The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-02
Man Wanted for Defaulting
at Ithaca, N. Y, Captured
Here by the Sheriff
Tuesday
A Gas MAIN EXPLODED
Two Boys Severely Injured
From MOnkeying with a
Cold Pipe Line

Sheriff Hobart called at the En1i-
cott hotel on East sStreet Tuesday
and placed under arrest a man who
has called himself McClary, but told
the sheriff his real name is Charles
Ingersoll and confessed that he was
formerly county treasurer of Tomp.
kins county, N. Y, and had skipped
out with his accounts ehcrt. The in
teresting part of the affair is that
there is a reward OF something be.
tween $500 and $4,000 offered for his
arrest.
McClary, or (Ingersol) came to lola
about five weeks ago and took a room
at Endicott's. He is gray haired
man, slxty-two years old, wears
glasses part of the time, IS short and
very broad shouldered, and wore an
overcoat most of the time. He paid
his board regularly and was a model
boarder. For the past week he has
been telegraphing a good deal and
had arranged to leave tomorrow for
Peru, south America. He has always
seemed to have plenty of money aud
only Saturday oashed a check and
had on his person when arrested
roll of bills that invoiced $3.50.
Sheriff Hobart fairly stumbled into
the clue, running across letter which
McClary had from daughter, In
which mention was made of a reward
having been offered foi somebody and
for that somebody to look out. This
morning about 10 o'clock he went to
the hotel and calmly arrested the man
as IL he knew his history from the
year OF his birth and put handcuffs ON
him. McClary seems to have been
braced all the time for come slip In
his plane and gave up instantly and
told his story, which the sheriff badly
needed as he knew neither the mans
real name nor where it was he was
wanted. McClary said his real name
is Charles IDgersoll, that ne was
county treasurer of Tompkins county,
New York, of which ithaca is the
county seat, that he got behind in his
accounts and had to leave. He thus
gave the entire story to the sheriff
and the latter wired the authorities
at Ithaca inquiring If they wanted
Charles Ingersoll.
The letter which gave the sole clue
to the affair was found by M. ID. Cut.
ter, an engineer at the cement plant
who boards at the EndicOtt house.
He and Chas. g. Jones, the ball play
er discussed the letter and after specu-
lating as to he meaning of the am
Diguous terms and the hinted at
secrets decided that something was
wrong and laid the matter before the
sheriff. Their understanding is that
the old gentleman had made away
with thirty thousand or more dollars
from the county treasury, and that he
had arranged with a son from the east
to meet him here tomorrow and bring
funds with which the escape to South
America should be accomplished.
Another of the boarders at the hotel
a young lady, said when she learned
of the arrest, "why he was such
nice old man and we all liked him
very much"
The sheriff is under the impression
that cards have been received by the
Sheriffs over the State telling that
such man was in this region aud
hat there was a reward of $500 for
him, and others have a vague recol-
lection that it was $1,000. In either
event it was nice days work for
Sheriff Hobart.
When the arrest was made Inger-
soil owed Mrs. Endicott one weeks
board and he handed her the whole
roll of bills which he had on his per-
son, remarking, "YOu might as we'll
keep the whole thing, it won't do me
any good" She took the amount of
her bill from the roll and the sheriff
took charge Of the rest.
After remaining here over month
without the slightest suspicion at
taching TO HIM, having his plans all
made for flight to South America the
next day it was indeed an svenging
fate which overlook Mr.. Ingersoll.
And the manner in which he played
not the sherlf's hands, furnishing