CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1907-08-15
brought back
der, Wyo., by
,telat Monday
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Under Sheriff job ,telat Monday
night and locked he county jail
to await a prelimiL..s hearing on the
charge Of embezzlement while employ
odf az bookkeeper in the ONCE OF the
United States Reduction & Refinery
company at this place. -Lsl
The complaint against McNulta was
sworn out by J. NJ. Anderson Of G. r.
Tanner & Company's grocery store
and charges the embezzlement Of nine
ty dollars belonging to the arm, due
ON account OF the assignment Of labor
checks from employees. In addition
TO the four or i've hundred dollars Nc
Nulta II believed to have obtained
from the company by embezzlement he
- charged with having contracted
debts among the business men here
amounting to almost az much more
By fraud and Misrepresentation which
alone will send him to the peniten
tiary for q long term Of years II he is
prosecuted for It
AcNulta was employed as 4 book
keeper and accountant here for about
two years and was regarded as q very
capable and valuable man. His sal
ary was not SUFFICIENT to enable him
10 live In the style he desired and to
meet the expenses which his luxurious
tastes incurred he took advantage Of
his confidential position with the COM
Dany to obtain money by fraudulent
means.
He left here ON Saturday night five
or six weeks ago ostensibly for Colo
RADIO Springs. saying to his friends at
the time OF his departure that he
would return here the following aft
ernoon. He failed to report for duty
the next Monday morning and an ex-
animation OF his books and accounts
revealed the fact that he was an en-
bezxler and a fugitive from justice.
The authorities were notified and at
ooce went to work on the case, but
without apparent result for several
days. although Under Sheriff Chetelat
vas very close upon his heels most OF
the time.
According to McNulta's story he
left here With the intention OF going
10 Cincinnati. o.. where he used to
live, but on reaching Denver he met
an old friend who invited him to &C
company him on a trip to Fort washa-
kie In western Wyoming. McNuitA
was not hard to persuade and In less
than an hour after his arrival In Dem
ver the two men had purchased tick
cts and were on their way to the north
west
McNulta drank a good deal after he
left here to drown his troubles and
the thought OF possible arrest for his
crime. When he was sober he felt
miserable and when he was drunk he
didn't care; consequently he was in
toxicated . good deal OF the time. He
had planned to go down to the annual
Frontier celebration At Cheyenne, but
was arrested at Lander before he got
away.
McNulta expressed a willingness to
return to Colorado without q reQuisi-
ton. but the oficers here were not
disposed to take any chances and when
Mr.. Chetelat reached Lander he was
provided with ths necessary authority
from the governor OF Wyoming to
bring hiS prisoner here for trial. Nc
Eulta made the oficers no trouble. in
deed. was very a6able to Mr.. Chetelat
on the return trip. He has not yet
secured the services OF an attorney to
take charge OF his case and what his
line q defense will Be- at u, Of course.
unknowR- McNulta 10 4 native OF