The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-08-18
Who Also Made A "TOuCh"
On Her Father For
Some Money

This is the story of a mans alleg-
ed perfidy and the trusting, loving
confidence of Shelby girl who al
lowed her fervial favor for a seem
ingly unworthy suitor to overbalance
her judgment and also to be the cause
of her father dropping neat sum
of money. The tale is from the Los
Angeles Times of Aug. z:
Daniel T. La Rae, alias Daniel T.
Ray, fashionably-dresse much
wanted man, who asserts that the
blood of Mohawk Indians courses
through his veins, was arrested at
First and Spring streets yesterday
morning by Deputy United States
Marshall Sittel on information fur
nished By United States Secret Serv-
ice Operative Hazen.
La Rae was taken on complaint
sworn out before United States Com
missioner John E. Washer of Cleve-
land, June IA, last, charging him
with impersonating federal officer
and swindling Miss Emma r. Ewalt
and her father, w. e. Ewalt, of Shell
by, Richland county, Ohio, out of
about $2,4OO borrowed money. The
arrest of La Rae is the elimination
Of three year chase.
La Rae was taken before United
States Commissioner Williams and
his preliminary examination on the
removal warrant will take place this
morning. His bond was fixed at 81
500.
La Rae was for time in the en-
ploy of the Southern Pacific Railroad
company, acting as a guard for tran
sit Chinese, enroute from San Fran
cisco to the Mexican border line. He
is about so years Of age, and for
some time ran a train on the South
ern Pacific railway between Sacra-
mento and Truckee. His wife, who
was Miss Addie B. Foley, whom he
married in San Francisco in 1905,
called upon him at the federal build
ing following his arrest, and the
money found in possession of La Rae,
amounting to about $3.50, was turn
ed over to her by Mr.. Hazen. The
couple have been stopping at the
Hotel Ems, No. 32l South Olive
street, for some time.
To- noccncciOp wnrn fprp1
cards inscribed %. T. Ray, mines
and marble, Luning, Nev.," and
Daniel 4. Ray, marble and mines,
quarries and mines located near
Nina, Nev San Francisco and Los
Angeles" Sample stock certificates
of the American Egyptian Marble
company. and certificate for 1000
shares of the capital stock of the
corporation issued to the prisoner,
were also found among his effects
La Rae said the company had just
been incorporated, and that but little
of the stock has been sold.
Miss Ewalt arrived in Los Angeles
on the last day OF December, 1911,
and short time afterward became
acquainted with man, who said his
name was d. T. Ray, in one of the
parks of this city. He pretended tc
be interested as a promoter of marble
, mines in Luning New. He also told
. her that he was an agent of the Uni
ted States secret service, and was
promoting the mining proposition as
:, a side issue. He showed Miss Ewal
:, a badge upon which was printed "U
S Marshal" The acquaintance con
> tinued short time, when La Rae
/, disappeared, telling the woman tha
he was going to El Paso ON business
> He said that San Francisco was his
headquarters.
He wrote Miss Ewalt from Sal
Francisco telling her that he ha'
q been awarded the contract to furnish
10 marble for the new postoflice build
=. ing in that city; that he had to pu
q up cash bond of $3.50, and he need
II ed $tl0. The woman believed him
# and sent all the money she had
II about 500.
J: Later on La Rae came down fron
A, San Francisco and made another LOAF
A, from the conflding woman, and it wa
If during this visit that he took he
5, down to the railroad yards in Lo
l. Angeles and showed her a carload o
e Chinese which he said he was dc
porting into Mexico. Being a guar
in the service of the Southern Pac
iic, he was able to show her the cor
traband Identification cards, and tina
n made his story appear plausible
,r Later she missed the government
Al badge on the breast of her new-foun
II friend, and he told her that he ha
,e quit the service of the government