Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-23

town for some time
When arrested he admitted taking
the money. and said ne had u good
time with 1t.
He was locked up In the county
jail. and is being haId unail the AZ
rival of an officer from Cincinnati
with requisition papers.
The way he came to be located is
by writing a letter home to his moth
er The letter was written on let
terhead OF the Strater hotel and was
intercepted in the postoffice at CSn.
cinnatl. with the result as above stat
ed.
Some days ago Eastwood wanted
to Send telegram to Cincinnati and
wanted 1t transferred at Denver to
the Postal Telegraph and forwarded
from there on by that company.
This the Western Union operator
here declined to do, not wishing to
give his company the worst of it.
This action is explained by the fact
that Eastwood was known TO the
Western Union people in Cincinnati
he claiming to have been an operator
rnere three years ago.
The young man was seen by re-
porter this morning. He declined to
tell the story of how he came to be in
Jail. but said that he was innocent
OF the crime ne was charged with. and
as soon as he could get back to Gin
cinnati he would have no trouble in
establishing lks innocence.
He was asked II he had worked in
The bank which preferred the charge,
and he said he had never worked in
bank. He stated that he had been
Il telegraph operator. working for the
Western Union three years ago in
Cincinnati. 1t Is likely that he was
messenger boy, for his youth makes
II improbable that he would have been
an operator at tina, time
He said his parents were living. and
that he would go back without req
uisitioD papers and mad so informed
the authorities here.
In answer TO the question as to
what business he followed, II any, he
said he was travelling man, working
for an eastern house, but would not
give the name of the firm.
He Is wel.dressed youth. good
looking and good presence. He nas
II wealth of dark brown hair inclined
to be curly, which was an aid to the
officer in recognizing him by the de-
scription.
He said his real name was Dash
wood, and that is the name which he
registered upon his arrival here. On
his way here he became acquainted
with bewitching dining room girl.
who came with him from Alamosa,
and she showed her attachment for
him by declaring to the officers that
he was prince. The girl was at the
Jail TO see him this morning.
The following story of the young
mans crime is given by the Associat-
ed Press from Cincinnati which story
DasnwOod SAYS is lie from begin
ming to end
James Woods, alias Bob Eastwood
who is only II years old, is under
| arrest at Durango, Colo, for defraud-
ing the West German bank He has
been employed by voslin, Schmidt 4
Co., chemists of this city, and FIRE
qunntly deposited and drew money
from the bank for the firm. On Feb
| s. while Walter G. Voslin, assistant
bookkeeper. was in the bank to draw
1862 TO pay OF the employees of tne
firm, he received telephone call
from an unknown person saying that
his father was dying and that he was
wanted at his home. He requested
he paying teller to telephone mis-
firm to send another man for the
money. and rushed home
After a reasonable length of time
young Wood came into the bank and
said he had been sent by the firm for
the mnoey. 1t was handed to him and
he disappeared.
Voslin. on reaching home, discov-
cred that his father was well and in
vestigation showed that Wood had Sc
cured the money