The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-10-01
Fred n. WarnL y Ills Victim
to the WiIes of a Woman
of the Halt World.
STOLE $1,000 IN ORDER
TO SQUANDER IT ON HER
Is Short That Amount in His Books
With the Ncwbro Company Where Ho
ls Discovered and Promises to Pay,
but Later Breaks His Word and Flecs
From the Town for Points Unknown
Police Have Warrant for Him.

unholy consort with a worthless woman
OF the town was the cause OF the downfall
of Fred IL. Warner, bookkeeper and as
sistant cashier in the Ncwbro Drug COM
pany, who is today fugitive from justice
with charge Of grand larceny against
him and a shortage In his accounts Of
$1,000.
II is a repetition of the same old story.
young man with a promise of bright
future, ability. friends and the energy that
brings responsibility and successive
dangerous elements TO mix with rag
and bone and hank Of hair"
Not a mile from the Newbro Drug COM
pany's siorc--in the heart OF the city,
within the knowledge Of every man in
town. who is not a policeman. there is
dcadfall that hangs out no redlighi Of
danger, but stands with the outward mark
Of responsibility uppercrust of the un-
derworld.
Where Mona Bell Was Shot.
Not long ago one Of its dcnizens was
shot by an unknown hand and for a month
lay in the hospital lowering between life
and death. She refused 10 tell who shot
her and OF course the Butte police couldn't
find out.
Here In this dcadfall lay the snare that
young Warner coiled himself up in. Here
lived the courtcsan that led him to dssi-
patton and crime. With every appearance
OF reliability, Warner was trusted and
liked by both his employers and asso-
ciates.
He drank but little and gambed less
lie attended to his business with zeal and
punctuality. 1t was an open secret among
his companions, OF course, that he was
squandering his affections on a creature Of
the halfworld. but they never dreamed
that he was also squandering the money
from the till.
Six Months OF Riotous Living
Manager J. J.. Keyes finally began to sus-
peet him and investigation showed that
for six months his pcculaiions have been
going on and that although enjoying
comfortable salary he went deep Into the
money OF his employers to keep rags on
the bone and the hank Of hair"
Warner had been in the employ Of the
company for about a year, coming from
the Continental Oil company He hiss not
been in Montana very long and those who
know him best say that his family back
IN Michigan are most respectable But he
misunderstood the meaning Of Montana
freedom. The pleasure of watching a
damscl in crimson dancing on table and
the privilege Of drinking wine out Of her
slipper shot holes in the honesty his mother
had grated into him, and brought him into
mess that will probably land him in tho
penitentiary.
He Enjoyed Their Confidence.
Although there is a regular cashier in
the store Warner had the handling Of most
OF the money, went to the bank with the
deposit and enjoyed the complete conf
dencc Of his employers Manager Kcyes
had no knowledge Of Warmers methods
until last Monday On being accused Of
appropriaiing the money the bookkecper
broke down and confessed it all.
1t was thought, however, that he would
be able to refund 1t and he was given un-
til last night to get it, This morning Man
ager Keyes appeared at the county at
torncy's Office and filed a complaint
charging Warner with grand larceny. A
warrant was then issued from Justice
OConnors court and is now in the hands
Of the sheriff.
Warner is believed to have left town
yesterday, but 1t is understood that the
sheriH's Office has information OF his
whereabouts and that he will be appre-
hended in a day or two.