Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-24
MAN ALLEGED To
HAVE KIDNAPPED
SMALL ARRESTED
John Doughty Is Apprehend-
ed in Oregon; Is Said to
Have Admitted the Theft
of 100000 in Bonds.

! portland, Ore, NOV. ~. - Ohm
Doughty was brought here today
from Oregon City, Ore, where he
was arrested last night or informa
ton that he was wanted in Toronto,
Canada, in connection with the
kidnapping of Ambrose Joseph
Small and the alleged theft Of
100000 in bonds. Doughty was
empIoyed in an oregon City paper
mill.
A. P. Mitchell, Toronto police
officer, who has been here work
ing on the case, said he recognized
Doughty at Oregon City. Accord
| ing to Mitchell and Oregon City
police. Doughty admitted his iden-
tity and confessed he took the
bonds he is alleged to have stolen.
The bonds, he said, were deposited
in Chicago, and would be surrend-
cred.
The officers declared Doughty
denied he abducted Small, a
theater owner in whose employ the
prisoner served as private seCre-
tary. He declared he took Small
to q theater one night and lost
track of him there.
Doughty had obtained work in
the paper mill as common laborer
and had worked up to the position
of assistant foreman in one of the
departments.
The double disappearance Of
Ambrose Small. millionaire theat
rical man Of Toronto, and his sec
retary, John Doughty, both we'll
known citizens of Toronto, has
been one Of the most mystifying
cases with which the Canadian po-
lice have had to deal. Small has
been missing since December ,
and Doughty since December %,
last
The whole continent of America
has been a field for search by de-
teCtives for trace of the missing
men, and circulars describing Mr.
Small and offering rewards for the
recovery of him, dead or alive,
have been sent to almost every
country in the civilized world.
Mr.. Small had just put through
a deal for the sale of his interests
in a string Of theaters in Caanda
at $1,7J0,000 to syndicate known
as Trans Canada Theaters, limited,
and a few hours before his disap-
pearance, on December 2, he had
received a check for 100000 in
connection with the sale. This
check he deposited in his bank.
on that day he had had lunch with
his wife downtown, and had prom
ised her to be home to dinner in
the evening. He had attended to
some business late that afternoon
and about o'clock started for
home, so far as Is known. The
last person known to have seen
him was his favorite newsboy,
from whom Mr.. Small bought the
evening papers. |
The fact that Mr.. Small was
was not made public until
three or four weeks had elapsed.
In the first week in January the
first circulars asking for informa-
ton as to Mr.. Smalps whereabouts
were sent out by the local police
and a reward of $500
was offered. A short time after
ward the reward was increased to
$4,000. Then on tho first of June
a reward of $4,000 was offered by
Mrs. Small for information re-
garding Mr.. Small's whereabouts. II
alive, and $4,000 for the recovery
Of his body, IL dead.
The mystery of Mr.. Smalrs alb
sence was accentuated by the dis
appearance of John Doughty. who
had been his private secretary for
many years. In June. 1920, the
discovery was made that $150,0OO
OF Victory bonds were missing from
the safety deposit vault where they
had been placed by Mr.. Small, and
it was stated that Doughty had
had access to the vault. Thereupon
circulars were issued offering S.
900 reward for the arrest of John
Doughty on a charge of having
abducted Ambrose Small, and $5,-
900 for Doughty's arrest on
charge of having stolen the missing
Victory bonds.
BY a special act of the Ontario
legislature, Mr.. Small was de-
clared an absentee" and a trust
corporation of Ottawa, was APP
pointed trustee Of Mr., Smalrs es-