Arizona republican., 1904-12-19
BANKER CAUGHT
B.B. MCGreevy. an AbsCOnd-
 CT From O'NeiA, Neb.
TWO WEEKS IN PHOENIX
ShadCwec Most of the Time = Within an Hour After His Arrest He Con- fessed His Identity and Agreed to Waive Exfradition.

Berrard B. M'Greevy, the defaulting l president of the Elkhorn Valley bank of O'Neill, Neb., was arrested here yesterday afternoon by Captain Fly M'Donald, who had him under surveil- | lance almost from the time of his ar rival here two weeks ago. MGreevy had been going under the name of J. A. Bryan. When he was arrested he refused to talk, neither admitting nor denying that he was MGreeVy. An hour later he said he was the missing bank president and asked Captain MDonald to inform Sheriff C. E. Hall of O'Nein that he would return to Ne braska without the formality of a re- quisition. That was done last night.
 At the close of business on the af- ternoon of November 23 the doors of | the Elkhorn Valley bank were locked and the next day being Thanksgiving l they were not opened. Nor were they opened on the following morning and i the depositorS and other persons inter- ested began asking why. Further in- 1 quiry brought our the fact that mo- body could remember having seen | either President M'Greevy nor Cashier Patrick Hagerty since early the day
 before and an investigation of the af- l fairs Of the bank showed that the in- | stitution had been footed. Just how | great the shortage was is not known | but reports from ONeill al the time said that it was as much as s65,O i Descriptions of the two missing bankers were sent out in every direc-
 ton and one of them reached Captain i M'Donald through q, source which can not now be made public. There was a slight clue as to the probable where Ia, I--1 his wife had owned a group of mining
 claims in Pinal county in the vicinity Of Kelvin and it was thought that he might visit that locality in the course l of his wanderings. But before that in- formation reached Phoenix M'Greevy had been there and had come to this city.
 The personal description of
 M' 'Greevy was a very good done, better
 than a photograph. He was said to be about five feet ten, weighing from 190
 to 200 pounds; had a large scar on the fright side of his throat caused by an
 attack of eczema. He had springing
 step, was likely 70 frequent saloons
 and was quite a musician and 8 skill
 ful player on the violin.
 On December a man arrived at the
 Hardwick and registered under the
 name of J. A. Bryan and was assigned
 to room 15. He was most of the time
 a dignified and exclusive gentleman
 though sometimes under the slight in
 fiuence of liquor he relaxed but not to any great extent for he never took
 enough liquor to make him forget him
 self. He had not been here long be-
 fore he was recognized by Captain
 MDonald. The captain was net ab-
 solutely sure and he spent the next { two weeks in cultivating the acquaint- 1 ance of MT. Bryan. At last they be-
 came more and more intimate and on
 Saturday night they were together in
 the Yellowstone saloon. Bryan drank
 enough to make him a little more com
 municative than usual and the captain
 introduced the subject of music. Bryan
 said that he had once been a teacher
 of music. The captain said he was ipassionately fond of the fiddle; so was
 Bryan. The captain procured violin,
 and Bryan proved himself to be an
 adept in the use of it.
 The captain now felt reasonably sure of his man but he did not think until
 noon yesterday that the time had come
 for making the arrest. Then he set 4 out to find Bryan and came up with , him at the city hall plaza engaged in } inspecting the big cannon.
 He d1d not manifest overwhelming
 surprise when he was taken into GUS !, tody but he refused to say anything. He was locked up and soon after began
 to amuse himself at a game of soli-
 taire.
 For moment the equanimity of the
 man was disturbed. That was when he was brought-into the office of the sheriff and the printed description of the fugitive was produced by Captain MDonald. The scar mentioned in the 7 description was compared with the 7 scar on the right side of the throat. Then his blue eyes were inspected and , every point of the description was gone , over and all were found to- have been i met in the appearance of the prisoner. During this ordeal he showed some
 nervousness but by the time he was , put into the woman's cell it had passed
 away and he looked the cool unper- turbed business man.
 There had been found in his pockets I a document which proved to be a con 1 tract for an option to be given by Sara , D. M'Greevy of O'Neill, Neb., to Les ; lie Gillette and w. P. TwitcheI on ) three mining claims near Kelvin. At 7 the request at the sheriff's office, Will l liam Matthews, proprietor of the Hardwick, brought valise belonging , to the prisoner and asked him if he ShOuId turn IL over to the OfIlercS. The prisoner authorized him to do so and the valise. was examined. There were
 found in it several papers bearing the
 name of M'Greevy and two or three handkerchiefs with that name stamped
 on the edges.
 There was another article among the
 effects of the prisoner which the ar
 resting officer had seen before. It was
 a photograph frame made of card
 board curiously and skillfully emboss-
 ed by means of a common penknife.
 The artist is a miner who learned this l trick in the old country and has been practicing it in several saloons here.
 He raises wreaths of flowers about