The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-18

pertain 7Eleces OF Real Estate and
Then Dfsposed4of Them, Giving
Deeds for the Same-EIrs. Reek Is
Also Named in the Requisition as
n Party, so X > 4ff.t,,s. .
When officers from Butte City, Mont,
arrived here late last evening with requi-
sition papers for the return Of Albert e.
Reek to Montana, to answer the charge
of forgery, it deBeloped that Reek i. want
ed for alleged fraudulent; real estate trans
, actions involving$&O0O. The requisition pa
pers also chargeTNIrs. Reek with compile
ity in the operations Of her husband, and
though she had a lengthy interview with
the Montana officers at the central sta
ton shortly after their arrival, she was
not detained, butsallewed to return to the
Metropolitan hotel, where she is. stay
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I According to fsheriff p H. Regain and
Under Sheriff J: D.. MURPHY, who have,
come. for. Reek and his wife, .Reek secur-
ed as much as $4,000 in actual cash by his
transactions. The means employed to Sc
cure the money the officersqsay was the
sale by Reek of property upon which he
held options. 1t is alleged that Reek rep
resented that he owned the property, and
gave deeds to It to sthe persons he is
alleged to have induced to make purchases
of him..s HIS owife's connection with the
deals is said to come about through the
allegation that she also signed the deeds
transferring the: prQperty.ia., e4s..sa ~.
/ The sudden departure of Mr.. and Mrs.
Reek from Butte followed by the devel-
i eplnents showing the alleged fraudulent
transa elton, created Il sensation i'm the
| Western city, as Reek and his wife had
i lfted in Butte nearly fifteen years. NOV
i ing in the; best Of society, and enjoying
| the confidence of; every one Sheriff Re-
| gan and Under Sheriff Murphy say that
I Reek undoubtedly planned a general
|, cleaning up, and operated as extensively
/ as possible in the alleged fraudulent real
| estate transactions, preparatory to leav-
| ing Butte. Selecting business and resi-
| dence property, the owners Of. which wese
| absent, it Is alleged Reek deliberately
/ sold, houses and lots and gave deeds for
| the property when, in fact, he had no le7
! gal interest whatever in the holdings. In
|, this way, the Montana sheriffs say,s the
real estate dealer cleaned up fully $4,000,
! and decamped. The alleged illegal trans
| actions it is said, were discovered soon
after Reek left Butte, and word was sent
to the local authorities to apprehend him,
as he was known to have started for this
/ city. Detective Meyer was given a de-
| scription-o Reek, and took him in custo-
| dy at the depotlast Saturday. 1t was
not known, at this time that Mrs. Reek
was wanted, and no effort was made to
arrest her, though she called at the sta
ton daily to see her husband. Last even
ing, however when the Montana sheriffs
displayed their requisition papers, the po-
slice say Mrs. Hattie Reek was also charg-
| ed with the offense Of forgery In connec-
ton with the transactions Of her hus
| band.
| Reek has determined not to return to
Butte City If he can avoid 1t, and has re-
| tanned c.. D.,-O'Brien to look after his
interests Neither ,Reek nor his wife will
discuss the cases Mrs. Reek has relatives
| in this city, with whom she was stop
ping, having come here several days in
| advance of her husband. Since her hus-
bands arrest she has been living at the
| Metropolitan hotel.,o gsss g.sa
/ Sheriff Regain says the warrant he has
| with him covers only one ease against
Reek, alleging forgery in connection with
the deed to property for which 1t Is all
legged Reek recefved 81, 900 from citizen
The papers IN the. case will be present.
| ed TO Gov Lind today