Show H V A RE URRECTED The Novel Scheme of a Montana Man HE DECEIVED HIS WIFE Sent Letters Notifying Her of His Death The Mystery Unraveled hy Sheriff 3Ic Qucen A Stolen Horse andBuffgy Recovered tight Day in the Police Po-lice CourtCriminal News A remarkable case of criminal duplicity was brought to light by Sheriff McQueen yesterday morning Some two months ago H D Hoeye a barber left his home in Thompsons Falls Missoula county Mon and came to Salt Lake leaving his wife and children behind him Being a man of good appearance and some education he succeeded in obtaining ob-taining employment with the Consumers Trading company and seems to have done well Whether he intended to abandon his family when he left Montana is not known but he certainly made up his mind to get rid of them soon after arriving ar-riving here and he hit upon a novel scheme to accomplish it About two weeks ago he wrote a letter to the sheriff of Missoula county signing sign-ing it H H David and representing himself as a deputy sheriff In it he stated that man named H D Hoeye claiming to be from Thompsons Falls had died here recently and been buried by I the Knights of Pythias He wanted the sheriff to inform Hoeyes wife of the fact I but to make sure that she would receive the information wrote hera letter to the same effect After considering the matter the Montana officer reached the conclusion conclu-sion that there was a colored gentleman in the wood pile and at once communicated communi-cated With Sheriff McQueen stating the facts and intimating his belief thatHoeye and David were one and the same person He furnished the Salt Lake officer with an accurate description of the supposed dead man who was speedily resurrected by Sheriff M Queen The Montana authorities forsaw the result re-sult and yesterday Deputy Sheriff Goode arrived from Thompsons Falls He at once identified David as Hoeye and stated that the man was wanted in Montana Mon-tana for embezzlement The prisoner did not have the nerve to deny his identity and said that he was willing to accompany the officer back without requiring re-quiring him to procure papers During his residence in Salt Lake Hooye has made a good many acquaintances acquaint-ances who were greatly surprised at the sensational developments yesterday |