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Show .1 DEFAULTER AllllESTElt. t Marion 'ndk, Kx-Clty Clerk of Aspen Overtaken iu San i'rancist-o. S.vv Tbaxcsco, Dec. T. Marion L. Cook, the defaulting clerk, of tiie city of Aspcu Colo., was arrested here yesterday by Johu White, sheriil of Pitkin county, and in his custody started back to the scene of Ids-peculations. Ids-peculations. Cook has succeeded in eluding the officers for more than a year. Appointed to the position of city clerk he began the systematic drainage of its funds. Fraudulent Fraudu-lent warrants were issued by him and monies appropriated until his defalcations amounted to thousands of dollars. Fleeing the country he was arrested in Ohio and taken back to Aspen where, while awaiting trial, he made his escape from jail. He says his mother is now a visitor in Salt Lake. |