Arizona republican., 1905-11-11
ACTED LIKE CHUhS
A New York Central Office Man and
 His Prisoner.

Sergeant Dom. Riley of the New York detective force spent yesterday in Phoenix, having in custody R. F. Hayes, for whom extradition papers were granted by the governor several days ago. Hayes was taken in GUS tody at Bisbee several days ago by the detective and the story of his al lged crime has been printed before. He is alleged to have embedded $i4 from the Iron Clad Manufacturing Co. of Brooklyn at the time he was in their employ some fifteen months ego.
 To one who did not know it would not be suspected that the man who drove about the city yesterday with Sergeant Riley and who dined with him and ate all of his meals at the Hctel Adams, was a prisoner. It might be thought that they were indeed chumS for at no time during the day were they out of each others sight. Last night they occupied the same room and in the evening about the lob by they visited together and even en- joyed a, game of billiards in the hotel pool room.
 Hayes appears to be anxious to get back to New York and is exceedingly confident that he will be able to se- cure his release. He explained the af- fair for which he was arrested without hesitancy. He was in the employ of the Iron Clad Manufacturing company for many years. First as an assistant bookkeeper and then step by step up in the firms employ until he was made credit man for the house. While in this capacity he let prosperity get the best of him and he neglected his du- ties and was discharged. He came into the west, visited Honolulu, the Portland Fair, San Francisco Los An geles, Denver and then Bisbee, where he went to accept a position of a cleri- cal nature with the Copper Queen com pany.
 While in the last named city he learned through private advices from the east that he was accused of hay ing defrauded the company by which he had been employed out of a large sum of money. This charge he wanted to be cleared of and applied to the marshal at Bisbee to write east and find out if he was wanted. If he was he said he would go and even offered to pay his own fare. About that time the New York police took up the case and after an indictment Sergeant Riley was sent west after him. Hayes de- clares the complaining witness in the case was one of the salesmen for the 1 house and the money which he is ac- cused of having embedded was part of a collection for which the salesman re- ceipted and declares to have turned in to Hayes, but which the latter de- nies having ever received. Other miss ff,rr ,J.< An Arizona end to the story is brought about by Hayes filing suit for damages in the district court of Cochise county against the Copper Queen Hotel company through its man. ager, F. O. Rouser. According to the complaint filed by Hayes through his | attorneys, Williams and Bennett of Bisbee, he was wrongfully imprisoned and damaged by being held in custody l on a charge of disturbing the peace. On this charge he was tried before a jury and discharged. Rouser was the complaining witness and the place where the disturbance was supposed to have been committed was the ho- tel. The main reason for filing the | charge was that Hayes might be held until the arrival of the officer from the east, it being feared he might change his mind and want to escape. The amount of the damage he places at S1O0OO.
 Detective Riley was greatly impress ed with Bisbee and looks upon it as one of the coming cities of the south west. He also is enthusiastic over what he has seen of Phoenix. He left for the east this morning over the