Weekly journal-miner., 1909-08-18

after he had reached here and b be a defaulter to the extent of 5
 Had not Dannenberg been. so eager to make a grand stand play b. land ing nis prey naided, H9rris wouil now be behind the bars. On the cor trary. he arrived in Prescott on Wed nesday night and without aequainti 2 any of the officers of his missioa. went next morning to Dewey and drove out to the property. Here he learned that Harris and his father in-law, W. II. Lamb. had left the camp, and were presumably in Pres cott. Then Dannenberg hastened to the telegraph office and wired Sher if Smith to arrest Harris. But -he birds had already flown, and besides the sheriff had never heard of Dan uenberg. and did not know what au- thority he had to make such request without warrant being issued. The detective came into town on the eve ming train and explained what he was after. and admitted that he had made a mistake in not consulting with that official immediately upon his ar rival. in which case Smith could have apprehended the fugitive by wire on the main line of the Santa Fe that night. He told Smith that at Asi Fork he saw a man buying two tick ets for Mexico. and giving his de- seription. Smith informed him that the man was Lamb and that Harris was undoubtedly secluding himself around the depot. Friday morning the detective left Prescott and took up the trail. lie was very uncom- municative with the sheriff and did not enter into details of the alleged defalcation except to say that the crime was committed a year ago and that the amount appropriated was about $6.00O.
 Lamb is also in trouble and was under arrest at Humboldt last Mon day. He and his son-in-law, Harris have been working under lease the Wire Gold claims for the past seven months. Lamb was the general man. ager and Harris was the superintend ent in charge of the force of men employed. Except for the frequent sprees of Harris. matters went smooth " until August '. when Lamb issued checks on the Blackwell National bank of Oklahoma to meet the payroll. They aggregated $500 and were dated a month ahead. on September s. The men attempted to cash these checks at Humboldt but the merchants there refused to honor them. Then the min CTS had Lamb arrested under the new law which makes it a misdemeanor 10 draw a cheek on a bank on which the drawer has no funds to his credit. He was arraigned Monday before Jus tice Francis at Humboldt and made the plausible explanation that he un- 1erstood Harris had "fixed' the men, and that they understood that there would be no funds in the bank un- ii September s, the date which he had written on the checks. He blamed all of his trouble on Harris and prom ised that if action was suspended bv| the court that he would go to Okla homa and secure enough money by selling stock in the Squaw Peak Min ing company to redeem the worthless paper As Lambs personal record in the district had heretofore been ex- cellent. Justice Francis was disposed To leniency, and accordingly agreed TO give him his liberty provided he furnished $500 bonds to insure his ap- uearance at the trial which was fixed for September ,. Accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Campbell, he went to Dewey and J. C. Gilbert readily con sented to become one of the bonds men. Then with Judge Francis the four came to Prescott and R. H. Bur mister agreed to become the other surety. Attorney John Mason Ross, who was consulted by Lamb upon his arrival here, was so impressed with his appearance of honesty, that he voluntarily offered to stand one-half of any loss that might fall upon MT. Burmister Harris and Lamb told the story about their ability to straighten out matters by returning to Oklahoma