The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-08-16
After a Chase of Three
Thousand Miles.
CHARGED WITH EMBEzzlEMENT
of $4,000 From Funds of the
Utica Deposit Bank,
AS Cashier.
CAUGHT on PACIFIC COAST

Walter A. Sheriff., the former
cashier Of the Utica Deposit Bank,
who was arrested in Waila Wslla,
Washington, last Sunday morning
by VIM. A. Osgood, of Kansas City,
No, special agent for the Fidelity
and Deposit Company, Of Baltimore.
Maryland, after a chase Of 5000
miles. was brought TO Owensboro
yesterday afternoon in the custody
OF Mr.. Osgood, but executed bond
in the sum Of 81, 900 for his ap-
pearance at the November term Of
the Daviess Circuit Court, and was
released. He is charged with the
embezzlement Of $1,000.
sher7ill's boad was signed -by
twenty-five men, the majority Of
whom are farmers and business
men OF the Utica vicinity. and he
returned -- 70 his. home at Utica,
where he states he will work until
the time for his trial. Upon his
arrival in Greensboro he was met
at the train bv Sheriff Winstead
and several friends and was not
taken near the county Jail, as his
attorney had previously arranged
for the execution of the bond.
The arrest of Sheriff.. as related
by Mr.. Osgood. was the result Of
a chase of 1900 miles, over which
route Sheriff. had travelled under
a fictitious name, and during his abb
sence fro mthis county, had grown
a heavy beard, thus almost oblit
Grating any resemblance to the
Sheriff. described in the official
D description sent out by the author
tiles. For some time after his dis
appearance from his fathers home
in Webster county, SherrilPs
whereabouts were unknown to
I the agents of the bonding COM
pany, and they placed a man at the
Utica post-office to learn IL Mrs.
Sheriff. was sending or receiving
letters. II was discovered that she
was writing numerous letters to a
w. W. Leet, at Kansas City. Mo-,
and believing that Leet was either
Sheriff. or a go-between, the bond
ing company agents Swallowed him
by watching him call for his
mail at the Kansas City post-office.
They watched him for several days,
and finally succeeded in learning
that he was mailing letters to a
Samuel A. Waters, at Walla Walla,
Washington. The second letter that
he sent to Waters. after the discov-
cries of the bonding company Off
cials, was followed to Walla Walla,
where Mr.. Osgood, assisted by w.
H. Harb, vice president of the Unit
ed States National Detective asso-
citation. learned that Sheriff. was
receiving the letters addressed by
Waters.
After seeing waters" call for
and receive him mail, they shadow
ed him for a couple of hours, and
asked the chief of police to arrest
him.
When arrested, Sheriff. denied
his identity, claiming that he ar
rived in Walla Walla from Denver
and then from Portland, and, only
when the three officers attempted
to scare him, did he resist. He
, then resisted them and they threat
ened to place him in the lookup fol
. forty-eight hours, and he broke
:, down and told his identity to Mr.
,Osgood.
Mr. Osgood was accompanied al
far as Kansas City by the detective
/, but brought Sheriff. the remainde
of the trip alone.
Before starting on the trip Os
good had Sheriff. to sign an agree
ment that he would not demand re
QUESTION papers, and releasing al
e claims against the Washington au
y thorities that he was kidnapped
: and only once did Sheriff. make al
t effort to keep from being brough
r home, and that was at st, Louis
= where he stated he would telephon
t his wife before coming further. HI
: was placed on the train. however
9 without trouble and arrived in ow
e ensboro.
Q Mr.. Osgood stated that there wa
: no doubt OF Sherrill's guilt, ant
e that the Fidelity and Deposit com
pany would make an example o
( him. and would invoke the powe
y of the law to give him the heavies
: sentence possible.
n Sherrill's attorney stated tina
: the defense would be ready for tria
at the November term Of court. AM
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