The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-02-02
THOMPSON
INDICATED
Game Warden's Investigation in the
Arvon Case Comes to
an End.

The game warden's department
has completed its Investigations il
the Arvon matter in which s. D
Thompson, deputy game wardel
for Baraga county, was charged
with having unwarrantedly seizet
and confiscated three deer last Nov
ember.
Charles K. Hoyt, deputy stat,
game warden. had charge OF the in
vestigations and submitted his com
plete report to State Game Ware er
Charles 81. Chapman. the latter part
of last week, says the 500 News, sc
that Mr.. Chapman submitted the
results OF the departments findings
in the matter to the parties gener-
ally interested.
The department found from Mr..
Hoyt's Investigations that the deer
had been taken. but that Mr..
Thompson had nothing to DO either
with the taking or the appropriat-
ing of the deer, in fact that he knew
nothing of the matter until the next
dsysfser-sAa-deer had been taken,
and even then never bad any hand
in the matter officially, there ap-
pearing to be nothing connected
with the affair that required the
services OF a game warden.
The whole affair was somewhat
complicated. 1t appears that the
d 'er were killed on land belonging
Mr.. Maxey, a lumberman of that
region, who is disposed to see the
fish and game laws strictly enforced
and who objected to any hunting
on his lands, and had warned the
hunters to that effect both person
ally and by notices posted about the
lands. 1t is claimed that the hunt
ers went ahead and hunted on
Maxey's lands regardless of his in
functions and posted notices.
The hunters in this case killed
their deer and hung them up. They
claim that when they went
after the carcasses few
days later they found them
missing and were informed that
Thompson had seized and confiscat
ed them, because coupons and license
tags we're not attached; that they
visited Thompson and demanded
their deer and that their request was
denied hence their appeal to the
game war !cn s department.
Maxey lakes all the responsibility
OF the Lair, declaring that Thomp
son had no hand 10 the matter Off
cially and did not even know of the
SEIZURE OF the deer at the time. He
tates that the matter came to q
crisis through one OF his men CON-
lug to him and reporting that deer
which the man had killed had been
stolen and the tracks where the car
cass had been dragged had been fol-
lowed to another place 10 the woods
where the carcass was found hang.
ing with two others. He says that
he himself told the man to take a
team and go and get the deer and
any others that might be with it.
This would make it appear that the
hunters did not own all three OF the
deer they claimed to have lost, but
that one of them belonged to one OF
M Mlxey's men and had been removed
from the place where the real own.
er had leftit.
Not finding that any game laws
had been violated and finding that
Thompson had nothing to do with
the affair the department has taken
the ground that there is no phase OF
the matter that comes under the de-
lp.rtment and has so informed all
concerned. It would appear from
this that II the hunters feel
aggrieved in any way their action
would be against Maxey, who &C.
cording to Hoyt's report states that
they may begin proceedings as soon
as they like, claiming that he has
cases against them II they choose
to make trouble and that he is de-
termined that all illegal hunting and
fishing in that locality and especially
ON bis lands shall be stopped