The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-08-31
BEN R. COSBY
GETS IN TROUBLE
SOCIETY MAN CHARGED WITH
GRAND LARCENY BY THE
M. O. p. CO.
CASE is SETTLED BY FRIENDS
Later On Constable Harrington Sends
Out a Constable to Ares, the
Accused Person.

Ben r. Cosby a well known young So
cic,y man and an cmployc OF L. Augustus
lloinzc, was charged by complaint filed ia
Justice Tim llarrington's office Saturday
night, with the crime OF grand larceny.
The complainant in the case was the
Montana Ore Purchasing company, and
the sum the young man is charged with
appropriating was $ot5s.
The sum named, however. is only one
of many peculations the young man is ae-
euscd of, the total sum running to some
thing over $1,000.
After the complaint was filed in the
justice court, a warrant for tosbys arrest
was issued and he was taken into custody.
He did not have to go to jail however,
o. the case was settled by his friends. one
Of whom is said to have put mp check
for $4,000 to cover the money cmbczzled.
Cosby is accused OF having pccuated
various sums OF money, each amounting to
$too or thereabout, during period OF
two years. covering those transactions in
way that prevented discovery. aud his de
faica,ions only became known Saturday.
Clerk for M. o. p. Company.
Cosby was clerk in the NJ. @. T.. office.
and among his duties was to pay the rail
roads for freight carried ior his employer.
lle also had the making up OF the ae-
counts in his hands.
According to the story oi the COM
planant's officials. who brought the charge
against him. he falsihed the accounts pre-
sented TO the company Tor the railroads.
Among other charges against the NJ. -.
j. company was that OF switching, and It
was III connection with the switching bills
that the peculations were committed.
The other accounts were itemized, but
the switching items were bulkcd in the
statements presented by Cosby to the com
p'ry when he made up the accounts under
the charge OF Switching"
lie is accused of raising this item about
s 90 at time when he presented the
statement upon which the N. o. T.. com
pany drew its check 10 pay the freight.
Company Pays the Freight.
The company paid the freight and he
60 rebate from the railroad OF the
amount he had swelcd the bill, explaining
10 Tie railroad that there had been mis-
"a .se- in -ibe accounts. and that the money
which was paid back TO him belonged to
SOM other railroad or concern doing busi-
ness with the Heinze company.
When suspicion fastened on the defend.
h''if h' 'Hp''' hhn HH' w N'lh WI IN
books. investigating the payments that had
been made to the railroads. aud he was
kept under surveillance until results hal
been obtained.
For the purposes OF charge OF grand
larceny, a felony, one embczzlcd sum *
cocding $50 was as good as a dozen, 50
the defendant was charged with appropri-
at.ng one item Of $0L7s. The complaint
was drawn by Assistant County Attorney
Ylncey.
Friends Begin Work.
As soon as the news Of the charge had
become public friends OF the accused he
gan to take steps toward settling the mat
te for him. and the check for $4,000 was
finally advanced TO the NJ. o. T.. company,
il being understood that it would cover
al the defalcations.
That settlement was reached yesterday.
bit this morning Justice Harrington sent
his constable out 10 rearrcst Cosby, the
justice court costs in the case uat having
been settled. IT is understood that Cosby
viii pay the costs.
Cosby is said 10 have drawn a salary
OF $f25 month from the Montana Ore
Purchasing company.