The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-02-10
WEATHERBY ALSO TAKEN BACK
TO MINNESOTA.
he CHANGES HIS DECISION
Concludes Not to Demand a Requisi-
ton and Accompanies Sheriff
Without Further Process.
From Fridays Daily Gazette.

county, Minnesota, returned east hav
ing in custody Chester Clegg and c,
I. Weatherby, alias w. B. Moran.
both of whom are charged with felon'
les. There was a marked difference.
however, in the department of the
two and in the manner in which they
were treated by their custodian.
Clegg was permitted to wander about
as he pleased, being a willing prison
er and glad to get back to face his &C
cusers and clear himself, while
Weatherby was going against his will
and had to be watched carefully, as
the sheriff was suspicious of him. To
insure his safe delivery to the courts,
Sheriff Black deputized Berna Clegg
and gave Weatherby into his charge,
taking the precaution to handcuf the
two men together and thus fastened
they boarded the train.
Before leaving Weatherby gave a
check to Chief Dulin for a valise that
was stored in the Northern Pacific
baggage room and which he refused
to take, there being a slight charge
on it for storage. He also had a hi
cycle. This he took along and check
ed as baggage.
After the train had gone Mr.. Dulin
redeemed the valise and found it to
contain but little of value to anyone
except the owner. Most of the con-
tents consisted of books, letters, phot-
ographs and a few trinkets, Weather
by apparently not being possessed of
an expensive wardrobe, as no cloth
ing or other wearing apparel was
found. Many of the letters were from
the mans wife and all were couched
in the most affectionate and e%ndearing
terms. None contained the woman's
address, but several bore the Seattle
postmark. Incidentally it was learned
that she and the two children of the
couple were living at a place called
Kent, in Washington. In one of the
letters she wrote, evidently in reply
to a request that she join him, that
she would never live with him again
until he assumed his rightful name
once more.
Another letter, written on a type
writer, was apparently from some
place in the east, but Weatherby had
taken the precaution to tear off the
date line. 1t contained reference to
his troubles at Luverne. "If that evil
dence was out of the way they could
never do anything with their purport-
ed Charge it stated, "for with your
father out of the state they would be
in a nice shape to try and skin you.
The letter then continued and the
writer of it said that he believed
Weatherby would need to try and con-
ceal his identity only a short time
longer, as the matter had pretty well
blown over and then reference was
made to some written evidence the
other side claimed to have in their
possession, but which the letter in
timated was only a myth.
Although the full particulars were
not obtainable, it seems that Weather
by was given to specializing in grain
and finding himself pressed for mon
- c,~~od 4La -o~~ &c II IJ,y1ra q
grain dealer at Luverne, to some
notes ~aggregating about $4,000, and
also executed a fraudulent mortgage
on property belonging to his brother
in-law on which he realized several
thousand dollars more. His wife's
father paid the mortgage and re-
deemed the property, but the notes
were never paid. 1t is claimed that
the man whose name he forged also
got into trouble subsequently and is
now said to be in Canada.
At one time a large reward was
standing for Weatherby's capture, but
that has been withdrawn, as it was Of
fered by the nan who is now said to
be himself a fugitive from justice,
consequently Chief Dulin will prob
ably receive nothing for making the
arrest, although Sheriff Black prom
Used to lay the matter before the COM
missioners of his county and ask them
to pay the chief something for his
trouble.
At first thought Weatherby decided
not to accompany the sheriff without
a requisition, but after thinking the
matter over, being a lawyer himself,
he concluded to waive the formality
and go without resistance. He said
that in the end he would have to go
anyway and he might as well go back