, 1922-03-11
IS MADE
At Los ANGELES
ON CHARGE HERE
Former Industrial Rela-
tons Man Is Short
Several Thousands 2

= WIN the arrest OF hal r
Riney, formerly assistant in
dustrial relations director of
the Midwest Refining COM
pany, in Los Angeles yester-
day evening on a charge of
embezziement. a story Of the defend.
ants Involvement ere and of alleged
criminal operations. which have az
tended over a period OF a year, came
to light.
Kinney arrest was effected at The
Instance OF Sheriff Joe L. Narnuis
wo wired California authorities ve-
terday morning to npprehend him.
Sheriff Marquis holds a bench war
rant for Riney in which the latter IA
charged with embczzlement of 81 .5s5
from the estate of Peter Johans.n
He Is said to have waived
rights Deputy Sheriff William Fla
herty will leave tonight for Los
Angeles.
While the embezzIement OF The
estate money is tho specific
charge. II Is said that Rdncy Is short
thousands OF dollars In funds crtrust-
cd to his supervision from many
sources. and 1t is reported that ac-
cordtng to his own admission he Is
short In his accounts between $4,000
and 5000.
Information was fI.d arasnat Rin~
in district court yesterday and a
bench warrant for his apprehension
sought and granted. Tho warrant was
signed by Judge C. o. Brown Tho
warrant alleges tat on or about
March /. 1922. Riney absconded with
the money entrusted to him and has
been a fugitive since that time.
From h Of evidence which
Is being gathered against Riney here
IL is evident that many pathetic sides
will be developed in the case.
In addition to the Jonansen estate.
Rfney served as administrator of tho
estates OF Thos. E, Leo, and Peter Nc
CoIlum- All OF these men died or
were killed while in the employ OF the
Midwest Refining company, and their
affairs wer entrusted to Riney be-
cause OF his connection with the in
dustrial rotations department
Other involvment of Riney,s affairs
Is said TO include shortage of fund,
collected in behalf of insurance COM
panies. shortage in monies handled
or local Investment companies, M
fortunate losses occasioned by trust
placed in Rincy and indebtedness tn
other affairs said to total many hun
Idreds of dollars.
/ In h case which permitted fling
n specific charge against Riney 4. ia
said that he collected Insurance of
1000 for Peter Johansen, deposited
tho money to his personal account In
Denver bank instead Of dcpositinr
the fund to his account as administra-
otr at a local bank and later spending
all of the money except s435 for his
own personal use
While It is not definitely establish.
ed what losses Will be suffered in the
other estates of witch he had charge.
it Is believed hat the Join estates OF
Thos. e. Leo and Peter McCorum are
several hundred dollars short.
Discrepancies in accounts in the Lee
estnte have already been partly check
cd and r said to be between 500 and
$500 short In addition the Lee estate
owned n small house at the corner of
First and St Boto1ph streets. IN
known to the court and without an-
thority. Riney is said to have sold
this property for 81 800 over $500 OF
which has been paid to him The
purchased of the property It IS believ.
ed in without legal equity in the prop
erty and is said to stand to lose all
Of the money that has been paid In.
Some features Of the case came to
light over two months ago when
Riney is said to have missed Jail by
"a narrow margin when his accounts
became involved with insurance COM
panies for which he was acting as
agent and for local Investment o
panies that had entrusted him with
the collection OF money.
1t is said that he case was quashed
at he time due to the tact that par
ents OF both Mr.. and Mrs. Riney
came to the assistance of Riney and
supplied sufficien funds to tide him
past h crisis. It is also understood
that the insurance company took a
personal note from Riney for several
undred dollars. thus closing its end of
the affair.
Riney left here February IS, Stating
that Q intended to secur enough
money to cover his shortages from
wealthy California relatives. Part of
the money to qefray the expenses OF
the trip was provided by his wife who
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