tIau made against him.
\ telegram was sent 20 Sheriff Power z
Omaha informing him If tn" a-r-sf. and
ne answered that a deputy would Dee here
to-day % return to Omaha with tie pris-
"ucr. KeGui~itiuu papers have been taken
out and there VIII bc no delay. Hu'ttucr
declares his Innocence ana SAYS p. -
auAinuS q" rc.Eru @" Omaha AMI htv" th"
whole matter efrai-htou,l uIi.
Scv'ra! rtHIu"Sts W"r" mad. by residents
81 s.. Louis To- have Huetin,r'S AFT .irS Iu-
y,Stigatci. hU' nothing H. been found of
an discriminating nature, and the ST LOUIS
! authorities have nothing her" Gee held t'tUI
.ipnu Three women loa"oi him <l.-". up
"a which Ar agreed to pay - per cont in
t"r'-u a month for four months. In two
Instances lrr paid s. Interest IN a,lNd0N".
Al IF tn loans were made within IN" Lass
month aHi 4 half. Th-1. VIII %" no case
IL. -. Louis against i:g-tlu,r unless h,
| fails 10 replace IN" money ~ tn expiration
| uf tho loans.
rgc,tn,r '~\pIEirs huw lr wis enabled 3D.
pay such ai r>urritHui rtl" =; interest hv
| saying thai h" used lh" money Investing
il ~C"a'tcl mortgage w5I.h paid him from
! . To- So Per g-ut a month.
Nu''tuer r4mc to -. Louis from 'iu".u-
| ra'i. g. .frly i'm January ami opened 70
| loan Office under the mann. Of IN" omaha
objection Asvncy- Advertise "aiS Al
| p"dJ'd IL tn '!ai!g papers announcing that
IN" agency would invest money 80 GOO! ~
| trre-t f-r IN those who wished IT, pi"c"
ou January 10. Mrs Mary E~slllurcr 81
| No. GIl Ivory avenue placed san IN HUctt-
| urf's care for fnf'- months. IT agreed 90
| pay her . Der cent "a month interest IL"
! paid her y ia advance, giving her Ills ch, x
On the Continental National Bark Of this
city. tIis handbook shows that h" deposit
"a 81" in his own name that ias. two
| days afterwards MIS-. Mary N-hisHm ";
NJ. -ii0 Salisbury street Entrusted 80 20
cent. Tie also advanced her $ as Interest.
| pu January IL Ms. 'a'Hcriu" EC.am ~
y" :NIl rchaih street intrustei 81" 10 his
on all these days when ne received
| money 10 invest his handbook shows "a de
ruSit In Ills name 81 III. bank. 4 f,H days
4co Assistant chief Il Detectives SmitH
was asked 20 iuv, Sticate BI"rtu"r iu s-e
J what Kind ~ agency b" Vas ',rtuyilnG AMI
| how De-. rglll afford To pay Su'b ID n!Eh ftt"
| ~ interest. Smith learned that iiuettEcr l.
| connected with the Omaha Collection AEeu-
| ~ Of Omaha. Ntr., of ~hich A" WAS cbun-
| S-ior, with James Miller President and Emil
| Klrch manager.
The restitution had Offices in the First
National Bank building or that city. liuct;-
| U"r fDrmeTiy was Il member Il the firm ~
bollmar Il BuettLer, collectors, at No. l52S
Arch street. Philadelphia. Pa.
CHIEF smith wired >" Omaha to aSc'r-
tain II Ba-ttreT WAS wanted there. ChI"f
! Duuahuo replied that the police had no
| r.arE" against him, hut Sheriff Power hal
arranged 20 take out eNtradit,on paper
since tircn TIE police hdv" been searching
for hiri. iucttn'r. i wa~ said. vt~ out Cd.
! tho civ To every 'n" who allied the stem
a~grdVhrr. VII" sat M III" outer u:!", stated
that E,;"ttrrr had gone to 'mant. b'-
| tcrIiy- G.!mer laid for him. and caught him
| Yesterday a. h. came uuf - his o'i!'".
Bue,tr"r said that h" intended 10 depart
for Omaha on Mcnday-
Ruettn-r story.
II am in hard lines Just now. lie said.
when the reporters visited him ~ thu hold
over last night. but ! shall soon G.spr"Ne
these charges. You see, We Were retained
10y nine OF the employees of the \ehrIsk t
| Brewing Association to collect hack sal
| aries. which had not beer paid hecauS" tn.
| institution was about To gn AZ. The tural
amount of IN" claims was Sfih.5G I work-!
hard for four weeks O." collect the money.
and finally got IL all.
u pId ~ II iu the First National Bank
| and sent for my clients. They dti not want
al their money At once. ana ! agreed % pay
them by h,e-iIna.itS: A"-4't h'"l'i WI
me -
Har" Ruortuor produce; several do.I-
m,nts from his pocket, among th"m q list
"i the claimants
II E:.e iN"inrr -! on d''Hlil. ne con
'iuU''. i rtN' ms 'I"sAtri IL IN l"t' ".
n Abbott. -" IN q "!tlih 81 Ei!' ~" 50 II
went. | received "r'! 'rN DAYS "t'f .A'
mv daUGht IN 'iL'lr-1b WIS sI'h
closed my "i'ly' ana |'Li Il. ."F. Ni',
/ there | heard tier" "rt" complaints, ana !
forwarded 81" to Omaha : men came Ca
, -. Louis 4" 'stshii~. a branch "til'. h'''
While here ] heard Jwo III my checks lao
Z . he to protest III pfnaEt, AMI ."'t ="
more up there Il. my credit ~ me fiFr' Ma
ri.ual Bank. / don't kn"" no" me en-, x
h.pI,u"3 To- Eu 10 protest. Tor "h,h li -
s.:tFed should hay, $40 In bank iE-''.
Their" wa- some trouble am h@ 'iir ''i'ih
ants who said I had taken 10" mum
Il apreed TO take til" case frr p per cent
Of IT.. am0Gu' collected. but after IN mon
.y 49, collected tEry SHri | should ONLY
have 10 per cent. Al of them now hay" been
p.iI more than they deserved and J have
mad. almost nothing ""t 81 she traH-tt-
Lon.
= am q member Of ih" bar %: N'hrt~Ei-
7 ,.ima tn ~. Louis 10 sturdy Law aud "nra
d. regular u~r.t"tir". But ] 'tr Z" nv. while