Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-11-10
BUITNER ARRESTED
FORMER ABERDEEN ATTORNEY IS
LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA.
WILL NOT RESIST exTRADITlON
BUT WILL RETURN AND FACE
GRAND JURY INDICTMENT
WAS WORKING AS MINER IN
SETTLEMENT REMOTE FROM
CIVILIZATION

Wilson Buttner. former Aberdeen
lawyer and fugitive from justice un.
der grand jury Indictment for grand
larceny, has been arrested in a re-
mote California community through
the activity of Sheriff Edward Pay
ette, of this county. 1t is reported
that Buttner has signified his willing
ness to return without requiston pro-
ceeding and face the charges against
him.
Buttner was located at Weaverville,
Trinity county, according to tele-
gram received Tuesday by Sherin
Payette from Sheriff j. II. Boise, of
Trinity county. Buttner, it is said,
was working as a miner, but his pres
ence in the county had been suspect
ed for some time. Weaverville is re-
mote from the centers of civilization
off a railroad line, and it requires a
two days "Trip by stage to reach the
place.
Shc:.G sets News.
SoTethin~ ever week ago word
was received by Sheriff Payette who
had sent out descriptions of Butt
ner throughout the coast states thai
a man answering the description OF
Buttner was believed to be in Weav-
erville. fayette kept in constant
touch with Boise and the arrest was
the result.
Many hundreds of circulars giving
good description of Buttner, togeth
er with his likeness and an extended
recital of his peculiarities which Alb
erdeen people know SO well, and also
containing a detailed account of the
charge against him, were sent broad
cast over the coast and especially ir
| California, where every nook and ham
let in the state was flooded with the
circulars. Inorder to help matters
along, Payette kept up constant cor
respOndence with California authori
ties, working on the belief that the
fleeing attorney would stop in thai
state, but would avoid the populous
! centers and endeavOr, to hide himsel1
| in same remote community and seel
employment at some ordinary Occu
patton.
Buttner says he will return and viii
not resist eXtradition and he will be
brought back to Chehalis county as
soon as the proper requistion papers
can be obtained.
| If half of the charges made against
Buttner by people in this vicinity are
true" said business man recently
''the former deboniar attorney is book
ed for a term at Walla Walla. Since
his fitting there have been any mum
Der of persons who declare that he
has beaten them out of money anC
property and some of the methods
which he is declared to have pursued
4 nj hn ltn !.
ably realizes that a fight against eX
tradition would be useless, hence his
Willingness to waive hat formality
| When Wilson Buttner again walks
the streets of Aberdeen it will hard
| ly be with that distinguished air with
(which he used to sport silk tile, q
Prince Albert and gold headed cane
| In his halcyon days Buttner was ar
| inspiring sight and his appearance i'm
pressed many people, hence his sue
cess in his profession.
| 1t is stated that A. Lehtinen, of Ho
quiam, who claims that Buttner swim
died him out of $1296, money intend
ed to make the final payments on
some land owned by the former in
California, will not swear out war
rant against the former Aberdeen at
torney and if Buttner is brought back
to Chehalis county, it will be under
the grand jury Indictment. While it
is reported that Buttner has agreed
to come north without the formalitl
of eXtraditiOn, there are many in the
city who believe that he will refuse
to do so but will take advantage of
every legal objection. With this
thought in view it is stated that ne
further move will be made in the
case until the eXtradition matter has
been fully and finally arranged.
1t was reported yesterday that, af-
ter leaving Aberdeen so suddenly,
Buttner wrote an Aberdeen party from
Portland to the effect that he was
bound for Mexico and would pay up
the Lehtnen deficiency just as soon
as he earned the money. Those fa-
miliar with the attorney and his tao.
tics and capacity for getting the
money" believe that he would have re-
paid the debt within a year if he had
been permitted to carry out his de-