The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-30
DuPED The TRUSTING ONES
levanted With Borrowed Money and
Cash Bond-Writes to Say
He Has Gone.
From Tuesdays Daily Gazette.

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tional man in many ways. Events of
the last few days have strengthened
that belief. Hardly eve does a man
who betrays the confidence of friends
by imposing upon their ~trustfulness to
the extent of obtaining money from
them and levanting take the trouble
to write back that he has gone and is
sorry, but this the doctor did.
Last Friday evening the doctor re-
turned from Red Lodge, where he had
been to stand trial on the charge on
which he was arrested here sometime
before. 1t will be remembered that
he was taken in custody by the sher-
if of Carbon county on a warrant
charging him with a misdemeanor.
When arraigned his bond vas fixed at
800. This was furnished by Doctor
Pearsall and the latter's father-in-law,
Miles Shower, who deposited the cash
for his appearance. The case against
him was dismissed and the money
turned over to him by the Red Lodge
Justice of the peace. Instead OF re-
turning the money to the bondsmen,
Kibbee kept it and upon his arrival
spent several hours at the house OF
Doctor Pearsall. When he left there
he went to the firms office, saying
he had a book that he wanted to re-
turn to the owner. This was the last
seen of him. II
Saturday morning Doctor Pearsall
went to the Office and found a note
there from Kibbee saying he had gone
to the country and would be back Sat
urday night. He failed to return, but
still trusting him, Doctor Pearsall
thought he might have been detained
and would return Sunday. Sunday
and Monday passed and finally much
as he disliked to do so, Doctor
Pearsall arrived at the conclusion
that he had been duped and that his
late partner would never come back.
This morning he received a letter
which made the conclusion a certain
ty. 1t was written at jamestown, N.
D., and was from Kibbee. In it Kib-
bee expressed great regret at h ne
cessity which had forced him to
that he hoped the time was not far
distant when they would meet again,
adding that he would, as soon as pos
sible, settle his accounts with those
who had trusted him. He added that
he was looking for work n expected
to find something in a day or two.
The fact, however, that he requested
Doctor Pearsall to forward his diplo-
ma to his former home, Harrisville,
Mich, aroused the suspicion that he
did not intend to remain long at
jamestown or make much of an effort
to secure work.
To The Gazette Doctor Pearsall
getting away not only with the $1O(
cash bond, but had also borrowed
money from several parties, including
Mr.. Shower, from whom he obtained
$55, and in addition had taken along
a valuable overcoat from a son of the
latter, which he borrowed a few days
before his disappearance. Beside the
part of the cash he advanced for the
bond, Doctor Pearsall is also. minu:
considerable other money, which
from time to time he loaned to kib
bee.
In the opinion of Doctor Pearsal
fear of being arrested again caused
Kibbee to leave. Although discharg
ed on the first complaint, he SCENE
to be fearful that he would be rear
rested on a warrant charging hin
with forgery, it being alleged that n
had forged the name of a man name
Vandyke to a bill of sale for som
horses and other chattles he is sal
to have borrowed sometime last sun
mer from Vandyke and subsequent
sold. 1t is also. believed that he wa
afraid of the man Greenough VIII
charges him with having made to
free with the affections of his Wit
and is said to have made threat
against him. This is inferred .fror
remarks Kibbee made upon his returl
from Red Lodge. He said that tn
Justice before whom he had been 81
raigned had advised him to "lay 10y
for a few days. as he was liable t
get into more trouble. He also sal
that the justice had told Mrs
Greenough that she would better4ge
out Of the country, lest her husban
would do her injury.
n In barely nosSible that Kibbe