The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1902-02-15
FREEMAN NOT ALONE.
A Crystal Falls Cedar Jobber Said 10
Be Implicated.

merly Of Menominee. charged with the
embezzIement of $50. 600 from Raber
q Watson, the well known Chicago ce-
dar dealers has attracted a great deal
Of attention throughout the peninsula
the past six months because Of the
prominence and wide acquaintance Of
Mr. Freeman throughout the PENN
suia
II the statements Of q Crystal Falls
gentleman, who claims to have inside
knowledge Of the affair, are correct
the case is apt to be ramify the whole
territory throughout which the Raber
& Watson people did business. and i'm
plicate others besides Mr. Freeman
In short, the gentleman intimated TO
a Diamond Drill reporter that
Freeman has been, to quite an extent,
the scape goat. How long he will
continue to play the role remains TO be
seen. The gentleman further intimat-
ed that a certain Crystal Fails cedar
jobber has been tagging around
chunk Of the $50, 600, and is liable TO
be brought into the tolls when the
time comes.
Freeman was the Menominee repre-
sentative Of the Raber & Watsoon con
Germ and in that capacity purchased
cedar timber wherever he could get it
and from whomsoever he could buy.
Tho N.0ny,,;,, ;,,.,, ,.;,,s.. 81 a. A.t
taries WAS the chief seat OF operations
although operations were by no means
confDed TO this territory The Raber
q Watson people. through Mr. Free.
man made contracts with iobbers 10
deliver cedar on the river bank. There
the timber was measured and ms pect
ed, the inspection certificate being
sort of warrant by the presentation
Of whch, at the office of the company.
Che jobber got his money II viii
read ily be seen tha. 49,, responsible
ity rested on the inspector and that.
We're he so inclined he could defraud
tie company ont Of eeat deal Of
money and the defalicntion not be-
come known fer long time. as
the timber went into The water and
was many months ia reaching Menon-
inee The compan, charges Mr.. Free
man with manipulating tic inspection
certificates He was brought to trial
ia the October term Of the Menominee
circuit court and two charges against
him Were quashed but he was held to
answer on the third at the February
term and released on bond Of $4,000
When the case was called last week
Mr.. Freeman was not present and il
ascertained that he is in Mexico
The bonds were forfeited and the
sheriff as ordered to bring Mr.. Free
man into court If he could be found.
The prosecuting attorney Immediately
set about TO secure his extradition.
Monday Sheriff Stiles left for Mexico.
The sheriff met Prosecuting Attorney
Mills ia ST. Louis and got the reuiqsi-
tion papers which the attorney secured
in Washington. Secretary Hay had
teleg iphed the authorities in Mexico.
authorizing them TO holdFeeman until
the shelf arrives with the ncessay pa.
pers
Now as to the Cystal Falls man 5
part in the affair Acting upon the
hint given us by the gentleman men
toned a reporter sought ont u GER
tain person and endeavored 20 get
next but he was as glum as an
oyster and refused to give up any more
than we had aleady cleaned It was
ascertained, however that this gentle-
man has made at least two trips to Me-
nominee at the expense Of others in
terested in the case, whether the pros
ecution or the defense we were not
able to discover From his conversa-
tion we deduced the inference that he
considers Mr. Freeman is no more
guilty than others and that IL the case
ever comes TO trial there is liable to be
a taking 10 the woods among cedar
jobbers of the peninsula. In re-
sponse 70 our query as to why
Freeman should flee he stated that he
could not say but suspected that Mr..
+. was giving others an opportunity
TO spare up for him and themselves.
He refused TO confirm or deny the
statement that some Of Raber q Wat
son 8 coin came to Crystal Falls.
Enough was elected from this gen
tleman to state that he will undoubt-
edly be witnessin the case and an
important one at that.
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