Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-12-03
AGOE Him AT last.
JOSEPH SNOW Is ARRESTED IN
NEW YORK
Sheriff Baker Goes Again After tho
pony-Buysr Whose Paper Was
IJ worthless Detectives Made the
Capture. Nh.

'WVoQRh 0ASV
Come for him Immediately" "
The above telegram signed BY
.James Langdon. captain New Yorh
Detective Bureau" was welcome new!
Is Sheriff Baker late Saturday eve
ming. He took team and drove to
Solomon to secure better description
81 Snow whom he does not know per.
sonally and left on the night train for
New York.
Snow Is wanted here on criminal
charge Of obtaihing money under false
pretenses. Arequisition has already
been granted BY the governor Of New
York and II Sheriff Baker is able to
identity the man arrested as Snow, o
criminal who has long evaded the
police Of many states will be brought
to justice. FfTg
Snow is charged with obtaining
livestock under false pretenses and q
warrant for his srrest has been out
Sanding for many months. Early
last spring Snow called on G. Wescott
Of Richmond, Ind, owner OF the
large Wescott rancho near Solomon,
and closed transaction with Mr..
Wescott for the purchase Of about SO
head Of Shetland ponies which were
theni in possession Of the foreman at
the ranch. Snow paid Wescott $3.50
in cash as guarantee Of good faith
and obtained an order for the ponies
to be delivered to him upon the pay
ment Of about $500 to the manager
at the ranch. Snow then came to
Kansas to close the deal.
He called on the people at the
rancho and. as everything seemed to
be all right, the ponies were delivered
to him and he gave check on New
York bank in payment. The ponies
were loaded on the cars and shipped
East. The check was turned down
BY the bank on which it was drawn
and immediate steps were taken to
apprehend Snow and to recover the
ponies. A number Of them were
found but Snow had disposed of the
greater part and disappeared with the
money.
Sheriff Baker went to New York
last summer to work on the case and
spent two months in fruitless en-
.deavor to arrest Snow. He employed
detectives and finally located Shows
home. The sheriff rented rooms d.
rectly across the street from the
place and settled down to watch for
bis man. Weeks passed before any
thing happened to give any hope OF
an ultimate success. One night
while the sheriff was on duty, a man
who seemed to answer Shows de-
scription went into the house. The
sheriff was not sure enough OF his
man to follow and make the arrest
and decided to wait until he came out
before taking any action. II it really
was Snow, he became suspicious and
made bis escape. The sheriff never
saw him again and returned home,
leaving the matter in the hands Of the
New York police.
But at last the man has been appre-
hended and will be brought to abb
lene for trial. The superstition 10
that be has been out Of the country
since his disappearance. probably in
Canada.
A telegram received oy the hEFLEC-
TOR this morning from New York
gave information Of Shows arrest and
spoke Of him as being prominent
New Yorker" and ''horse breeder. !"
1t was probably not the first time
that he had engaged in such deals.
His method was to find owners Of
stock who lived far from the place
where the stock was kept and to man
ipulate matters between the owner
and agent in such q manner that be
could get possession Of the property
without suspicion or discovery until
IL was learned that the paper which
be had given In payment was Of no
value. By that time he would have
disposed Of the stock and made his
escape.