The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-26

Ayw0Od. According to the officia
.ance sheet given out in Boise, thi,
bn was drawn in Ill separate war
hts, ranging from $6.50 TO S.. 900,
face value. or these warrants
enty.six we're payable to James Fl.
wiley and seventeen were disbursed
the Pinkerton Detective agency.
Every kind Of an item is included
these reports, Varying charges
constantly entered for the same
Id Of epxense. The only fixed
ce in the lists seems to be that OF
dailyshire of a detective "oper.
ye," as they are classed in the re-
It's. This is 81 per day, for both
ncies. Chief Mcfarland, how
r, draws SO, and his first sssist.
So. Compared to the attorneys
this sum seems reasonable, not
lay meagre. In addition the de-
ives we're reimbursed for their
enses, and it is in the expense ac-
bit items that the differences of
niOn as to the value of meal.
fare and the proper tip for a
Imam porter and the number OF
bks necessary to secure evidence
ers In and destroys the symmetry
the accounts. The Pinkertop
ncy accounts make only one refer.
to drinks as such, but the Thiel
bcy is more open. In the Pinker.
reports the men are carried by
4 numbers; in the Thiel reports,
their real or by assumed initials.
be brief or the Thiel expenditure
loses the fact that Of the s., ,092.
bout twO-thirds was for salaries
one-third for expenses. or the
third for expenses, about 5000 is
ly accounted for as "drinks, Z"
bout any attempt at Disgusting
fact. Here are some of the items:
p. B., traeting and Incidental ex-
Ies, $500.
N. W. c., treating expenses, 81. 45.
L. s., treating expenses with
nwin and friends at Caldwell.
30.
M. f., treating epxense in
ring houses, So. 40.
nd so on down the list. w. L. S.
most the only detective who is
ffic as to whom be treated. A
her of the enrties qualify the
ral phrase treating expenses"
the statement of the purpose
eof as ''to secure evidence" A.
apparently takes hold of Good
after W. L. S got through with
Bl0 rumfest, and tapers him off,
be has the entry Of: ga. S. p,
unt spent roping Goodwin, 8 days
total, $500.
S. is also specific as 10 who got
"W. s., amount spent with
IFS Bell and Thompson, 50. 80.
II. R., however, 10 the prize
Eied of Mr.. Thiel's collection.
Freaks the record with one Eerry
of: "For treating expenses
b.
apparently knew how much IL
because he came away from
with 20 cents in change.
J. q. infers that he spent his
Pe it would do the most good. Ap
of his readsl:
or treating expenses, cultivating
rs and securing information
5.
|ere are several references to
~ expended in Salt Lake in the
(erton report, but not a large
on of the $50, found its way
this city or state.
hes Mcfarland arrives at Salt
City IN June % after long
which has taken him from Boise
enver, to Cheyenne, to Spokane
10 Nampa, Ida. The entries fol-
nne 81. ticket, Boise to Salt
$3.50
nne -, incidentals 30 cents.
nne %, tip to porter at Salt
% cents.
nne %, bus to Hotel Wilson. %
Is sum for the porter, by the
Is much less extravagant than
usuasl in the expense accounts
; sUbordinates, who as a rule
the state for from so cents to 81.
leaving Salt Lake City McPar-
settled his three-day bill at the
which is shown by the entry;
pc 26, room and board in Salt
$3.50.
Eldes an additional quarter for
'is TO the station, this was all
lent in the city except the old
lar items: Incidental while
ng information, June %, sl.9o.
be "a, $40.
hne %, 81. p.
exact ratio in which the ac-
increased by the price OF cne
a day may have been the rea-
left without acquiring the in
htion In question.
atiand had already his first ap-
nee 10 the expense account as a
pr to Salt Lake on April I3, he